Miao is a word that the Chinese use to designate some ethnic minority groups living in southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia. Miao is thus officially recognized by the Chinese government as one of the largest ethnic minority groups that has more than 56 official ethnicities and dialects.

The Hmong people (RPA: Hmoob, CHV: Hmôngz, Nyiakeng Puachue: 𞄀𞄩𞄰, Pahawh Hmong: 𖬌𖬣𖬵, IPA: [m̥ɔ̃́], Chinese : 苗族蒙人) are an indigenous group in East Asia and Southeast Asia. In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people.

2025年3月5日 · Miao, mountain-dwelling peoples of China, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, and Thailand, who speak languages of the Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) family. Miao is the official Chinese term for four distinct groups of people who are only distantly related through language or culture: the Hmu people of southeast

The Miao (Chinese: 苗; pinyin: Miáo; Vietnamese: Mèo or H'Mông; Thai: แม้ว (Maew) or ม้ง (Mong); Burmese: mun lu-myo) are a linguistically and culturally related group of people recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China as one of the fifty-five official minority groups in China.

2021年6月30日 · Miao is a Chinese term used for the ethnic hill tribes that are Hmong, Hmu, Qo Xiong, and A-Hmao people. If someone says they are Miao, you can not automatically assume they are Hmong, as they could be one of these four ethnic classified groups.

Since 1949, Miao has been an official term for one of the fifty-five official minority groups recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China. They live mainly in southern China, in the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Hubei, and elsewhere in China.

Miao is the official Chinese term for four distinct groups that are only distantly related through language or culture: the Hmu people of southeast Guizhou, the Qo Xiong people of west Hunan, the A-Hmao people of Yunnan, and the Hmong people …

Hmong and Miao subgroups — Red Miao, White Miao (Striped Miao), Cowery Shell Miao, Flowery Miao, Black Miao, Green Miao (Blue Miao) — are in most cases named of the color of the woman's dress. The Miao in west Hunan are referred to as Red Miao, while those in south Sichuan are known as Green or Blue Miao.

The Hmong are also known as Man, Meo and Mong. They migrated to Southeast Asia from the mountainous parts of southwestern China, where the majority of Miao-Hmong still live. They inhabit the mountainous regions of northern Laos, northern Vietnam, and northern Thailand, with a very small perhaps in Myanmar (Burma) near the Chinese border.

2020年6月22日 · The majority of the Hmong live in China, where they are known as the "Miao", while significant Hmong populations also live in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and the United States. The Hmong people are originally all from what is now Central China. In their homeland, they developed their own language, religions, culture and way of life.