Hakka culture in Miandu Town

Miandu Town is dominated by Hakkas. According to statistics, more than 95% of the residents are Hakkas. When their ancestors migrated south, they brought a large number of customs and traditional skills with them. After hundreds of years of historical precipitation and the integration of the Hakkas' own diligence and wisdom, they have been fully inherited and developed, forming the unique local Hakka culture. . The iconic Hakka building, the Square House Wai, is unique and has become the object of investigation and research by many architectural experts around the world. The Hakka dialect is gentle and graceful, and the linguistic characteristics of the Hakka dialect can be seen everywhere in the "Book of Songs", Tang poetry, and Song lyrics. Therefore, the Hakka dialect is also known as the "living fossil" of ancient Chinese.

The distinctive local dragon and lion performances and Hakka folk songs are even more famous in China. In 2005, the three-person Bulong performance was included in the Hunan Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage List, and won the first prize in the performance project of the Fifth National Ethnic Traditional Sports Games. In 2006, Miandu Town was awarded the title of "Hometown of Dragon and Lion Art" by the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture. Hakka folk songs participated as the only representative team from Hunan Province in the 2006 "Pan-Pearl River Delta Region Outstanding Hakka Folk Song Invitational Competition" and won the gold medal in the competition. In order to better develop Hakka culture, the Miandu Town Government carefully organized a variety of folk culture festival activities. For example, the Lantern Festival in 2006 kicked off large-scale mass cultural and sports activities in Yanling County. The first " "Hakka Culture and Art Festival" has pushed the unique charm of Hakka culture to a new climax.