Miao country in China
2 min readAll the lands the ethnic Miaos inhabit, we call it Miao country. Guizhou Province, a place amongst ranges and ranges of mountains in Southwest China, has the concentration of half of Miao population in the world, which in overseas is better known as Hmongs So Guizhou is naturally a Miao country where the original eco-cultural habitat of the Miao people is still preserved in its pure form .
Mountain ranges separate Guizhou from Yangtze plains and retard the paces of cultural assimilation in Guizhou. So against the general background of urbanization of today, in the Miao country of Guizhou we can still feel the cultural diversities with the scenes, the objects, the people and the leisureliness in a slow-pace life, the pureness of the relationship between mankind and Mother Earth, the mysteriousness of the clouded mountain tops and the colorfulness of the daily life of the Ethnic Miaos. All this is folkloric and interwoven into their festival costumes by the Miao women, with needle and their dexterous hands So the stories of the Miao country will be told with each one of the exquisite Miao embroidery costumes. So many funs are there with so many festivals in Ethnic Miao life with so many festive expressions Festivals are occasions of Miao people putting on their cherished embroidery costumes.
Praying for happiness, worshipping, remembrance, fun making, joy, heaven and earth, yin and yang, life and death, all are in their songs and in their costume patterns. They have migrated from ten thousand miles since ancient times, with no resistance and no submission, all led by destiny and life. Miao culture has been handed down in such a simple way, andjoy way. Both Miao country and the Miao embroidery have the colorfulness beneath their simple and pure looks and people who notice it, cannot forget it. Because it is so eye catching.
