Where is Miaojiang now?

The term Miaojiang is more common in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which refers to the red Miao inhabited area centered on La 'er Mountain in western Hunan and the black Miao inhabited area centered on Leigong Mountain and Moon Mountain in southeastern Guizhou. The two places are called "Miaojiang" in ancient literature, and their Miao population is more than one million.

Miaojiang in Xiangxi is located in Wuling Mountain area, with Xiangxi in Hunan as the center and at the junction of Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan and Chongqing provinces. After the Ming Dynasty, the policy of "controlling foreigners with foreigners" was implemented, and the Great Wall was built in the Miao area to separate the seedlings from the mature seedlings.

Most of the seedlings in Xiangxi are distributed in the area north of the Great Wall in Miaojiang and south of Youshui River. Mainly distributed in Fenghuang County, luxi county, Jishou City, Huayuan County, Songtao Miao Autonomous County and Mayang Miao Autonomous County of Huaihua City. Mature seedlings are distributed in Xiushan, Youyang and Pengshui in Chongqing and Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei.

Miaojiang in southeastern Guizhou is located in Leigong Mountain and Moon Mountain in southeastern Guizhou. For example, Xu Jiagan's Miao Notes in Qing Dynasty recorded the customs of Miao people in southeastern Guizhou. Before the mid-Qing Dynasty, the Miao people in southeastern Guizhou belonged to the "land outside the Miao people". During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, an administrative agency was established. Six Miaojiang Guild Halls have been established: Danjiang, Guzhou, Bazhai, Qingjiang, Taigong and Dujiang.

The Historical and Cultural Development of Miaojiang

The word "Miaojiang" first appeared in the Ming Dynasty, but as a regional concept with a specific scope, it was formed after the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the country sent a large number of Han people from the mainland to southwest ethnic areas for the first time in the form of organized immigration, in the form of "military camp", "private operation" and "business operation", which profoundly changed the social and historical development process of southwest ethnic areas.

In this process, "Miao" began to replace "Man" in the past, and became one of the general names of non-Han people in southern China. The emergence of "Miao" and "Miao border" is closely related to the "nationalization" policy promoted by the state power of China Dynasty in the southwest during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, that is, the top-down process of political, economic and cultural integration.

Leishan county is known as the "Miao holy land" and is known as the Miao cultural center. There are abundant natural ecological and ethnic cultural tourism resources here, with 765,438+0,000 mu of national Leigongshan Nature Reserve. There is the hometown of Chinese folk art-Langde Shangzhai; There is the first Miao Village in China-Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village.

Set beautiful ecological environment and simple ethnic customs in one, the ethnic customs here are rich, and Miao architecture, costumes, customs, songs and dances, musical instruments, crafts, etc. all maintain traditional and primitive connotations.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Miaojiang