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Guzang Festival of Miao ethnic group held in Guizhou Province People of the Miao ethnic group perform traditional dance during the closing celebration of the Guzang Festival at Wuliu Village in Leishan County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 19, 2009. The Guzang Festival, one of the grandest festivals of the Miao ethnic group to commemorate their ancestors, was held here from Nov. 27 to Dec. 19. People of the Miao ethnic group perform traditional dance during the closing celebration of the Guzang Festival at Wuliu Village in Leishan County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 19, 2009. The Guzang Festival, one of the grandest festivals of the Miao ethnic group to commemorate their ancestors, was held here from Nov. 27 to Dec. 19. People of the Miao ethnic group perform traditional dance during the closing celebration of the Guzang Festival at Wuliu Village in Leishan County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 19, 2009. The Guzang Festival, one of the grandest festivals of the Miao ethnic group to commemorate their ancestors, was held here from Nov. 27 to Dec. 19. People of the Miao ethnic group perform traditional dance during the closing celebration of the Guzang Festival at Wuliu Village in Leishan County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 19, 2009. The Guzang Festival, one of the grandest festivals of the Miao ethnic group to commemorate their ancestors, was held here from Nov. 27 to Dec. 19.来Colorful Miao Nationality 在中国的众多少数民族之中，苗族真可说是最多姿多彩的民族。苗族的支系庞杂繁多，广泛分布在西南各省区；其中有百分之六十居住在贵州，成为贵州省人数最多的少数民族。  贵州的苗族主要聚居在苗岭山区和清水江流域。特别使旅游者注目的是黔东南苗族侗族自治州境内的东系苗族，无论是服饰的绚丽多彩还是风俗的奇丽独特，在苗族大系中都显得分外突出。要探讨苗族的奇异风俗，就一定要到黔东南来。 苗族的族源十分古老，其根源可追溯到四千多年前的黄帝战蚩尤的传说时代。 据传说，苗族就是蚩尤部落战败由中原南迁演变而成的民族，因此苗族至今仍尊奉蚩尤为始祖。据老，蚩尤以后，唐、虞、夏的三苗，殷周的髳，春秋战国的荆蛮，秦汉的黔中蛮和武陵蛮都可能是苗族先民在不同时代的名称。悠久的历史，在现代苗族中留下古朴神秘而又多姿多彩的风俗文化。 苗族一般都居住在山上，或依山傍水而居，住房多是杆栏式木楼，俗称吊脚楼，大的寨子过千户以上，远远看去，吊脚楼重叠交错，非常壮观。 来到苗寨，最引人注目的是苗族妇女那艳丽夺目的服饰。苗族是擅于织绣的民族，族人保持着古老地纺织、染布、刺绣等精湛工艺。苗绣被公认是最精美的刺绣艺术品，绣品的构思奇巧，形象