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What are the customs of Miao nationality?
The customs and habits of Miao people can be described from five aspects, namely, living habits, holiday habits, wedding and funeral habits, architectural habits and clothing habits.

1, lifestyle

Miao people have the habit of eating camellia oleifera, that is, mixing fried popcorn with water into hospitality tea, and eating loach and vegetables;

2. Holiday habits

Besides Han festivals, there are young men and women who love songs on March 3rd, eat black rice on April 8th, worship the land gods on June 6th, and pay New Year greetings on October 2nd.

3. Wedding and funeral habits

The love of Miao nationality is mediated by songs. On the third day of the third lunar month, young men and women want to fall in love and sing, and there is also the custom of running away from marriage. And generally start crying before marriage;

Step 4 cultivate habits

The Miao area is rich in wood, so houses used to be made of wood. Miao houses are generally diaojiao buildings, which are divided into upper and lower floors. The upper floor is inhabited by people, and the lower floor is inhabited by livestock or sundries.

5. Clothing habits

Miao costumes are called "Ou Qian" in Miao language, which are mainly composed of children's clothes, casual clothes and costumes.

Miao people are the earliest people who planted rice, and they have planted rice since ancient times. In primitive society, Miao people took leaves as their clothes, took tree nests or caves as their homes, and women were in charge.

Miao nationality has its own language, which belongs to Sino-Tibetan language family and is divided into three dialects: Xiangxi, Qiandong, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. Miao people's religious beliefs are mainly ancestor worship and nature worship.