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Ethnic customs of Leishan Mountain in Guizhou Province

Leishan County, which is dominated by Miao people, is known as the national Miao cultural center with rich ethnic customs, simple elegance and profound cultural connotation. Miao architecture, costumes, customs, songs and dances, musical instruments and handicrafts in Leishan County. Up to now, it still retains the rich cultural connotation of tradition, antiquity and primitiveness, and it is a living Miao historical and cultural textbook. Miao village is built by mountains and rivers, and the diaojiao building has a unique style. There are three major dances of Miao people in Leishan county: bronze drum dance, wood drum dance and Lusheng dance; There are three major songs: Miao Song Fei, Biefu Song (Miao narrative epic) and Youfang Song; Three major festivals: Mountaineering Festival, Eating New Year's Goods Festival and Drum Storage Festival (Miao Year); Three competitions: bullfighting, cockfighting and bird fighting; There are three traditional handicrafts: silver ornaments, batiks and embroidery. Walking into Leishan, you can see the hair styles in the Tang Dynasty, costumes in the Song Dynasty, buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the legacy of Wei and Jin Dynasties, and you will appreciate a condensed history of the development of farming civilization in China.