摘要
With a population of 8.94 million, the Miao is one of the largest ethnic minoritiesin Southwest China. The Miao group is mainly distributed across the provincesof Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan and Sichuan and in the Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region. Some Miao people are also found—although in smallernumbers—on Hainan Island and in southwest Hubei Province.The Miao New Year is the most important and ceremonious festival in the Miaocommunity. It celebrates the end of the current year and the beginning of thenew one. ...
苗族,人口849万,是中国西南人数最多的少数民族之一,主要分布在贵州、湖南、云南和四川等省和广西壮族自治区。在海南省和湖北省的西南部也有少数苗族人居住。苗年是苗族同胞最隆重、最重要的节日。苗族人认为,一年只有热、冷两个季节、二者交替的农历十月,既是热季的结束、冷季的开始,也是旧年的结束,新年的开始。在苗族人口占83.6%的贵州省雷山县,你能看到最为隆重、盛大的苗年庆祝仪式。
