Black-tile houses are usually divided into five columns and four hangings, or four columns and three hangings. Wooden structure, both sides with bamboo braided seal external paste mud wall. Wooden boarding house covered with small green tile, beams and columns board and wall all with tung oil repeatedly coated, wind and sun, black and shiny. In front of the house, there is a small ping of green stone slabs, with agricultural tools, windmills, etc. In front of and behind the house, there is a forest of bamboos, maple trees, or bananas. Inside the house, there is a "tiger's mouth", which is the main hall. There is a "Longbao" buried in the center, and "Jiaxian" (ancestor tablets) is provided in the hall; the left side room is built with a green stone fireplace for stir-frying and cooking, and the right side room is furnished with furniture; the left and right side rooms are set up with two beds at the back, and the outside is covered with a big mosquito net of green and blue soil cloth. Inside the tent there is a closet; the owner's family where the valuable things are hidden in the large mosquito net.
The Miao family's footstools have flying eaves and corners, and there are corridors on three sides, with wooden railings. The balustrade is carved with Wanzigue, Xizigue, Yazigue and other symbols of good luck and good luck patterns. Hanging pillars are octagonal, quadrangular, sagging bottom, often carved hydrangeas, golden gourds and other forms. Hanging footstools are usually divided into two floors, the upper and lower floors are paved with floor boards, and the wall boards are painted and glowing. Upstairs, the windows are open to the sun. The window lattice has a variety of shapes, such as double phoenixes facing the sun, magpies haunting the sea, and lions rolling balls. The lower floor of the hammock is mostly used as a barn for storing grain or placing furniture and agricultural tools. The upper floor is used as the living room or guest room for the master. The corridor outside the building is a place for women to embroider flowers, pick yarn, weave silk, play flower belt, dry yarn and clothes. Unlike the Tujia footstools, the ladder of the Miao footstools is generally located inside the house, unlike the Tujia footstools which are located outside the house.
Whether it's a black-tiled house or a hammock, the Hmong dwellings are usually equipped with a green stone fire pit. Hanging on the fire pit, hung with blackened bacon, game. In the center of the fire pit is a tripod made of pig iron. Whenever the night falls. Returning from labor Miao people around the fire pond cooking and stir-frying, jumping flames reflecting a simple and kind smile. What a cozy, peaceful picture of the idyllic landscape. If friends and relatives come to the workshop to visit, around the fire drinking and singing, sing a song of the old, sensational mountain village wild tune, is more interesting.
The completion of the Hmong residence, usually to hold a traditional "dragon" ceremony to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings. This is the ancient nation of the Yellow River homeland of attachment and yearning.
The dragon solitaire of the Miao family can be divided into large village solitaire and family solitaire. The two kinds of activities are only different in size, but the process is basically the same.
"Solitaire" more at dawn, ceremonies are grand and lively, the new residence of the hall burning full of lights and candles, spread out the large bamboo woven mat, set up a good red, yellow, black, white, green five colored cloth, five-color paper, shiny silver, flowers and green Miao dress ...... main hall throughout the insertion of colorful flags, under the flag of the "colorful", and the "colorful", the "colorful", the "colorful", the "colorful", the "colorful", the "colorful", the "colorful" and the "colorful". Colorful flags, the flag is set with "dragon poi" meat and wine and other offerings. On the solemn altar there is a small flower pig, a small black pig and a large white rooster.
When the festival began, the Miao witch dressed in red robes danced with one hand on a brass bell, and with one hand on a willow scarf, jumping around the altar and reciting words in her mouth. Acting as the "dragon lady" of the hostess is dressed in full costume, wearing a variety of silver jewelry sitting aside. Miao witch from the dragon ancestor singing to the dragon children and grandchildren, devoutly on behalf of the owner to pray to the dragon god ......
After the completion of the dragon ceremony, the crowd will carry the hostess, pulling up the colorful cloth, followed by the Miao witch to go to the creek or wells to receive the dragon. The line taken is usually the eastern road to go up the western road to return. Because in accordance with the custom of the Miao family; catch only the eastern green dragon, the western hundred dragons, or the northern black dragon, and the southern red dragon and the yellow dragon in the middle of the two dragons is not to pick up, this ancient taboo imprinted with the heavy imprint of history, so that people can not help but think of ancient times in the Central Plains occurred in the Chi You and the Emperor, the yellow emperor that the war for the land.
Miao witch in the well or stream, the river valley to retrieve a pot of "dragon water" handed over to the hostess of the dress to carry home, the crowd blowing, all the way all over the colorful flags, flanking each other. The hostess bowed all the way back to the new residence, the host male far from the firecrackers, the ground cannon to welcome.
The Miao Witch "dragon water" walking around the house for three weeks, and then kneel down to worship "Anlong". Anlong shall use two good porcelain bowl; a full of dragon water, put silver powder and cinnabar in the bottom, a cover on the top, buried deep in the main hall of the crypt, and then cover the soil, and then a green garden bead stone seal. In this way, even if the "dragon" back to the home, will be able to bless the family to eliminate the evil, year after year, six animals prosper.
"Dragon treasure" is the lifeblood of the Miao family, is the forbidden land of the Miao family, friends, follow the customs of the countryside, into the Miao family guests, you have to be careful not to take the foot to pick the holy "dragon treasure", otherwise it will cause the host family angry.