Men mostly wrap their heads in cloth and wear short pants. Miao women's clothing is beautiful, generous, large lapel blouse embroidered with floral patterns, the bottom wearing a pleated skirt, as if the open screen of the Confucius tail, very rich in national characteristics. Miao women's clothing is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Miao people.
Miao women are good at weaving, embroidery, rainbow dyeing, exquisite craftsmanship, y praised at home and abroad. The Miao are monogamous, and there are traditional social activities for young men and women before marriage. For example, "meeting girls" is a way for Miao youth to fall in love freely.
The Hmong have the customs of nature worship and ancestor worship, and some of them believe in Catholicism and Christianity. The traditional festival of the Miao people is the annual Huashan Festival (held on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, also known as "Stomping on Huashan"), which is the most prosperous festival of the Miao people. During the festival, men and women in festive costumes gather to sing songs and perform the Drum Stomping, Lion Dance and Lusheng Dance, which is a lively and extraordinary event.
Relationships: Moon jumping is also a favorite activity of young Miao men and women, generally held in the spring and fall of the two good days, this activity is actually a young man and woman's choice of spouse event. When jumping to the moon, young men and women sing and dance wildly, each choosing the favorite, courting each other, so it is also known as the love dance. On the night when the moon is shining in the sky, young men and women of the Miao family blowing the reed-sheng, shaking the small bell, singing love songs converge on the moon jumping field. The young men play the reedsheng and form a row in front, while the girls shake the bells and form a row in the back, and start dancing according to the traditional rules and movements. Accompanied by the reedsheng and bells, the team constantly changed formation and movement, sometimes forming several large circles, sometimes into a flower petal shape, sometimes shuttling back and forth, sometimes interlaced with flowers. *** interspersed with girls and boys singing, laughing and shouting, the scene is very enthusiastic. During the dance, men and women can laugh and tease each other. A young man can blow his reed-pipe in front of a girl to woo her, or even bump into each other with his dance moves as a way of teasing. The girl can use the green scarf wrapped in a small flower ball in the dance to throw their favorite young man, one can not, you can throw the second, three times. The field of people tired of dancing, you can sit outside the field to rest, the field outside the spectators and rest of the people and come to continue to dance, and so take turns to dance until dawn. During this period, young men and women can go to the field outside the hayloft to eat, drink rice wine, but also can sit outside the field to each other's songs, but also with the dance partner who just got acquainted with the whispers, talk about love, but also can invite their lovers to the field outside the secluded place to show each other their hearts, allied to the lifelong. In short, a night of jumping down, there are many Miao girls and young men become lovers. Some of them will be married to each other.
Marriage, funeral, childbirth in the etiquette of a few taboos: to participate in the Miao wedding, funeral, should be the same as the locals, bring some money to express congratulations or condolences. In the funeral ceremony, after receiving the guest's belongings, a group of filial sons and daughters will kneel to the guests to toast, to express deep gratitude. The guests, no matter how much or how little they drink, must accept their cups of wine, otherwise they are considered rude.
After a Miao woman gives birth to a child, it is taboo for outsiders to enter the house, and it is especially taboo for rainboots and pregnant women to enter the house. Family maternity, are to hang a broken straw hat in front of the door or outside the house at the fork in the road inserted a green tree branch, to show that outsiders are thanked for entering. If one inadvertently intrudes into a maternity home, the host will bring out a bowl of water for the guest to drink. The guest should drink the water dry, and remember not to pour out the unfinished water. If a guest breaks into a woman's house wearing rain shoes, the host will ask the guest to take off the shoes and carry them out of the house upside down, and the guest should respect the host's request. Miao custom, within three days of giving birth to a woman who broke into the maternal home is called "step on the birth", step on the birth of the baby must be given a name, to be the child's godfather, godmother. As a courtesy, you should also leave a little money to the child when you leave, and remember the godson or goddaughter in the future. If the baby cries day and night or is often sick, the Hmong believe that the baby should be looked for. There are two ways to find a godfather or godmother: one is to choose an auspicious day, wait at home, and the first person who comes to the house within three days is the child's godfather or godmother; the other is to choose an auspicious day, carry the child on your back, hold a large rooster, and take incense and paper, and then go to a stream to build a new bridge and wait for the first pedestrian to pass by. To be able to bump into the Hmong people's home to ask the Bao Master, Bao Niang, it is said to be the blessing of each other, the guests should not be refused, they should take over the child, say some words of blessing, give the child a name as desired, accept the host family's hospitality of wine and meat, and leave a little belongings as a souvenir for the child on the way out.