Miao nationality is an international nationality that originated in eastern China, mainly distributed in southern China, as well as the United States, Laos, Viet Nam, Thailand and other countries and regions. The national language of Miao nationality is Miao language, which is divided into three dialects: Xiangxi, Qiandong, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. Their religious beliefs are mainly nature worship and ancestor worship.

In ancient times, Miao people were called "Jingchu", "Man Jing" and "Na Man", and that's it. After Yu brutally cut down three seedlings, there were no records of three seedlings in the Central Plains literature. Jingchu, Jing Chu, Man Jing and Na Man all refer to the identity of Miao people.

His predecessor was Sanmiao, and from Shang Dynasty to the end of Warring States, the descendants of Sanmiao reappeared in history under the abstract guise of "Jing", "Chu" and "Man". These appellations confuse the appellations of Miao and other nationalities. After the Song Dynasty, Miao was separated from some mixed names of "Man" and became a single national name.

Development of Miao nationality:

Miao people are the earliest people who planted rice, and they planted rice in ancient times. In primitive society, Miao people took leaves as their clothes, caves or tree nests as their homes and women as their leaders, which was reflected in a large number of Miao ancient songs. From the kinship appellation system in some areas, we can also see the evolution traces from matrilineal system to paternal system, and from consanguineous marriage to pairing marriage.

After Qin and Han Dynasties, the feudal dynasty set up counties in most Miao areas, and implemented the policy of "not following the attached funds, not chasing and abandoning the rebels". Miao ancestors in Wuxi have started to engage in agricultural production, mastered the spinning and dyeing techniques of weaving with wood skin and dyeing with grass, and there has been product exchange.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to the continuous development of productive forces, the original Miao society began to disintegrate, and the clan commune originally composed of blood relations gradually developed into a rural commune with geographical relations. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Miao people gradually entered the class society, and the leaders of rural communes had the right to dominate the land.

Through frequent contacts with Miao people, the Han economy has promoted the formation and development of the landlord economy in Miao society. Some "pretty chiefs" and "pretty handsome" became hereditary "local officials" and owned a lot of land.