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Yao nation in Yunnan moved from Guangdong and
Guangxi in Tang Dynasty, divided into several branches by their
living places and the clothes, such as "Guoshang Yao", "Hongtou
Yao", "Daban Yao", "Pingtou Yao", "Landin Yao", "Sha Yao" and "Baitou
Yao". With a population of 173 thousand , distribute over the
regions of Hekou, Jinping , Yuanyang and other places. They have
no own characters and use the Chinese as their language. Yao women
are good at the embroidering , love the pretty embroidery patterns
on the neck part of garments. The men like the long hairs and
wound them on the heads covered by a red or blue scarves, the long
sleeves front buttons jackets without the collars, the white cloth
vest outer, the big bottom of long trousers at lower parts. They
believe in the original religion. The main holiday is the "Panwang
Feast", they would celebrate it by the ways of singing and
dancing. |
