Pretty MC of Miao Nationality at Miao Drum Cultural Festival

Huang Juan Performed at Chinese Drum Cultural Festival

Welcome to Miao StockadeVillage in Dehang

Dehang Drummers' Performance at Qianzhou Ancient City

The absurd rumor that men of Miao nationality have the habit of killing people, while women poisoning people vanishes into thin air with people’s gradual understanding of Miao. We walked in Miao villages in the west of Hunan Province and sensed the warmth and simplicity of local people everywhere. With the golden straw sandals treading on the wet ridges of fields, we could see those girls of Miao dancing on the level ground or the threshing ground to the accompaniment of thundering drumbeats wherever we walked into any valley and passed by any village.

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is the place where minor nationalities of Hunan Province are mostly concentrated. Every girl of Dehong Miao Village begins to learn the drum beating since her 6 or 7 years old. Drum is also the best playmate for those children who lack the entertainment in deep mountains. Because of the addiction to Miao drums and the painstaking practices in skills and innovation, the drum dancing artists of Dehong Miao Village win the championship in all the Drum Cultural Festival and the Competition of Miao Drum at the Minor Nationality Sports Games since the foundation of new China.