Like the Miao people, I am Mogolian Chinese, but I cannot speak a single word in Mongolian, even though the government encourage minorities to learn and use their own languages. I do not feel any different from the Han people.
dollan song geography and history. Southern China in general is linguistically diversified even though the language is under the same language tree due to the geographical complexity. In this case assimilation in the North is much simpler than the South
There are many proud Miao people. We know our history, traditions, language and arts. There are Miao people in Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and outside China. Miao is an ascribed name to us many different Miao groups. We have many names, dialects and traditions. Many assimilated, but many still speak and understand the culture. These isolated Miao are farmers. They appeared shy and humbled. Most Miao people are proud to be Miao. I am ethnic Miao. We are not Han people. If you want to see Miao culture, you really need to visit Xiangxi in Hunan, Kaili in Guizhou, Maguan in Yunnan and some other more populous Miao locations. There is a large vibrant Miao community in Sichuan. Guizhou Province is where you will find strong Miao cultural arts and traditions.
the term miao is an insulting and derogatory term that the Hans used to designate the Hmong(mong) people. talk to any hmong person that has knowledge, they do not call themselves miao. miao means sprouts or shoots, so it's like you white people calling african americans boy. they will most certainly kick your teeth in. but china is an authoritarian country, so the minorities will go along with what the hans have designate them or face persecution.
it is sad too be honest, how some people still wear their traditionally clothes and don't know about their own Miao clothes or either Hmong. But our clothes is stand for our own Miao/Hmong pattern. And no we don't called ourself Han Chinese. We are Miao/Hmong no matter where we live, we still will never called ourself that.
@@lovecrdrama7597 Please 🙄 Some Hmong Laos people are unbelievable. After hundreds of years & still saying the same thing.. not wanting to be identified as Chinese. I’m pretty sure that we Miao/ Hmong people and the Han are so mixed in blood if you took dna test. I’m Hmong but I could careless if I’m identified as Chinese or Miao. After all, our ancestors originated in China. China is truly our home country The Miao who refused to assimilate into Chinese society ran away to hide in SE Asia, so after about 150 years, What have they accomplished in SE asia?? A big NOTHING!! Good or bad, we were better off just staying in China. We Hmong Americans are only better now because we had opportunity to come to the US, otherwise today we would still be living in SE Asia in extreme poverty
@@transplantedlocal6614 NO I don’t believe Miao is an insulting term. What’s insulting about being called a sprout?? Miao means a seedling. A Miao Chinese scholar said the Chinese called us that name because Miao/Hmong were very good at growing rice. Therefore the term, as in “rice seedling”
They are not like Han Zu; they are just like modern Chinese, but since Han Chinese accounts for the majority of Chinese population, they identify modern Chinese culture as Han zu culture. However, this is untrue. Han Chinese also loses their original culture and becomes modern Chinese.
And the same way with Westerners too. I love how some liberals don't wanna wear their corset and ride in horse drawn coaches but still expect others to be 'traditional' so they can gasp at the EXOTIC foreign culture like touring in a zoo to see the animals in their nature habitat. The level of hypocrisy is over 9000.
Han Chinese are basically a mixed hodge-podge of various peoples that have been sinicized throughout history. There's no such thing called "pure Han Chinese" or "pure Han Chinese culture". Genetically speaking, southern minorities such as Miao and She are almost identical to southern Han, which suggests a long history of admixtures between the two.
蔡移疴 a very good point!! Very true, I guess when he said ‘we are just like han Chinese’ he meant their village has become more modern, like Han Chinese mostly are. Thanks for your comment and input!!
Wa is a different cultural group and are called the Lawa people of Lao or Thailand. Jingpo is a culturally different ethnic group and they are called Kachin in Burmese. Hmong people is one of the most diverse Miao branches forming the West Miao family branch of the three Miao groups in China.
@@ipfreak when miao migrated to southeast Asia they developed nasal H sound so when they say Mao they out an H in front. Over time they stayed pouncing it as hmooj in their dialect. When you listen to a baby or someone with speech problem say Mao and mong it sounds the same. They call themselves Mao too when they arrived in laos but they just slowly changed the pronounce over time. Hmong people call mien Yao in their language not mien. You can clearly hear the way they say mien is much closer to Yao just slightly tweaked from dialect change. A great example is Jew pronounce Jesus "yeshuah" English say it as "jee sus" Hispanics say "hey suus" still the same person but different dialect languages
Miao people has their own language but no character in history. Many of them still speak that. And recently some one invented alphabet characters for them but I don't think many of them can write that. But if you really go a miao villege in Hunan or Guizhou mountains, you should find them speak miao. Beautiful and peaceful Miao people.👍
HenryDavidT Chinese estimate is around 13M worldwide, and we got Miao population of 9.42M in China with Guizhou, Hunan & Yunnan by order to be the most populated provinces.
HenryDavidT you people are one of the oldest known ethnic groups in Chinese history. It is believed that our ancestors battled more than 4000 yrs ago. I just heard that Miao/Hmong did have your own characters in ancient times but lost it accidentally.
Fuck no, the southern asia miao in vietnam, Laos, thailand and burma all understand each other than in china they can't speak it good they could speak it but most words are not met with each other since han kicked out most miao and forbidden miao ways.
What an AMAZING TH-camR to introduce Chinese culture!!! And next time you wanna travel to Yunnan province again, please contact me because I am a Bai ethnic minority and my hometown is Dali, it is also a colorful culture and heavenly place, so long as I from Germany back to Yunnan, I can try my best to show everything you could be interested. Have fun all the way in China!
Your videos absolutely don't require clickbait thumbnails because watchability and amusement are always guaranteed! :D I love that this could be your first encounter with these friendly Miao people and vice versa.
Hey Amy! 😊❤️ It's so nice to see you interact with Miao people in China. I am Miaozu from Minnesota and studied in Wenshan for a little bit where I made a ton of Miaozu friends in Wenshan, Yunnan. If you ever want to learn more about the Miaozu culture, I can help you connect to some of my Miaozu friends who can tell you more about Miaozu history and culture! 😊 Love your videos! Keep up the great work!
heyyyy i’ve recently came across your channel and i’m honestly in love with your personality and the way you’re giving us content on China and showing the beauty in it. I was hoping you could make a video or possible tell me how you learn chinese so well, you’re so inspiring💕
Greetings from Minnesota! There are many Hmong here and are keeping their traditions alive! Also occasionally on PBS TV station there are programs in Hmong! It would be ashame that many of the ethnic minorities lose their culture and language! There is beauty in diversity!
😊 I am a Han Chinese, live in USA too. Miao is just a name from one thousand years ago, it doesn't have any meaning, just like Han. Miao people and lots of Han people moved to the south part of China to escape the invasion and killing by some barbarians from the north. They are called Xiongnu, Jin, Liao, Mongols, Tujue... etc.
I only just discovered your channel. I run some large "Learning Chinese" groups on Facebook and I will be heavily promoting your channel, as it is by far the best "Foreigner in China" channel I have ever come across. (PS - I am also from Sydney!)
The Han culture is indeed the mainstream culture of China, but the Han is not a strict concept of race, especially from the perspective of blood. In fact, the cultural prosperity of the Han nationality is only what happened in the past 10 years. After the economic development, people will pay more attention to culture. Thank you very much for your video. I think you reminded me that the protection of different cultures and the state of multiculturalism are also very important for China.
Yes,you can always find interesting things in any cities or towns in China...Each province in China has its own unique characteristics and every exploration will be fun
She is brave. I am Chinese and I won't visit those remote areas. Safety is not the issue, just infrastructure like hotels and restaurants may not be very modern and comfortable.
@@debramonette4352 She is no fussy easy going which makes her likable. This positive vibe makes people enjoy each other. There's another TH-camr called Mr. Bold and Broken has the same personality, he can make instant friend with anybody.
I'm your new fan. I have just plowed through all your TH-cam videos. Loving all of them so far as I feel they really give an authentic vibe. I've been to several cities in China but your videos remind me that China is truly vast and each city are so different! Anyway it's a shame that traditional cultures everywhere are dying off especially in countries with rapidly growing economies but I just feel that it's not practical anymore sometimes. Even myself when I have children I wouldn't be teaching them my mother tongue.
frenchfrete Oh please raise them bilingual if there is any chance!!! It is such a huge advantage!!! The only reason I wasn‘t raise that way is causebof my hearing problems stopping me from progressing in even one language in a normal pace but I really wish I did
This is really cool! These are Hmong people. I recognize those traditional outfits and the Hmong instrument in the photograph that the older gentleman showed you. I am also Hmong but I am Hmong-American, of which there are around 300,00 of us in the States. The people you met are Hmong Chinese--meaning they were among the millions who chose to stay in China when the Han Chinese were oppressing them at the time (centuries ago). This is ancient history, do google it! As for the others who did not stay in China, they migrated to Southeast Asia specifically Laos. If you read up on it you'll find out that many of us were displaced (including my parents) during the Vietnam War and then fled to Thailand for refuge, and then immigrated to multiple countries such as the States, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, etc. in the 80s.
Same as Sunisa Lee. Not accurate to say "Han Chinese" oppressed Miao people in history because Miao people were the ally of the present Communist government (Han majority) who helped the latter in their civil war. It were the actions of the past Ming or Qing regimes. The "oppression" was most acute during the ruthless Qing Dynasty which even the Han people were victim.
Poor Hmong Americans, you have left the land of your ancestors and have come to the land of the foreigners, and you have lost your roots, so you will eventually become foreigners as well, and you will eventually become Americans. The Hmong in China, on the other hand, have always lived on their own land, they are rooted here, and they will continue to survive and multiply on the land of their ancestors, and they will still be Hmong.
I’m so happy that u aren’t grossed out by “organs” food cuz some ppl u k. Ur so amazing for trying out foods. I especially love noodles w organs with spice
Wowow thankyou so much for this, I've always wondered how my people lived in China till this day. My ancestors migrate from China to Laos/Thailand/Veitnam after the war.
Indeed, lots of Han fellows learned something about Miao from your video, we know something about our own fellows through a blondie, that's so cool. You are doing GREAT, thank you.
What an amazing experience!! I love learning about all of the different cultures in China, your videos and content are truly inspiring! And how cool is that, you both were the first ever foreigners to visit! 👏🏻🤗
Miao is the direct offspring of Chiyou(蚩尤) and created Chu(楚) culture. The are genetically linked to Han Chinese in Hubei. And a lots lengedary heros remians in both culture like gonggong. According their oral history and Han Chinese literary record, we actually can confirm the existence of “黄帝” and "炎帝“. But the the myths are ambigious, because some story saying that Chiyou is the son of “炎帝”，he revenged his father and launched a war against "黄帝". Other stories say Chiyou has no relation with 黄帝 or 炎帝. 黄帝 and 炎帝 are brothers. They joined army to defeat Chiyou. There are also storys said miao which means seeds are seeds of 黄帝. But 黄帝 did not like them. But genetically Miao and Han are really close. The genetic diversion started more than 5000 years ago.
There are 56 ethnic groups in china, each of them has their unique cluture/clothes and 54 of them have their own languages beside Mandarin:). There are a lot to explore about their cultures. Thought this might give you inspirations for future videos:)
the miao is an ancient people made up of various groups... geographical remoteness and inaccessibility allowed miao cultures to survive, but i don't think they ever developed writing.
I am an Hmong American too, 2nd generation born and raised in CA. Yes, the Hmong in Laos, Thai, America, and a few more countries use the Roman Alphabet.
@@vuetube4558 Well, if they did, they never wrote it down on any material that would last long. Most of the ancient texts were written on fabrics, stones, or wooden things. If the Miao did develop language, one might also expect it on their decorations. The fact that we don't have any of these things suggests that their culture, as would an anthropologist argue, was transmitted orally. I don't for a second think that cultures that use writing are necessarily superior or better than oral cultures.
Some of my oldest uncle that are hmong/miao that still lives in the old village near the border of laos but still in china he said alot of chinese minority's had their own writting systems a long long time ago but one chinese emperor ordered for all books and writing of the ethnic groups to be burned and use one single writting system to unify china or something like that
@@fennelstalkhermeneutics3721 There're acutally records and ancient stone carvings suggest that some Miao groups used to have a writing system based on Chinese characters (they kind of look like Chữ Nôm in Vietnam or Khitan scripts\Zhuang Characters ）, but they disappeared. In 1960s some old Miao carpenters in Hunan province still used some characters on their woodworks. I think they're not as widespread as Chinese characters but were only used in worships or ceremonies, Chinese was still the lingua franca, it's like Koreans didn't use Hangeul in Ancient time, they all used Chinese characters even though they invented Hangeul for a few hundred years. Not to mention that the Miao Characters is not an alphabet one, those minoritiy officials (Tusi, or headmen) still needed to learn Chinese characters to communicate with the government.
So precious and beautiful! Love your vids. I travelled from Beijing to Kazakhstan back in the 80s and went from one military base to the next and spent my time with officers famalies in a huge variety of different tribes /minorities (which is why it took me 10 months). As I was mostly with Special Forces we were often in very remote regions which added so much to my adventure. One thing that stood out on the entire journey was the incredible friendliness and love I was treated with. Pretty much the whole route I was the first foreigner they had ever seen and bring from Africa and white I was quite a novelty. Often had to show my passport and birth certificate 😊. Needless to say, I fell in love with China and its people. By far the most beautiful country I've seen and the best people. Bless you for all the reminders!
Miao AKA Hmong were persecuted and were force to flee south many ended up in SE Asia Laos, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand. For a Very long time they had to hide their identity. Only until the Republican of China was form before things got better. Hence the reason for integration as Han Chinese. Estimation is about 10Million but they are still a minority. I was the generation that was born in Laos, but one day I hope to return to the mother land to see my people! Generations of being apart has made communication difficult as well.
Hello from a Chinese student in Melbourne. It's my first comment on TH-cam, your videos really touch me. It's glad to see you enjoy every minute in China and share that happiness to us. Chinese people are always warm-hearted and welcome everyone. That's our culture. "有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎“ Confucius, an ancient Chinese sage, said, ""Is it not a delight after all to have friends come from afar! "Keep doing these enjoyable videos and enjoy everything in China. You look so nice in that traditional MIAO cloth by the way. Don't be"客气” LOL. Wish you all the best.
We are Hmong American, aka Miao as the “Chinese” may consider us. Thanks for this channel. Funny how even the Hmong in Chinese admit they are beginning to lose sight of their culture. Same as the Hmong in America, Canada, France, Australia, Etc. Sad. And NO we are NOT the same as the Han. I sensed a sense of shame and a sense of her wanting to somewhat feel humanized or normalized, that moment she had mentioned that. Again… unfortunate. - Thank you for sharing this cool video with us! Subscribed and followed, so we can hear and see more from you! Much love!
Wow I guess there's lots of Hmong that no longer speak the language or follow the old culture anymore and they fit in fine. Guess I will blend right in as just a "modern Chinese guy" from "somewhere" with my classroom taught standard Mandarin accent lol. I might have missed it but did you ever mention the region or town this was? Their clothing looks like the Western Miao (Hmong) and I want to find more of the to reconnect with my ancestral past. Thanks for sharing this.
Hahaha.... part of what you eat was blood, I think! Anyways, looked like a fun day! And you really did look good in the Miao costume! And they were so welcoming of you. For good or bad, many Chinese, whatever their ethnicity, do regard themselves as Han people. In a sense that is what makes the Chinese people united.
I really loved this video! It is sad that these groups are losing their knowledge of the culture but videos like this are really helping keep it known. I really want to see places like this when I get back to China. Also that breakfast wrap looks amazing! 煎饼 is one of my favorite foods in China.
The reason why they don’t know much about the culture anymore is because there was a time if you’re Maio/Hmong you get persecuted. Young kids get forced into re-education camps and people are prohibited to practice their tradition. Maybe now it’s not as strict as it used to be but still, a lot of history and tradition was lost along the way. Most Miao/Hmong work really hard to preserve their culture in China, luckily there are still some places that hold our history.
Hey Amy: Miao is the name in Chinese for them, but their proper English name is Hmong. If you do a search under "Hmong" then there are tons of history and information about them. In fact, Hmong people have migrated all over the world, from China to Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, U.S, France, and probably even Australia as well.
no, all subgroups of miao in china call themseleves different, hmong in US is mostly from south part of yunan province, are green miao and white miao group, and miao in china are a grand name, all sub groups have different culture and even dialects , academically, scholars have different opinions over all miao groups are same people, they probably not same people
Ignorance is a bliss for you I guess. Miao is Chinese for Hmong. Hmong is English for Miao. If you tell Chinese people their English name, Chinese people would have no clue what you're talking about. And If you tell English speaking people the name Miao, they wouldn't have a clue either. In fact, calling them Miao is very derogatory outside of China. I speak that language so stop being ignorant. Do your own research before you speak. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_people
@@animelovergirl8461 Ignorance is a bliss for you I guess. Miao is Chinese for Hmong. Hmong is English for Miao. If you tell Chinese people their English name, Chinese people would have no clue what you're talking about. And If you tell English speaking people the name Miao, they wouldn't have a clue either. In fact, calling them Miao is very derogatory outside of China. I speak that language so stop being ignorant. Do your own research before you speak. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_people
Hi Amy, I am glad you enjoyed your experience in China, and that you are interested in Miao's culture! I saw your another video about learning Chinese through watching shows and dramas. Therefore I would love to recommend you a game called 仙剑奇侠传 一 , a light game published 20 years ago yet still a masterpiece and great memory for an entire generation of Chinese young people. It is easy to get hands on and more plot-focused. The story is built based on Chinese ancient mythology which involves both Miao and Han. The conversations in the game are concise and beautiful. It would be a fun and relaxing way to know Chinese culture! I think you can get it from Steam or basically anywhere from the internet. You can even find an English version made by fans! Please let me know what you think! （The game is also referred to as 仙剑98, it has been a series of games but I would still recommend the oldest, which is the most epic）
@@BlondieinChina checkout these 2 links: chinesepaladin.org/about chinesepaladin.org/download-play-the-legend-of-sword-and-fairychinese-paladin-game-in-english/ I hope you would like it
Fun Fact: There are little pockets of the Miao/Hmong people in Melbourne, Sidney, and Brisbane. Australia accepted some of the ethnic Miao/Hmong refugees from the chaos of the Vietnam War. Around 2500+ were resettled in Australia, The majority went to the USA and other countries such as Argentina, France, and French Guiana.
Thank you for sharing your travels with us. Your Mandarin is great. Just curious if you have any recommendations for language learning methods(other than being in country with native speakers:))
the things in the noddle soup are not organs, they are blood. mixed with water and salt then steam (or boil) it and make it looks like tofu. It taste nothing like blood, not even smell, but something like salted & smooth jelly.
I love your vids so much Blondie :) , I come from a small town of Guangxi, and I am Dong ethnic which is very similar to MIAO and good at building, I recommend you visit Sanjiang, a traditional Dong ethnic town, they conserve still very well their culture and language, not like mem a fake Dongist :/
Since your part of the dong ethnic group i have on question when you guys play the lusheng can you understand what they are blowing on the lusheng like the miao ethnic group where most notes are like spoken words
I hope you are not Jewish, at the rice noodle restaurant, the dish you called it liver something is actually either duck/chicken blood or pig blood (雞紅、鴨血、猪紅). Chinese eats blood and the blood has been seasoned with salt so it is solid.
That was cool watching you wear an ethnic chinese outfit. You were having fun in a village. If you like the village feel, have you checked out Yang Shuo in Guangxi? That was a cool romantic place with a creek you can bamboo raft down and they take you down waterfall steps and shoot a picture of you coming down.
Raising my hands! All I know about Miao is from books and novels, those “magic” they play by insects, the bit scary spirits story. It’s very wild yet interesting.
I read somewhere online that the han people would make up stories about the ethnic groups of southern china. That the ethnic women knew witch craft and that they would lure the han men from returning back north using witchcraft and poison. Is that true?
@@PyanY If you’re talking about the Gu poisonous insects, it’s definitely not true. It was a scare tactic to enforce ethnic boundaries and intermarriage between the Han and Miao groups.
I am Hmong American and we are a sub culture of Miao people. Depending on clan and dialects, we were the same traditional attire and some similar too .
Ruth thao, as a hmong american too look at these people, they look identical to us the only difference i could point out is the language dialect. Most of us younger generations in america are really suprising since we in the south were not knowledged about the north besides storys of us leaving china not even knowing if it was a myth or not.
The term "Miao", as the anthropologist Norma Diamond explains, does not mean only the antecedents of today's Miao national minority; it is a term, which had been used by the Chinese to describe various indigenous, mountain tribes of Guizhou and other south-western provinces of China, which shared similar cultural traits. China should allow the Hmong Chinese in China name themselves as Hmong people and should not continuing to name the Hmong as Miao because of what has been this evidence studies says. Hmong People as the “mountain-dwelling peoples are name as disrespectfully as the Laotian and Chines government name us as meo, cat, or Miao. So therefore we never heard any ancestor told us the name Miao at all. So the whole world majority call us the Hmong by the names meo/miao/cat and this is not fair and as well violate our civil right as the Hmong people as indigenous minority.
No. Hmong is a sub tribe which descended from western miao. There are dozens of miao tribe in china each speaking different dialect with their own unique custom and culture. They are separated by regions. You can't group them with hmong. Hmong are the descendents of them. Its like how dogs come from wolves but wolves don't come from dogs. Hmong are migrant sub group who left to South East Asia. Miaozu is the more appropriate modern term now for the many tribes in China. They know who they are.
So it seems hmong were a Neolithic people who fought off a stone culture who were probably primarily hunter gathers wearing animal parts and body paint aka the darker group of people
Visit Miao People of Yunnan & Guizhou Province before our Traditions disappears for good. Lots of Miao lives in United States, Vietnam, Thailand, France
hey amy I've been watching your videos a lot about your journey in china tho. Anyway next month I'll have an opportunity to visit beijing and heibei for bout 7-8 days long, but tbh your videos about what to do in Beijing weren't pretty much a lot, can you gimme some of recommendations must do in beijing for 4-5 hours long in my spare time later on? like the best food to try in beijing (other than peking duck) as well as where to buy cheap souvenirs in beijing also. BIG LOVE❤️
If you interesting in Miao culture, you can travel to Guizhou (貴州). There is a really big Miao village (西江千戶苗寨)。 Pros: the village centralized elderlys whose can sing a song in their own language which the language do no have scripts, because their language do not have written form. Which means the song can only inherited by voice form. Also, they keep some of their traditional buildings in the village. Cons: commercialised. Well, travel spots in China always have this problem......... If you looking for non-commercialised Miao Village, maybe somewhere in Guizhou you can found it.
in old time, there were terms of "sheng miao" and "shu miao". "sheng miao" means those miao people who were hostile to anyone didn't belong to their tribes and "shu miao" means those were "civilized" or even a bit educated. of course, nowadays, most of chinese miao people are much educated than their counterparts in lao and vietnam. tribalism is no longer an issue in china, but patriarchal clanism is still an issue in some parts of china, especially in southern remote areas.
Hmong American came to the US after the Vietnam war because the CIA recruited them in the war effort against Vietnam and so after the war for their safety the US government relocated them to the US. As a minority themselves growing up in America the Hmong people basically cultural appropriated the historic persecution of the native Americans and blacks in America into their own cultural narrative, imagining their ancestors as a persecuted people in China and this is the reason there is so much hostilities coming from some Hmong Americans towards the Chinese (sometimes including the Miao people accusing them of being too Chinese, not real Hmong...etc., whatever that means) here in this thread. For people who are reading the comments from the Hmong Americans and scratching their heads of why there is so much hostilities from them this is the reason.
I don't completely agree with that statement and I am Hmong American btw. And those wondering, Hmong would be a subgroup of the Miao. Miao itself is a broad term and have groups within it who don't call themselves Hmong either. Although as far as I've seen elsewhere and have actually heard them in their native tongue reference themselves, it does sound like the majority calls themselves something close to the word Hmong, so I can only assume that the name they call themselves is the same, just with a different accent/dialect, but there are those within this subgroup who would call themselves something different. Yes Hmong people can relate to native Americans in regards to our history and to some degree even culture as they at one point praticed shamanism and maybe some still do but the history between Hmong and Chinese are extremely complex and long just as the history between the native Americans history and those who are not. And to deny that their was never any persecution to the Hmong is just naive. I would imagine that the Hmong have been immigrating into Lao's, Vietnam, Burma, and Thailand for a while but the biggest migration of the Hmong's occurred in the late 1800s which I can trace that far back as to the ancestors to have immigrated outside of China itself. They immigrated due to extremely high taxes and persecution from the last dynasty according to my parents and believe me this was way before their exposure to native Americans or blacks. Not only that, if you're a traditionalist (ancestor worship, practice shamanism, animism, etc.) then you would know that it's built right into our funeral rites but I'm not going into it as it would take to long to go into it. I would imagine if a Hmong person has converted to something else they would be completely clueless about this and even some traditionalist who are not as informed about our funeral rites especially the youths of today would be clueless. Not only that, the word Miao sounds extremely similar to Meo which IS a term that was used in Lao's with extremely negative connotation, that's probably the biggest reason for their hostility towards that term. Also, I would again like to point out that after the late 1800s Hmong history outside of China would be different to those living in China. The hate is from ignorance. The last dynasty is no longer in power and to those who can't understand, the Miao's in China are in support of the communist party and to some degree some may have even fought and assisted in placing them in power. The group itself fought on both sides just as Hmong's themselves split and fought on both sides of the war during the Vietnam War. And to my Hmong peeps out there, they have no issue with the term Miao, so quit insisting they be called Hmong especially when they don't all call themselves Hmong. It just creates more confusion to the world.
@@user-qj8li6qt3p H Historically people in China migrated all the times, a lot of times has to do with war. Heavy taxation and sometimes drafting of strong young men for labor and military service is as old as China itself. Hmong is hardly the only people who try to avoid this. Ethnic minorities were able to escape this because historically they live in remote area (a lot of times high in the mountains) far away from the crutches of the imperial dynasties. I can assure you historically there is no persecution of Hmong people in China. I am sure you don't know but Chinese people has a strong sense of nationalism and a very weak sense of ethno-nationalism. Confucius says 'All men within four seas are brothers'. And this has left a strong imprint into the cultural dna of the Chinese people. This is very different compare to the West where traditionally ethno-nationalism has been strong. Strange as it may to Westerners and Hmong Americans, Han Chinese people sees other ethnic groups in China basically as relatives, albeit far away relatives. This is very different than in the West. For example historically English and Irish lives in close proximity to each other but the English, who is the dominant ethnic group, see the Irish people as an alien and hostile people. This is the reason the trajectory of history played out differently in Europe and China. For the last two thousand years various groups in Europe were basically at war with each other and Europe stayed fragmented because of the strong ethno-nationalism whereas in China various groups organically coalesced in China into what today called the Han people, which is basically an amalgam of different people in China. I don't know whether you know it or not even today Han Chinese still speak different venaculars in different regions of China and these venacular are totally unintelligenible to speakers of other group. Yet all this people are Han. Using modern American political jargon China is the ultimate melting pot. If you want to know which group was persecuted the most in the last dynasty it is the Hakka people. Hakka people are Han, and in the last dynasty there was a large scale rebellion called the Taiping rebellion which consist mostly of the Hakka people and which almost shock the dynasty and the Qing dynasty took many years to finally put down the rebellion. And because of this the Qing dynasty whacked them pretty hard. I can assure you today there is zero animosity of the Hakka people towards the Manchu people in China because people in China simply don't see things in ethnocentric ways. In other words the Hakka were being whacked not because they were Hakka but because they staged an rebellion. There is no equivalency of the American Indians in America and the Hmong people in China. There is geniune persecution of the American Indians. For example there was a saying in America they says 'A good Indian is a dead Indian.' There is absolutely no such sentiment in China and for that matter there is no ethnic slur whatsoever of the Han people towards other ethnic groups in China. Ethnic slur is a distinctly Western (and probably other cultures too) phenonmen. The word Miao has no negative connotation. Hmong people said it sounds like the word cat. Yes the two word does sound similar but if the Han people want to denigrate the Hmong shouldn't they choose other animal that usually has a bad connotation? The word cat in China doesn't have any negative connotation. Hmong people didn't help the Communist gain power. This is another propaganda put out by the Chinese Communist party. The Chinese Communist party is a disaster for China. Japan brutally invaded China in the last century and it is the Nationalist party who did the fighting. The Chinse Communist party were hiding in the vast hinterland of China and disgustly used the Japanese invasion as a recruiting tool to recruit members. After the Sino-Japanese war the Chinese Communist party claimed credit that it is they which did the fighting and wiped out from the history books that it is the Nationalist government who fight the Japanese. This is very disgusting. The Chinese Communist party also colluded with the Soviet Union, who was historically and by then still actively a land grabber of China. Once the Chinese Communist party came to power it gave away Chinese land left and right. This is the reason territorially today's China is much smaller than it was before 1949, the year the Chinese Communist took power. After the Chinese Communist party came to power there were large scale destruction of Chinese cultural relic during the Cultural Revolution. Many rare books that survived hundreds of years old were burnt. Fuck the Chinese Communist Party.
It‘s possible that they don't really know what are the difference between Han and Miao when you ask them if there are any difference, they really don't know. So might as well say there are no difference. To me everything I see in your video is quite "miao", including the area they live, their accent, language, and their food... Many Han people travel to Miao Village because they are different. As a Han people I was lucky to be born and grew up in Kaili, one of the biggest Miao Minority group city in Guizhou province. I believe I know a bit about the difference. My childhood friends are mostly Miao and Dong people, they are still so Miao and Dong in my opinion, haha. Modernized of course, but still so "Miao". In my hometown, Miao people are the big boss.
The bamboo made trumpet you blow is very melodic if you know the key. The one you blow sound a bit different but one other ethnic minority has the same type of trumpet with different tune and it is the most melodic tune I've ever came across...
So interesting to see the Miao migrate from China to SE Asia to the rest of the world. Seeing how far the groups have separated is mind-blowing, just look at a Chinese Miao and Hmong Australian.
1:30 something liver or organy? If no has pointed it out yet, its actually cooked blood. Yep, nothing goes to waste. Now the real question is which animal did it come from? Cheers! Btw, the traditional Miao have migrated to the Laos and Thailand, when you have a chance visit us there. Chiang-mai is a good place to start.
Great video! Hey! where would you be for the next a few weeks? I will be there for 3 three weeks, and plan to do some travels. Maybe I will meet you on the street on day lol
The Miao, AKA Hmong, are an ethnic group that is scattered all over Southern China, and Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam). During the Vietnam War the Hmong were recruited by CIA to help in the War effort. After USA pulled out of Vietnam, many of the Hmong were left on their own, and were persecuted by the Vietnamese gov't. As a result, a number of Hmong were allowed to settle in USA, mostly in Minnesota.
The name Miao was giving by Chinese people only the real name for Miao is Hmong, if you want to know more about Miao or Hmong please come to Saint Paul, MN.
It's blood cubes (血旺) on the top of the rice noodle, not organs. Although many Miao people has sinicized, there still are communities maitain their traditions in the autonomous areas, you may find them in Hunan, Guizhou or Yunan province. 斗牛(Bufflo fight) is one of there famous traditions which will be held on the 5th, 15th and 25th day of each lunar new year. Since the prize is high, the fight buffloes are specially trained for the game, they'll never be treated as farming aids.
@@BlondieinChina Glad you liked. Although I'm ethnic Han, I grew up in Guizhou and saw a lot of their traditions, such as their famous food Sour Soup Fish (酸汤鱼) & Multicolored Rice (五彩饭), their ancient ceremony Bronze Drum Dancing (铜鼓舞). The southwest China is a nice place for travellers, you may find many different ethnics and their attractive cultures.
If you just want to learn about more Miao ethnic culture, you really should visit some tourist attractions that are famous for Miao ethnic culture rather than remote Miao villages.Just as you have learnt from those villagers, the traditional culture is fading because of modernization(although the villagers said their lifestyle is Hanized, it is not ethnic Han style after all, it is exactly modern style). The fading occurred not only in the domain of Miao ethnic culture, but also in the domain of Han ethnic culture together with other 54 minority ethnic culture, and even western traditional ethnic culture, because they just do not adapt to the life of modern style.However, tourist attraction famous for ethnic culture is an exception because the prosperity of the culture is the key to the prosperity of native tourism industry which is critical to native economy.
The clothes used to be worn by the Han people are not the same as they are now. The fact is that the clothes or living habits of the people on the earth have been westernized or modernized. The British costumes 100 years ago are not the same as modern ones too. We live today in a world that is interconnected and affects each other.
I think in thr course of 300 to 700 years alot of Chinese history has changed. Research showed that in the middle ages the dynasty prohibited worship of totem ancestors to empower thr emperor and unite tribes and clans. This means that not too long ago in earlier dynasties many ethnic group wore animal parts in headrest and necklace or clothing. With body painting as well. A few Chinese tibet tribe still preserve them
If I recall correctly, the Miao People are very big on silver jewelry and decorations, which stumped cultural sociologists for a while because Guizhou/Kwaichou is very much not rich in silver ore. The answer turned out to be head-smackingly simple: The Miao People simply saved up on silver ingots and coins before melting them. xD
Just a note, at 1:31 what you describe as organy in your rice noodle bowl should be blood curd. Based on the fact that the bones of the chicken in the bowl is dark, you may have Silkie (乌鸡) together with its blood in one bowl.
Miao are actually Hmongs. After the battle of Zhuolu, The Hmongs Emperor, Chi You was defeated, Miao/Hmongs were marked for genocide. Many assimilated into the Chinese society forgetting much of their traditions. But, us Hmongs who now reside in America still preserved many of our old traditions because we left and kept our values and traditions with us because we didn’t have to hide that we were Miao/Hmongs. Thank you for showing what beautiful people we have.
Hey sorry if you have answered this question before but how are you living in China? Do you have a full time job or something else? I really want to move to China after college but I’m not sure how I should go about doing it
start as a language teacher which has been in high demand. look for business opportunities after you settle down. there are plenty of things you can do as a foreigner. foreigners are generally treated much better by chinese than they do to locals
Even though the villager are very nice, I probably will have same cautious feeling especially travel alone to remote area, how did you find this tour guide anyway?
Heard about Miao, and that's all... You probably know more about them than me. Some minority have their own language but they all speak chinese. That's probably the reason why they are becoming more and more han.. It's very hard to preserve these culture when you have such a big country and try to keep them as one united country.
In other parts of China there are so many Miao village keeps their identity and traditions, they actually made money from that by people visiting or interested in their culture. just for clearing up, Chinese government never pass a law prohibiting people from practicing their culture. ( well, superstition is not welcomed by the gov. in any ethnic groups including han) Also, the gov. have affirmative actions that gave bonus points for minority groups in Gaokao. Someone jokes that we have 56 ethnic groups and 55 bonus.(exclude Han)
Just give more explanation about Gaokao. It's a college/university selection/entry test for high school senior students. Every student has to attend this test if he/she wants to go to college or university. It's an education ministry policy to give minor ethic students bonus points.
Like the Miao people, I am Mogolian Chinese, but I cannot speak a single word in Mongolian, even though the government encourage minorities to learn and use their own languages. I do not feel any different from the Han people.
You mean no different from modern people. What traditional Han activity do you do? What traditional Han costume do you practice?
哈哈，一帮国人对话讲啥外文。说实话，大家都是现代中国化，变为现代中国人。
@@喵队长 还是喜欢听你说话
dollan song geography and history. Southern China in general is linguistically diversified even though the language is under the same language tree due to the geographical complexity. In this case assimilation in the North is much simpler than the South
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There are many proud Miao people. We know our history, traditions, language and arts. There are Miao people in Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and outside China. Miao is an ascribed name to us many different Miao groups. We have many names, dialects and traditions. Many assimilated, but many still speak and understand the culture. These isolated Miao are farmers. They appeared shy and humbled. Most Miao people are proud to be Miao. I am ethnic Miao. We are not Han people.
If you want to see Miao culture, you really need to visit Xiangxi in Hunan, Kaili in Guizhou, Maguan in Yunnan and some other more populous Miao locations. There is a large vibrant Miao community in Sichuan. Guizhou Province is where you will find strong Miao cultural arts and traditions.
I am also Miaozu. In from the states, although most would prefer as hmong instead of Miao.
the term miao is an insulting and derogatory term that the Hans used to designate the Hmong(mong) people. talk to any hmong person that has knowledge, they do not call themselves miao. miao means sprouts or shoots, so it's like you white people calling african americans boy. they will most certainly kick your teeth in. but china is an authoritarian country, so the minorities will go along with what the hans have designate them or face persecution.
it is sad too be honest, how some people still wear their traditionally clothes and don't know about their own Miao clothes or either Hmong. But our clothes is stand for our own Miao/Hmong pattern. And no we don't called ourself Han Chinese. We are Miao/Hmong no matter where we live, we still will never called ourself that.
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Please 🙄 Some Hmong Laos people are unbelievable.
After hundreds of years & still saying the same thing..
not wanting to be identified as Chinese.
I’m pretty sure that we Miao/ Hmong people and the Han are so mixed in blood if you took dna test.
I’m Hmong but I could careless if I’m identified as Chinese or Miao.
After all, our ancestors originated in China. China is truly our home country
The Miao who refused to assimilate into Chinese society ran away to hide in SE Asia, so after about 150 years,
What have they accomplished in SE asia?? A big NOTHING!!
Good or bad, we were better off just staying in China.
We Hmong Americans are only better now because we had opportunity to come to the US,
otherwise today we would still be living in SE Asia in extreme poverty
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NO I don’t believe Miao is an insulting term.
What’s insulting about being called a sprout??
Miao means a seedling.
A Miao Chinese scholar said the Chinese called us that name because
Miao/Hmong were very good at growing rice. Therefore the term,
as in “rice seedling”
Your video is much more entertaining than BBC and/or Discovery combined. I'd just love to watch your videos! Got addicted !
Benny Chung oh that is the most amazing compliment I could receive!!!! Thanks so much Benny. Hope you continue to like my future videos!!
@@BlondieinChina who don't you just marry one
@@st4r444 what does that even mean
i really feel like i learn something new every time i watch your videos. don't stop!
They are not like Han Zu; they are just like modern Chinese, but since Han Chinese accounts for the majority of Chinese population, they identify modern Chinese culture as Han zu culture. However, this is untrue. Han Chinese also loses their original culture and becomes modern Chinese.
And the same way with Westerners too. I love how some liberals don't wanna wear their corset and ride in horse drawn coaches but still expect others to be 'traditional' so they can gasp at the EXOTIC foreign culture like touring in a zoo to see the animals in their nature habitat. The level of hypocrisy is over 9000.
所言极是。汉族也是复兴自己的文化，努力宣扬汉服~~！
Very well said
Han Chinese are basically a mixed hodge-podge of various peoples that have been sinicized throughout history. There's no such thing called "pure Han Chinese" or "pure Han Chinese culture". Genetically speaking, southern minorities such as Miao and She are almost identical to southern Han, which suggests a long history of admixtures between the two.
蔡移疴 a very good point!! Very true, I guess when he said ‘we are just like han Chinese’ he meant their village has become more modern, like Han Chinese mostly are. Thanks for your comment and input!!
There're many sub groups in MIAO ethnic minority. And "Hmong" people are the MIAO ethnic minority in other countries.
in china, they are called "miao". but english term for them is "hmong". but culturally, they are tribe based, like "wa" or "jingpo"...
Wa is a different cultural group and are called the Lawa people of Lao or Thailand. Jingpo is a culturally different ethnic group and they are called Kachin in Burmese. Hmong people is one of the most diverse Miao branches forming the West Miao family branch of the three Miao groups in China.
@@ipfreak when miao migrated to southeast Asia they developed nasal H sound so when they say Mao they out an H in front. Over time they stayed pouncing it as hmooj in their dialect. When you listen to a baby or someone with speech problem say Mao and mong it sounds the same. They call themselves Mao too when they arrived in laos but they just slowly changed the pronounce over time. Hmong people call mien Yao in their language not mien. You can clearly hear the way they say mien is much closer to Yao just slightly tweaked from dialect change. A great example is Jew pronounce Jesus "yeshuah" English say it as "jee sus" Hispanics say "hey suus" still the same person but different dialect languages
I love your authenticity and how immersive your travel experiences are, Amy!
Miao people has their own language but no character in history. Many of them still speak that. And recently some one invented alphabet characters for them but I don't think many of them can write that. But if you really go a miao villege in Hunan or Guizhou mountains, you should find them speak miao. Beautiful and peaceful Miao people.👍
hunan not human
@@zmelody2111 you are right.
HenryDavidT Chinese estimate is around 13M worldwide, and we got Miao population of 9.42M in China with Guizhou, Hunan & Yunnan by order to be the most populated provinces.
HenryDavidT you people are one of the oldest known ethnic groups in Chinese history. It is believed that our ancestors battled more than 4000 yrs ago. I just heard that Miao/Hmong did have your own characters in ancient times but lost it accidentally.
Fuck no, the southern asia miao in vietnam, Laos, thailand and burma all understand each other than in china they can't speak it good they could speak it but most words are not met with each other since han kicked out most miao and forbidden miao ways.
Hmong people have been separated and spread all around the world. They live in China,USA,Australia,France,Alaska,Vietnam,Laos,Thailand.
What an AMAZING TH-camR to introduce Chinese culture!!! And next time you wanna travel to Yunnan province again, please contact me because I am a Bai ethnic minority and my hometown is Dali, it is also a colorful culture and heavenly place, so long as I from Germany back to Yunnan, I can try my best to show everything you could be interested. Have fun all the way in China!
Your videos absolutely don't require clickbait thumbnails because watchability and amusement are always guaranteed! :D
I love that this could be your first encounter with these friendly Miao people and vice versa.
RespectOthers thanks vinny! It was such a unique experience
哈哈 都学会客套了。 穿上苗族的银饰传统服饰，被夸好看：连连说， 没有没有！
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哈哈哈 以前应该就是 谢谢
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Hey Amy! 😊❤️
It's so nice to see you interact with Miao people in China. I am Miaozu from Minnesota and studied in Wenshan for a little bit where I made a ton of Miaozu friends in Wenshan, Yunnan. If you ever want to learn more about the Miaozu culture, I can help you connect to some of my Miaozu friends who can tell you more about Miaozu history and culture! 😊
Love your videos! Keep up the great work!
heyyyy i’ve recently came across your channel and i’m honestly in love with your personality and the way you’re giving us content on China and showing the beauty in it. I was hoping you could make a video or possible tell me how you learn chinese so well, you’re so inspiring💕
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You look really good in my people clothing! You should do a Miaozu tour in Yunnan,Guizhou,Hunan,Guangxi and Sichaun county and see the Miaozu.
I don't think she looked good in it at all. Chinese women look way better in it.
@Theej Txhoj your talking way beyond a simple comment i made. I didn't need to know all that unless information.
Greetings from Minnesota! There are many Hmong here and are keeping their traditions alive! Also occasionally on PBS TV station there are programs in Hmong! It would be ashame that many of the ethnic minorities lose their culture and language! There is beauty in diversity!
😊 I am a Han Chinese, live in USA too. Miao is just a name from one thousand years ago, it doesn't have any meaning, just like Han. Miao people and lots of Han people moved to the south part of China to escape the invasion and killing by some barbarians from the north. They are called Xiongnu, Jin, Liao, Mongols, Tujue... etc.
I only just discovered your channel. I run some large "Learning Chinese" groups on Facebook and I will be heavily promoting your channel, as it is by far the best "Foreigner in China" channel I have ever come across. (PS - I am also from Sydney!)
Manning Bartlett omg thank you SO MUCH! appreciate your support more than you know!
The Han culture is indeed the mainstream culture of China, but the Han is not a strict concept of race, especially from the perspective of blood. In fact, the cultural prosperity of the Han nationality is only what happened in the past 10 years. After the economic development, people will pay more attention to culture. Thank you very much for your video. I think you reminded me that the protection of different cultures and the state of multiculturalism are also very important for China.
love how you share the culture/food/clothing with the locals!!! that's absolutely amazing and heart-warming at the same time :)
Awesome video again. 👍👍👍 By the way, that red color stuffs in noodle soup is pig blood 豬紅 😅😅😅
Paddy Man ah! Interesting. Thanks for letting me know haha
@@BlondieinChina pig blood is good
@@BlondieinChina Chinese blood pudding
Yes,you can always find interesting things in any cities or towns in China...Each province in China has its own unique characteristics and every exploration will be fun
Love your speech transition from English to Chinese and vice versa
You're a very brave girl! I absolutely love your videos!
Brave girl? You meant she was in danger?
China is one of the safest countries in the world, so don't be afraid to go to China.
She is brave. I am Chinese and I won't visit those remote areas. Safety is not the issue, just infrastructure like hotels and restaurants may not be very modern and comfortable.
Yes, thank you Bin Wang. She steps out of her comfort zone for adventure and learning. We benefit from her bravery❣️
@@debramonette4352 She is no fussy easy going which makes her likable. This positive vibe makes people enjoy each other.
There's another TH-camr called Mr. Bold and Broken has the same personality, he can make instant friend with anybody.
Hello China girl. Again, thanks for sharing your videos and experience. Looking forward more to come.
Hsin Li thank you!!
I'm your new fan. I have just plowed through all your TH-cam videos. Loving all of them so far as I feel they really give an authentic vibe. I've been to several cities in China but your videos remind me that China is truly vast and each city are so different!
Anyway it's a shame that traditional cultures everywhere are dying off especially in countries with rapidly growing economies but I just feel that it's not practical anymore sometimes. Even myself when I have children I wouldn't be teaching them my mother tongue.
frenchfrete Oh please raise them bilingual if there is any chance!!! It is such a huge advantage!!! The only reason I wasn‘t raise that way is causebof my hearing problems stopping me from progressing in even one language in a normal pace but I really wish I did
I loved this! You are such a wonderful story teller. And The clothing is so beautiful. It looks so complex, and I love the vibrant colors.
This is really cool! These are Hmong people. I recognize those traditional outfits and the Hmong instrument in the photograph that the older gentleman showed you. I am also Hmong but I am Hmong-American, of which there are around 300,00 of us in the States. The people you met are Hmong Chinese--meaning they were among the millions who chose to stay in China when the Han Chinese were oppressing them at the time (centuries ago). This is ancient history, do google it! As for the others who did not stay in China, they migrated to Southeast Asia specifically Laos. If you read up on it you'll find out that many of us were displaced (including my parents) during the Vietnam War and then fled to Thailand for refuge, and then immigrated to multiple countries such as the States, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, etc. in the 80s.
Same as Sunisa Lee. Not accurate to say "Han Chinese" oppressed Miao people in history because Miao people were the ally of the present Communist government (Han majority) who helped the latter in their civil war. It were the actions of the past Ming or Qing regimes. The "oppression" was most acute during the ruthless Qing Dynasty which even the Han people were victim.
News Flash, the Manchus were the ruling class of the Qing dynasty
Poor Hmong Americans, you have left the land of your ancestors and have come to the land of the foreigners, and you have lost your roots, so you will eventually become foreigners as well, and you will eventually become Americans. The Hmong in China, on the other hand, have always lived on their own land, they are rooted here, and they will continue to survive and multiply on the land of their ancestors, and they will still be Hmong.
I’m so happy that u aren’t grossed out by “organs” food cuz some ppl u k. Ur so amazing for trying out foods. I especially love noodles w organs with spice
XW Ah As a fact, people in south Europe also eat such kinds of food.
Wowow thankyou so much for this, I've always wondered how my people lived in China till this day. My ancestors migrate from China to Laos/Thailand/Veitnam after the war.
Indeed, lots of Han fellows learned something about Miao from your video, we know something about our own fellows through a blondie, that's so cool. You are doing GREAT, thank you.
What an amazing experience!! I love learning about all of the different cultures in China, your videos and content are truly inspiring! And how cool is that, you both were the first ever foreigners to visit! 👏🏻🤗
Kelly24 thanks kelly! Glad you could learn something from this video. Hope one day you can come check the area out for yourself! You’d love it :)
@@BlondieinChina thank you 🤗 ahh I hope so too 👏🏻
Miao is the direct offspring of Chiyou(蚩尤) and created Chu(楚) culture. The are genetically linked to Han Chinese in Hubei. And a lots lengedary heros remians in both culture like gonggong. According their oral history and Han Chinese literary record, we actually can confirm the existence of “黄帝” and "炎帝“. But the the myths are ambigious, because some story saying that Chiyou is the son of “炎帝”，he revenged his father and launched a war against "黄帝". Other stories say Chiyou has no relation with 黄帝 or 炎帝. 黄帝 and 炎帝 are brothers. They joined army to defeat Chiyou. There are also storys said miao which means seeds are seeds of 黄帝. But 黄帝 did not like them. But genetically Miao and Han are really close. The genetic diversion started more than 5000 years ago.
There are 56 ethnic groups in china, each of them has their unique cluture/clothes and 54 of them have their own languages beside Mandarin:). There are a lot to explore about their cultures. Thought this might give you inspirations for future videos:)
You inspire me so much!! Love your videos😍👏🏻
Hanna Johansson I’m so glad you like the videos!!!!
Blondie in China I also live in China (Guangzhou) would love if you checked out my channel ❤️
Omg! How did I missed this.. love the Miao Culture! Thanks for sharing, Aimee!
the miao is an ancient people made up of various groups... geographical remoteness and inaccessibility allowed miao cultures to survive, but i don't think they ever developed writing.
Miao is known Hmong. I know because I’m a Hmong
I am an Hmong American too, 2nd generation born and raised in CA. Yes, the Hmong in Laos, Thai, America, and a few more countries use the Roman Alphabet.
@@vuetube4558 Well, if they did, they never wrote it down on any material that would last long. Most of the ancient texts were written on fabrics, stones, or wooden things. If the Miao did develop language, one might also expect it on their decorations. The fact that we don't have any of these things suggests that their culture, as would an anthropologist argue, was transmitted orally. I don't for a second think that cultures that use writing are necessarily superior or better than oral cultures.
Some of my oldest uncle that are hmong/miao that still lives in the old village near the border of laos but still in china he said alot of chinese minority's had their own writting systems a long long time ago but one chinese emperor ordered for all books and writing of the ethnic groups to be burned and use one single writting system to unify china or something like that
@@fennelstalkhermeneutics3721 There're acutally records and ancient stone carvings suggest that some Miao groups used to have a writing system based on Chinese characters (they kind of look like Chữ Nôm in Vietnam or Khitan scripts\Zhuang Characters ）, but they disappeared. In 1960s some old Miao carpenters in Hunan province still used some characters on their woodworks.
I think they're not as widespread as Chinese characters but were only used in worships or ceremonies, Chinese was still the lingua franca, it's like Koreans didn't use Hangeul in Ancient time, they all used Chinese characters even though they invented Hangeul for a few hundred years. Not to mention that the Miao Characters is not an alphabet one, those minoritiy officials (Tusi, or headmen) still needed to learn Chinese characters to communicate with the government.
Another awesome video Amy! Great job : )
HeyitsNicey thank you!!!
So precious and beautiful! Love your vids. I travelled from Beijing to Kazakhstan back in the 80s and went from one military base to the next and spent my time with officers famalies in a huge variety of different tribes /minorities (which is why it took me 10 months). As I was mostly with Special Forces we were often in very remote regions which added so much to my adventure. One thing that stood out on the entire journey was the incredible friendliness and love I was treated with. Pretty much the whole route I was the first foreigner they had ever seen and bring from Africa and white I was quite a novelty. Often had to show my passport and birth certificate 😊. Needless to say, I fell in love with China and its people. By far the most beautiful country I've seen and the best people. Bless you for all the reminders!
Mathew Peter wow what an amazing experience Mathew! Thanks for sharing with everyone :) have you been back to China recently?
Miao AKA Hmong were persecuted and were force to flee south many ended up in SE Asia Laos, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand. For a Very long time they had to hide their identity. Only until the Republican of China was form before things got better. Hence the reason for integration as Han Chinese. Estimation is about 10Million but they are still a minority. I was the generation that was born in Laos, but one day I hope to return to the mother land to see my people! Generations of being apart has made communication difficult as well.
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we are not from
china , hmong are from persia
@@ggfcfhvyy9272 lol Chinese are also from persia lol
Miao are not known as hmong. Hmong are also known as miao.
Hello from a Chinese student in Melbourne. It's my first comment on TH-cam, your videos really touch me. It's glad to see you enjoy every minute in China and share that happiness to us. Chinese people are always warm-hearted and welcome everyone. That's our culture. "有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎“ Confucius, an ancient Chinese sage, said, ""Is it not a delight after all to have friends come from afar! "Keep doing these enjoyable videos and enjoy everything in China. You look so nice in that traditional MIAO cloth by the way. Don't be"客气” LOL. Wish you all the best.
Lance Chen thank you so much lance!!!! I’m so honoured to be your first comment receiver ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
We are Hmong American, aka Miao as the “Chinese” may consider us. Thanks for this channel. Funny how even the Hmong in Chinese admit they are beginning to lose sight of their culture. Same as the Hmong in America, Canada, France, Australia, Etc. Sad. And NO we are NOT the same as the Han. I sensed a sense of shame and a sense of her wanting to somewhat feel humanized or normalized, that moment she had mentioned that. Again… unfortunate. - Thank you for sharing this cool video with us! Subscribed and followed, so we can hear and see more from you! Much love!
Wow I guess there's lots of Hmong that no longer speak the language or follow the old culture anymore and they fit in fine. Guess I will blend right in as just a "modern Chinese guy" from "somewhere" with my classroom taught standard Mandarin accent lol. I might have missed it but did you ever mention the region or town this was? Their clothing looks like the Western Miao (Hmong) and I want to find more of the to reconnect with my ancestral past. Thanks for sharing this.
Beautiful costume. Gentle and humble folks in smaller cities. Many likes.
Tomorrow morning I have an AP cal bc exam, and I’m still here watching your video. 🤦♂️
Ricky Huang uh oh!!! Hope you got some study in!! Hope your exam went well :)
@@BlondieinChina Thank you : >
good.luck
贾天宇 这都多长时间了🤨
Hahaha.... part of what you eat was blood, I think! Anyways, looked like a fun day! And you really did look good in the Miao costume! And they were so welcoming of you. For good or bad, many Chinese, whatever their ethnicity, do regard themselves as Han people. In a sense that is what makes the Chinese people united.
I really loved this video! It is sad that these groups are losing their knowledge of the culture but videos like this are really helping keep it known. I really want to see places like this when I get back to China. Also that breakfast wrap looks amazing! 煎饼 is one of my favorite foods in China.
Adam Elandt thanks Adam! Hope you do some good exploring (and jianbing eating) when you get back to China!
@@BlondieinChina I'm pumped for it. I've got some friends that I want to visit in Shenzhen when I get the chance.
The costume is so beautiful and also you could search the place on Chinese internet about which area keep whole maio tradition and go have fun again.
The reason why they don’t know much about the culture anymore is because there was a time if you’re Maio/Hmong you get persecuted. Young kids get forced into re-education camps and people are prohibited to practice their tradition. Maybe now it’s not as strict as it used to be but still, a lot of history and tradition was lost along the way. Most Miao/Hmong work really hard to preserve their culture in China, luckily there are still some places that hold our history.
Hey Amy: Miao is the name in Chinese for them, but their proper English name is Hmong. If you do a search under "Hmong" then there are tons of history and information about them. In fact, Hmong people have migrated all over the world, from China to Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, U.S, France, and probably even Australia as well.
Wrong! Not all Miao groups call themselves Hmong. Even so called Hmong USA forgot their own Miao identity within the Miao culture because of politics.
@@Lee-du1js I would agree with you.
no, all subgroups of miao in china call themseleves different, hmong in US is mostly from south part of yunan province, are green miao and white miao group, and miao in china are a grand name, all sub groups have different culture and even dialects , academically, scholars have different opinions over all miao groups are same people, they probably not same people
Ignorance is a bliss for you I guess. Miao is Chinese for Hmong. Hmong is English for Miao. If you tell Chinese people their English name, Chinese people would have no clue what you're talking about. And If you tell English speaking people the name Miao, they wouldn't have a clue either. In fact, calling them Miao is very derogatory outside of China. I speak that language so stop being ignorant. Do your own research before you speak. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_people
@@animelovergirl8461 Ignorance is a bliss for you I guess. Miao is Chinese for Hmong. Hmong is English for Miao. If you tell Chinese people their English name, Chinese people would have no clue what you're talking about. And If you tell English speaking people the name Miao, they wouldn't have a clue either. In fact, calling them Miao is very derogatory outside of China. I speak that language so stop being ignorant. Do your own research before you speak. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_people
Hi Amy, I am glad you enjoyed your experience in China, and that you are interested in Miao's culture! I saw your another video about learning Chinese through watching shows and dramas. Therefore I would love to recommend you a game called 仙剑奇侠传 一 , a light game published 20 years ago yet still a masterpiece and great memory for an entire generation of Chinese young people. It is easy to get hands on and more plot-focused. The story is built based on Chinese ancient mythology which involves both Miao and Han. The conversations in the game are concise and beautiful. It would be a fun and relaxing way to know Chinese culture! I think you can get it from Steam or basically anywhere from the internet. You can even find an English version made by fans! Please let me know what you think! （The game is also referred to as 仙剑98, it has been a series of games but I would still recommend the oldest, which is the most epic）
That sounds awesome!!!! Thanks so much for the tip!
@@BlondieinChina checkout these 2 links:
chinesepaladin.org/about
chinesepaladin.org/download-play-the-legend-of-sword-and-fairychinese-paladin-game-in-english/
I hope you would like it
Fun Fact: There are little pockets of the Miao/Hmong people in Melbourne, Sidney, and Brisbane. Australia accepted some of the ethnic Miao/Hmong refugees from the chaos of the Vietnam War. Around 2500+ were resettled in Australia, The majority went to the USA and other countries such as Argentina, France, and French Guiana.
比大部分中国人都幸运，我都没吃过这么好吃的美食！
有机会就去吃嘛
你生活在哪啊？我的天。我家乡一个边陲小镇都有一大堆好吃的。
are you kidding me？哪有美食了？
Thank you for sharing your travels with us. Your Mandarin is great. Just curious if you have any recommendations for language learning methods(other than being in country with native speakers:))
the things in the noddle soup are not organs, they are blood. mixed with water and salt then steam (or boil) it and make it looks like tofu. It taste nothing like blood, not even smell, but something like salted & smooth jelly.
I love your vids so much Blondie :) , I come from a small town of Guangxi, and I am Dong ethnic which is very similar to MIAO and good at building, I recommend you visit Sanjiang, a traditional Dong ethnic town, they conserve still very well their culture and language, not like mem a fake Dongist :/
Since your part of the dong ethnic group i have on question when you guys play the lusheng can you understand what they are blowing on the lusheng like the miao ethnic group where most notes are like spoken words
Welcome to my hometown!!
I hope you are not Jewish, at the rice noodle restaurant, the dish you called it liver something is actually either duck/chicken blood or pig blood (雞紅、鴨血、猪紅). Chinese eats blood and the blood has been seasoned with salt so it is solid.
@boshi liuquite interesting point of views.
@@akakakakakak3084 he's crazy and crapping nonsense
That was cool watching you wear an ethnic chinese outfit. You were having fun in a village. If you like the village feel, have you checked out Yang Shuo in Guangxi? That was a cool romantic place with a creek you can bamboo raft down and they take you down waterfall steps and shoot a picture of you coming down.
after seeing all of your video,I am so happy that you are really sincere and love China.Thank you so much for making us love ourselves more~😘
刘子扬 thank you! Glad you liked the video!!!
Woahhhhh last time I clicked you was on 1.2k now 15kkkk keep up with the good videos👍👍
Your Zhongwen is super good, Blondie!!! Where did you learn it?
Raising my hands! All I know about Miao is from books and novels, those “magic” they play by insects, the bit scary spirits story. It’s very wild yet interesting.
I read somewhere online that the han people would make up stories about the ethnic groups of southern china. That the ethnic women knew witch craft and that they would lure the han men from returning back north using witchcraft and poison. Is that true?
@@PyanY If you’re talking about the Gu poisonous insects, it’s definitely not true. It was a scare tactic to enforce ethnic boundaries and intermarriage between the Han and Miao groups.
I am Hmong American and we are a sub culture of Miao people. Depending on clan and dialects, we were the same traditional attire and some similar too .
Best way to put it. Sub tribe. Dogs come from wolf. Branched into many different cultures and customs but can still traced back
Ruth thao, as a hmong american too look at these people, they look identical to us the only difference i could point out is the language dialect. Most of us younger generations in america are really suprising since we in the south were not knowledged about the north besides storys of us leaving china not even knowing if it was a myth or not.
The term "Miao", as the anthropologist Norma Diamond explains, does not mean only the antecedents of today's Miao national minority; it is a term, which had been used by the Chinese to describe various indigenous, mountain tribes of Guizhou and other south-western provinces of China, which shared similar cultural traits. China should allow the Hmong Chinese in China name themselves as Hmong people and should not continuing to name the Hmong as Miao because of what has been this evidence studies says. Hmong People as the “mountain-dwelling peoples are name as disrespectfully as the Laotian and Chines government name us as meo, cat, or Miao. So therefore we never heard any ancestor told us the name Miao at all. So the whole world majority call us the Hmong by the names meo/miao/cat and this is not fair and as well violate our civil right as the Hmong people as indigenous minority.
No. Hmong is a sub tribe which descended from western miao. There are dozens of miao tribe in china each speaking different dialect with their own unique custom and culture. They are separated by regions. You can't group them with hmong. Hmong are the descendents of them. Its like how dogs come from wolves but wolves don't come from dogs. Hmong are migrant sub group who left to South East Asia. Miaozu is the more appropriate modern term now for the many tribes in China. They know who they are.
I follow Chinese History to here. According to a Chinese History channel, Hmong discovered Bronze working, and were winning the war against proto-Chinese (Huaxia). The Huaxia discover battle formation, and disipplined army during the routing, and finally won a decisive battle against Hmong.
So it seems hmong were a Neolithic people who fought off a stone culture who were probably primarily hunter gathers wearing animal parts and body paint aka the darker group of people
U Look gorgeous on that dress. Do more cultural stuff like this Amy. Its super cool
actually in china, most of people wear western style cloths. the term "like han" is more "like westerner" in reality.
There are a lot of Miao ethnics called Hmong in Minnesota USA.
Visit Miao People of Yunnan & Guizhou Province before our Traditions disappears for good. Lots of Miao lives in United States, Vietnam, Thailand, France
hey amy I've been watching your videos a lot about your journey in china tho. Anyway next month I'll have an opportunity to visit beijing and heibei for bout 7-8 days long, but tbh your videos about what to do in Beijing weren't pretty much a lot, can you gimme some of recommendations must do in beijing for 4-5 hours long in my spare time later on? like the best food to try in beijing (other than peking duck) as well as where to buy cheap souvenirs in beijing also. BIG LOVE❤️
It’s amazing, you’ve been to more places in China than I did!
If you interesting in Miao culture, you can travel to Guizhou (貴州). There is a really big Miao village (西江千戶苗寨)。 Pros: the village centralized elderlys whose can sing a song in their own language which the language do no have scripts, because their language do not have written form. Which means the song can only inherited by voice form. Also, they keep some of their traditional buildings in the village.
Cons: commercialised. Well, travel spots in China always have this problem.........
If you looking for non-commercialised Miao Village, maybe somewhere in Guizhou you can found it.
Guizhou and Yunnan has large populations of Miaozu
1:27 That tofu like thing is blood……I think it's chicken blood.
I’m pretty sure its pigs blood.
in old time, there were terms of "sheng miao" and "shu miao". "sheng miao" means those miao people who were hostile to anyone didn't belong to their tribes and "shu miao" means those were "civilized" or even a bit educated. of course, nowadays, most of chinese miao people are much educated than their counterparts in lao and vietnam. tribalism is no longer an issue in china, but patriarchal clanism is still an issue in some parts of china, especially in southern remote areas.
Hmong American came to the US after the Vietnam war because the CIA recruited them in the war effort against Vietnam and so after the war for their safety the US government relocated them to the US. As a minority themselves growing up in America the Hmong people basically cultural appropriated the historic persecution of the native Americans and blacks in America into their own cultural narrative, imagining their ancestors as a persecuted people in China and this is the reason there is so much hostilities coming from some Hmong Americans towards the Chinese (sometimes including the Miao people accusing them of being too Chinese, not real Hmong...etc., whatever that means) here in this thread. For people who are reading the comments from the Hmong Americans and scratching their heads of why there is so much hostilities from them this is the reason.
I don't completely agree with that statement and I am Hmong American btw. And those wondering, Hmong would be a subgroup of the Miao. Miao itself is a broad term and have groups within it who don't call themselves Hmong either. Although as far as I've seen elsewhere and have actually heard them in their native tongue reference themselves, it does sound like the majority calls themselves something close to the word Hmong, so I can only assume that the name they call themselves is the same, just with a different accent/dialect, but there are those within this subgroup who would call themselves something different.
Yes Hmong people can relate to native Americans in regards to our history and to some degree even culture as they at one point praticed shamanism and maybe some still do but the history between Hmong and Chinese are extremely complex and long just as the history between the native Americans history and those who are not. And to deny that their was never any persecution to the Hmong is just naive. I would imagine that the Hmong have been immigrating into Lao's, Vietnam, Burma, and Thailand for a while but the biggest migration of the Hmong's occurred in the late 1800s which I can trace that far back as to the ancestors to have immigrated outside of China itself. They immigrated due to extremely high taxes and persecution from the last dynasty according to my parents and believe me this was way before their exposure to native Americans or blacks. Not only that, if you're a traditionalist (ancestor worship, practice shamanism, animism, etc.) then you would know that it's built right into our funeral rites but I'm not going into it as it would take to long to go into it. I would imagine if a Hmong person has converted to something else they would be completely clueless about this and even some traditionalist who are not as informed about our funeral rites especially the youths of today would be clueless.
Not only that, the word Miao sounds extremely similar to Meo which IS a term that was used in Lao's with extremely negative connotation, that's probably the biggest reason for their hostility towards that term.
Also, I would again like to point out that after the late 1800s Hmong history outside of China would be different to those living in China. The hate is from ignorance. The last dynasty is no longer in power and to those who can't understand, the Miao's in China are in support of the communist party and to some degree some may have even fought and assisted in placing them in power. The group itself fought on both sides just as Hmong's themselves split and fought on both sides of the war during the Vietnam War.
And to my Hmong peeps out there, they have no issue with the term Miao, so quit insisting they be called Hmong especially when they don't all call themselves Hmong. It just creates more confusion to the world.
@@user-qj8li6qt3p H Historically people in China migrated all the times, a lot of times has to do with war. Heavy taxation and sometimes drafting of strong young men for labor and military service is as old as China itself. Hmong is hardly the only people who try to avoid this. Ethnic minorities were able to escape this because historically they live in remote area (a lot of times high in the mountains) far away from the crutches of the imperial dynasties. I can assure you historically there is no persecution of Hmong people in China. I am sure you don't know but Chinese people has a strong sense of nationalism and a very weak sense of ethno-nationalism. Confucius says 'All men within four seas are brothers'. And this has left a strong imprint into the cultural dna of the Chinese people. This is very different compare to the West where traditionally ethno-nationalism has been strong. Strange as it may to Westerners and Hmong Americans, Han Chinese people sees other ethnic groups in China basically as relatives, albeit far away relatives. This is very different than in the West. For example historically English and Irish lives in close proximity to each other but the English, who is the dominant ethnic group, see the Irish people as an alien and hostile people. This is the reason the trajectory of history played out differently in Europe and China. For the last two thousand years various groups in Europe were basically at war with each other and Europe stayed fragmented because of the strong ethno-nationalism whereas in China various groups organically coalesced in China into what today called the Han people, which is basically an amalgam of different people in China. I don't know whether you know it or not even today Han Chinese still speak different venaculars in different regions of China and these venacular are totally unintelligenible to speakers of other group. Yet all this people are Han. Using modern American political jargon China is the ultimate melting pot.
If you want to know which group was persecuted the most in the last dynasty it is the Hakka people. Hakka people are Han, and in the last dynasty there was a large scale rebellion called the Taiping rebellion which consist mostly of the Hakka people and which almost shock the dynasty and the Qing dynasty took many years to finally put down the rebellion. And because of this the Qing dynasty whacked them pretty hard. I can assure you today there is zero animosity of the Hakka people towards the Manchu people in China because people in China simply don't see things in ethnocentric ways. In other words the Hakka were being whacked not because they were Hakka but because they staged an rebellion.
There is no equivalency of the American Indians in America and the Hmong people in China. There is geniune persecution of the American Indians. For example there was a saying in America they says 'A good Indian is a dead Indian.' There is absolutely no such sentiment in China and for that matter there is no ethnic slur whatsoever of the Han people towards other ethnic groups in China. Ethnic slur is a distinctly Western (and probably other cultures too) phenonmen. The word Miao has no negative connotation. Hmong people said it sounds like the word cat. Yes the two word does sound similar but if the Han people want to denigrate the Hmong shouldn't they choose other animal that usually has a bad connotation? The word cat in China doesn't have any negative connotation.
Hmong people didn't help the Communist gain power. This is another propaganda put out by the Chinese Communist party. The Chinese Communist party is a disaster for China. Japan brutally invaded China in the last century and it is the Nationalist party who did the fighting. The Chinse Communist party were hiding in the vast hinterland of China and disgustly used the Japanese invasion as a recruiting tool to recruit members. After the Sino-Japanese war the Chinese Communist party claimed credit that it is they which did the fighting and wiped out from the history books that it is the Nationalist government who fight the Japanese. This is very disgusting. The Chinese Communist party also colluded with the Soviet Union, who was historically and by then still actively a land grabber of China. Once the Chinese Communist party came to power it gave away Chinese land left and right. This is the reason territorially today's China is much smaller than it was before 1949, the year the Chinese Communist took power. After the Chinese Communist party came to power there were large scale destruction of Chinese cultural relic during the Cultural Revolution. Many rare books that survived hundreds of years old were burnt.
Fuck the Chinese Communist Party.
It‘s possible that they don't really know what are the difference between Han and Miao when you ask them if there are any difference, they really don't know. So might as well say there are no difference. To me everything I see in your video is quite "miao", including the area they live, their accent, language, and their food... Many Han people travel to Miao Village because they are different.
As a Han people I was lucky to be born and grew up in Kaili, one of the biggest Miao Minority group city in Guizhou province. I believe I know a bit about the difference. My childhood friends are mostly Miao and Dong people, they are still so Miao and Dong in my opinion, haha. Modernized of course, but still so "Miao". In my hometown, Miao people are the big boss.
Great introduction to the remote areas of China! Thank you!
is that minority village in Yunnan province.
You are definitely a blogger on TH-cam who has the potential to receive massive amounts of views in the future, stick to it!
Targaryen Stark thanks so much for the encouragement!! Really appreciate the support!
The bamboo made trumpet you blow is very melodic if you know the key. The one you blow sound a bit different but one other ethnic minority has the same type of trumpet with different tune and it is the most melodic tune I've ever came across...
So interesting to see the Miao migrate from China to SE Asia to the rest of the world. Seeing how far the groups have separated is mind-blowing, just look at a Chinese Miao and Hmong Australian.
1:30 something liver or organy?
If no has pointed it out yet, its actually cooked blood. Yep, nothing goes to waste. Now the real question is which animal did it come from?
Cheers!
Btw, the traditional Miao have migrated to the Laos and Thailand, when you have a chance visit us there. Chiang-mai is a good place to start.
Great video! Hey! where would you be for the next a few weeks? I will be there for 3 three weeks, and plan to do some travels. Maybe I will meet you on the street on day lol
The Miao, AKA Hmong, are an ethnic group that is scattered all over Southern China, and Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam). During the Vietnam War the Hmong were recruited by CIA to help in the War effort. After USA pulled out of Vietnam, many of the Hmong were left on their own, and were persecuted by the Vietnamese gov't. As a result, a number of Hmong were allowed to settle in USA, mostly in Minnesota.
The name Miao was giving by Chinese people only the real name for Miao is Hmong, if you want to know more about Miao or Hmong please come to Saint Paul, MN.
It's blood cubes (血旺) on the top of the rice noodle, not organs. Although many Miao people has sinicized, there still are communities maitain their traditions in the autonomous areas, you may find them in Hunan, Guizhou or Yunan province. 斗牛(Bufflo fight) is one of there famous traditions which will be held on the 5th, 15th and 25th day of each lunar new year. Since the prize is high, the fight buffloes are specially trained for the game, they'll never be treated as farming aids.
Miomi Wang oh so informative!!! Thank you miomi! I understand it a lot better now
@@BlondieinChina Glad you liked. Although I'm ethnic Han, I grew up in Guizhou and saw a lot of their traditions, such as their famous food Sour Soup Fish (酸汤鱼) & Multicolored Rice (五彩饭), their ancient ceremony Bronze Drum Dancing (铜鼓舞). The southwest China is a nice place for travellers, you may find many different ethnics and their attractive cultures.
If you just want to learn about more Miao ethnic culture, you really should visit some tourist attractions that are famous for Miao ethnic culture rather than remote Miao villages.Just as you have learnt from those villagers, the traditional culture is fading because of modernization(although the villagers said their lifestyle is Hanized, it is not ethnic Han style after all, it is exactly modern style). The fading occurred not only in the domain of Miao ethnic culture, but also in the domain of Han ethnic culture together with other 54 minority ethnic culture, and even western traditional ethnic culture, because they just do not adapt to the life of modern style.However, tourist attraction famous for ethnic culture is an exception because the prosperity of the culture is the key to the prosperity of native tourism industry which is critical to native economy.
The clothes used to be worn by the Han people are not the same as they are now. The fact is that the clothes or living habits of the people on the earth have been westernized or modernized. The British costumes 100 years ago are not the same as modern ones too. We live today in a world that is interconnected and affects each other.
I think in thr course of 300 to 700 years alot of Chinese history has changed. Research showed that in the middle ages the dynasty prohibited worship of totem ancestors to empower thr emperor and unite tribes and clans. This means that not too long ago in earlier dynasties many ethnic group wore animal parts in headrest and necklace or clothing. With body painting as well. A few Chinese tibet tribe still preserve them
Oh, Hmong(Hmoob) people. I’m Hmong too. This is so awesome. Thank you!
Awww...The daughters are BEAUTIFUL!!!
So adorable!!!
Konata Izumi such beautiful costumes!!! And beautiful people
If I recall correctly, the Miao People are very big on silver jewelry and decorations, which stumped cultural sociologists for a while because Guizhou/Kwaichou is very much not rich in silver ore. The answer turned out to be head-smackingly simple: The Miao People simply saved up on silver ingots and coins before melting them. xD
I'm ethical miao like them from zhangjiajie city,hunan province.
江Eric zhang ga gai
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dou si fu nan di
I am ethnic Miao from USA
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Yingai shuo shi Fulan di sha!
Love YOU !! Beautiful vlog !!!!!
MX Qing thank you!!!! Glad you liked it!
You look stunning when wearing the traditional clothes！Can't wait to see more about Chinese cultural through your TH-cam！
Just a note, at 1:31 what you describe as organy in your rice noodle bowl should be blood curd. Based on the fact that the bones of the chicken in the bowl is dark, you may have Silkie (乌鸡) together with its blood in one bowl.
Miao are actually Hmongs. After the battle of Zhuolu, The Hmongs Emperor, Chi You was defeated, Miao/Hmongs were marked for genocide. Many assimilated into the Chinese society forgetting much of their traditions. But, us Hmongs who now reside in America still preserved many of our old traditions because we left and kept our values and traditions with us because we didn’t have to hide that we were Miao/Hmongs. Thank you for showing what beautiful people we have.
Hey sorry if you have answered this question before but how are you living in China? Do you have a full time job or something else? I really want to move to China after college but I’m not sure how I should go about doing it
start as a language teacher which has been in high demand. look for business opportunities after you settle down. there are plenty of things you can do as a foreigner. foreigners are generally treated much better by chinese than they do to locals
Even though the villager are very nice, I probably will have same cautious feeling especially travel alone to remote area, how did you find this tour guide anyway?
Kakashi Channel he wasn’t a tour guide, he was a friend we made in fengqing. He seemed nice and we trusted him!
Heard about Miao, and that's all... You probably know more about them than me. Some minority have their own language but they all speak chinese. That's probably the reason why they are becoming more and more han.. It's very hard to preserve these culture when you have such a big country and try to keep them as one united country.
In other parts of China there are so many Miao village keeps their identity and traditions, they actually made money from that by people visiting or interested in their culture. just for clearing up, Chinese government never pass a law prohibiting people from practicing their culture. ( well, superstition is not welcomed by the gov. in any ethnic groups including han) Also, the gov. have affirmative actions that gave bonus points for minority groups in Gaokao. Someone jokes that we have 56 ethnic groups and 55 bonus.(exclude Han)
Just give more explanation about Gaokao. It's a college/university selection/entry test for high school senior students. Every student has to attend this test if he/she wants to go to college or university. It's an education ministry policy to give minor ethic students bonus points.