Xijiang: The Miao Village of a 1000 Households

[@vangcruz4442]

If you want to see a big village of Hmong/Miao, just go to Fresno, California, St. Paul, Minnesota and North Carolina.

[@sad-azn-boi]

All you’ll see is ghetto ash Hmong dudes drinking bud light like classless bums.

[@niamtxiv]

Beautifully done and narrated. I am ethnic Miao/Hmong of the western branch. It is my dream to one day visit this place. Thank you for sharing. I enjoy watching it and every bit of the video. Colorful indeed.

[@d-unit1015]

Same here... I too want to go visit once. I am of the southern branch of Guizhou province. I am black miao/ hmoob dub and I speak the green dialect that is 20% different from the moob nstuab here in the states and 35% different from the moog leeg dialect

[@lifeyang2]

I'm not sure which branch I would be. I am ethically a 2nd generation Hmong living in America. Learning more about my ancestors and where they are from is very interesting. I want to visit this Miao Village of 1,000 homes in Xijiang also.

[@wonderfulchina1344]

@@lifeyang2 maybe you from laos,belongs western parts,yunnan

[@datosteveyap]

A great Miao village. Should be of much interest to tourists who appreciate ancient cultures.

[@thoobqabntujourworld1317]

Such beautiful culture

[@Maylc2001]

Thank you for sharing about this beautiful city of the Miao people. I was there a few years ago. It really is beautiful. What's sad about it is the tourist industry has taken over the village. While Miao people still live there, rich Chinese have bought out many of the the homes, and turned them into hotels, stores, cafes, and very much modernized the city. It is gradually losing its authenticity. While I loved it, I was also very heart broken by it. I'm a descendant of the Miao people.

[@mrvaj2021]

Maylc2001 so do you consider yourself Hmong

[@Maylc2001]

@@mrvaj2021 very much so :)

[@DLIX2DCLI]

Did you have to listen to them sing and then sing one in response with a drink at the entrance? What if we visit and don't know a song to sing?

[@Maylc2001]

@@DLIX2DCLI you don't need to know a song to visit.

[@zaublaubqiadub8085]

We are so proud to be hmong...

[@DLIX2DCLI]

I feel like a visitor visiting this place may end up drunk just by looking at how much they like to drink rice wine.

[@kaxiong8549]

So beautiful, I wish I could live there for all my life

[@sandhinoman8419]

Beautiful

[@serchsource8744]

Uh...we, Miao were push out of our land from the Yellow River Valley all the way to the border of Laos and Vietnam because of various factions of Hans overlord incessant push for the integration of China...we, Miao refuse to join and consolidate our identity as Miao...thus was push out!! This is why you see us Miao peoples mostly clinging to hillsides and mountain tops in china...

[@arbs3ry]

Heh, would you mind open your google map satellite and see what it looks like in southern part of China( south of Yangtze river), all hills and mountains, only a few plains, not just Miao but Han and other minorities live in hills and mountains! History is history, move on and live a life

[@mymoto2812]

I am a Hmong American, we are no longer like other calling us MIAO. MIAO is an insult word what the Chinese had been long described as a wild animal a wild cat.

[@Weeping-Angel]

Mao is cat 猫. 苗 is Miao. They are different words. The character is made of grass: 艹and field: 田.

[@vanessajacques6662]

are those Hmong or just Miao?

[@aliasdoe007]

I would argue they are mainly, or exclusively Miao. The Miao did not even know, nor have heard of their Western brethren, the Hmong, until the late 20th century despite sharing some common history, heritage, culture/customs, and ancestry. The same can be said of the Western Hmong with respect to their Miao brethen.

[@gaara8217]

all Hmongs are Miao, but not all Miaos are Hmongs. this particular group has their own name as well. but I don't know what it is. Hmongs outside of China do not like being called Miao because the name became very derogatory in South East Asia.

[@arbs3ry]

They choose to be called Miao, you without any knowledge of phonetics and Chinese character and know nothing about any history background, it means sprouts and strong in China .In ancient time they're called Man which means barbarian. Who cares what the sound mean /derogatory or not in SE Asia,after all the majority of Miao still live in China and they have nothing to do with SE Asia~ May you RIP.

[@lifeyang2]

There are many subgroups of Miao, like the Hmong. This is because of long history even before the birth of Christ. The Han rulers continued to oppress and separate Miao from each other over and over throughout history, again and again.

[@littlecraft1o1animesong51]

Ray you don’t have any knowledge about history. For me I think the word “Miao” used on the Hmong are a derogatory term because 1000 years ago the Han Chinese call anybody that lives in Asia who isn’t Han Chinese are Miao. 1000 years ago Miao was not a nice word compare to today whatever bullshit they said and changed the definition of it. It’s still a derogatory term for the Hmongs Learn your history

[@preciousreading1934]

Wearing glittering silver ornament is a part of traditional custom and nothing to do with banks or similar institutions or savings for spending in eventual needs. There are no thieves and crooks in this race or society that is why they wear loads of ornaments with out worries.

[@kojtxiszoonyobhlubkoj6935]

Yeah, what about sewer system? ?? So many people, did everyone just poob everywhere! !!!

[@tonyvue6685]

These people have been locked in this place by Chinese governments this is not meant they are freedom to live in this place ....I feel they should freedom to move to other places like Chinese citizens

[@PomegranateChocolate]

Who told you they are locked in this place by the Chinese government?

[@lifeyang2]

They can go wherever they want. Nowadays, more and more younger generation bravely venture out to the cities and learn Mandarin. Many people remain there, where they feel most comfortable. Systematic oppression is another topic.