Miao people

E186375
ethnic group indigenous people

The Miao people are an indigenous ethnic group of China and Southeast Asia, known for their distinct languages, vibrant traditional clothing, and rich folk music and festival customs.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Miao people canonical 21
Miao 15
Miao (in Chinese classification contexts) 1

Statements (88)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
country China ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
culturalPractice antiphonal singing ⓘ
batik dyeing ⓘ
courtship songs ⓘ
elaborate embroidery ⓘ
folk singing ⓘ
silverwork ⓘ
traditional dancing ⓘ
diaspora Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicGroupIn East Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
ethnonymInChina Miao people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Miao
ethnonymInLaos Hmong ⓘ
ethnonymInThailand Hmong ⓘ
ethnonymInVietnam Hmong ⓘ
hasAutonomousPrefecture Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
surface form: Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
surface form: Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
hasLanguage A-Hmao language ⓘ
Green Hmong dialect ⓘ
Hmong ⓘ
surface form: Hmong language

Hmu language ⓘ
Mong Leng dialect ⓘ
Qo Xiong language ⓘ
Hmong ⓘ
surface form: White Hmong dialect

Xong language ⓘ
historicalMigrationPattern southward migration from central China ⓘ
historicalStatus non-Han minority in imperial China ⓘ
languageFamily Hmong-Mien ⓘ
surface form: Hmong-Mien languages

Hmongic languages ⓘ
majorFestival Lusheng Festival ⓘ
Miao New Year ⓘ
Sister's Meal Festival ⓘ
majorSettlementRegion Guangxi Province ⓘ
surface form: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Guizhou Province ⓘ
Hubei Province ⓘ
Hunan Province ⓘ
Laos highlands ⓘ
surface form: Northern Laos

northern Thailand ⓘ
surface form: Northern Thailand

northern Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: Northern Vietnam

Sichuan Province ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
musicalInstrument lusheng ⓘ
reed pipe ⓘ
officialMinorityCategoryCountInChina 56 recognized ethnic groups ⓘ
populationEstimate over 9 million in China ⓘ
several million worldwide ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
relatedEthnicGroup Dong people ⓘ
Hmong ⓘ
surface form: Hmong people

Yao people ⓘ
religion Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalArt costume design ⓘ
silver ornament making ⓘ
textile arts ⓘ
traditionalBelief shamanism ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
traditionalClothingFeature brightly colored embroidery ⓘ
intricate headdresses ⓘ
pleated skirts ⓘ
silver jewelry ⓘ
traditionalEconomy livestock raising ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
swidden farming ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
wooden houses ⓘ
traditionalMarriageCustom bridewealth ⓘ
courtship singing ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
patrilineal clans ⓘ
writingSystemUse Chinese characters ⓘ
Hmong Lao script ⓘ
surface form: Latin-based Hmong script

Pollard script ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → ethnicAutonomyFor → Miao people ⓘ
Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → hasEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Yunnan Province → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Hainan → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Hmong → hasAlternativeName → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao (in Chinese classification contexts)
Guizhou Province → majorEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Guangxi Province → ethnicMinorityGroup → Miao people ⓘ
subject surface form: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
this entity surface form: Miao
Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → hasAutonomousStatusFor → Miao people ⓘ
Huaihua → ethnicGroupPresent → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Zhangjiajie → hasEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Tujia people → relatedEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Miao languages → spokenBy → Miao people ⓘ
Miao languages → hasMemberLanguage → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xiangxi Miao
Miao languages → ethnicAssociation → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao ethnic group
Wuling Mountains region → hasEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Miao people → ethnonymInChina → Miao people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
YN → hasEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Honghe → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Wenshan → hasEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Qianjiang District → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Southwest China → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Hmong-Mien → alternativeName → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao–Yao
Enshi City → hasEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Enshi City → isCulturalCenterFor → Miao people ⓘ
Inland China → culturalFeature → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: MiaoCulture
Dong → neighboringEthnicGroups → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Kaili → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau → inhabitedBy → Miao people ⓘ
Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture → ethnicAutonomyFor → Miao people ⓘ
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → ethnicAutonomyFor → Miao people ⓘ
Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → hasEthnicAutonomyFor → Miao people ⓘ
Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Zunyi → ethnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Anshun → hasEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Liupanshui → hasEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miao
Liuzhou → hasEthnicGroup → Miao people ⓘ