China News Service, Guiyang, January 14th (Zhou Yanling) "I hope that under the guidance of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and other departments, Guizhou, as the leading province in the declaration of the People's Republic of China, will jointly declare with the Lao People's Democratic Republic that "Miao costumes" will be included in UNESCO Human List of Representative Works of Intangible Cultural Heritage." During the two sessions of Guizhou Province, Long Youming, a member of the Guizhou Provincial Political Consultative Conference and director of the Guizhou Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, said in an interview.

The picture shows Miao embroiderers in Guizhou making Miao costumes.

Photo by Tang Zhe

　　Long Youming said that the costumes of the Miao nationality are listed on the list of representative items of China's national intangible cultural heritage. Their costume patterns play an important role in expressing meaning and identifying ethnic groups, branches and languages. These image records are called "epics worn on the body". ", "This epic embroiders the cultural imprint and migration history of the Miao people for thousands of years on the dress. Through this cultural medium, it connects the relevant communities in different regions where it is located, and has been passed down from generation to generation to this day."

　　In Long Youming's view, Miao costumes contain traditional skills such as Miao embroidery, silver jewelry, batik, brocade, and paper-cutting, as well as intangible cultural heritage items such as traditional arts, as well as folk literature such as ancient Miao songs, legends, festivals, music and dance, and traditional music. Intangible cultural heritage items such as traditional dances and folk customs are one of the most beautiful flowers in the garden of human intangible cultural heritage.

　　The Miao nationality is a constantly migrating and cross-border ethnic group, scattered all over the world, mainly in Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guangxi and other provinces and cities in China, as well as countries such as Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar in Southeast Asia and region.

The picture shows the costumes of the Miao nationality in Guizhou.

Photo by Zhang Yanmei

　　Guizhou is the "base camp" of the Miao nationality in China. The Miao nationality has a large population of more than 4.3 million people. There are three major dialect areas inhabited. Guizhou Miao nationality clothing has more than 100 branches of clothing types, and it is the most abundant and complete. The existing Miao Embroidery, Miao costumes, Miao batik techniques, Miao brocade weaving techniques, Miao silver jewelry forging techniques, Miao paper-cutting and other 24 national-level intangible cultural heritage representative projects.

Every major festival such as the Year of the Miao in Leishan and other places, Miao compatriots from Laos and other Southeast Asian countries and regions come to participate, and the people-to-people exchanges have a solid foundation.

　　Long Youming told the reporter that the Miao people in Laos migrated from the Yunnan-Guizhou region of China after the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The current population is about 580,000. The Miao language, clothing and customs are well maintained. They immigrated to the United States, France, Germany, Canada and other countries and regions in modern times. The Hmong in China is also mainly Lao Hmong, the most internationally representative.

　　In view of the good international and ethnic relations between Laos and China, Long Youming suggested that the preliminary work of Miao costume application should be strengthened. Guizhou Miao Society and Guizhou University "General History of Miao Studies in the World" National Social Science Fund Major Project Research Group will connect with Laos The Hmong Sisters Association, Lao National University and other social organizations and scientific research institutes are actively carrying out preparatory work for cross-border joint declaration.

The picture shows Miao embroiderers in Guizhou displaying Miao costumes.

Photo by Zhou Yanling

　　"Give full play to the role of the China-ASEAN Educational Exchange Week platform, and use this platform to conduct discussions with the Lao People's Democratic Republic on topics related to the application of Miao costumes to further gather social strength and non-governmental consensus." Long Youming said that UNESCO encourages multinational For joint declaration, such projects may not account for the declaration quota of the country.

　　In addition, Long Youming also suggested that Guizhou, as the main unit of the cross-border joint declaration, should be led by relevant departments such as culture and tourism, folk religion, and foreign affairs, and through the coordination of the Laos-China Cultural Center, compile cross-border joint declaration materials and organize declarations, and strive to make the Hmong Costumes are included in the item list of the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage jointly declared by China.

　　It is understood that in 2008, China and Mongolia jointly successfully declared the "Mongolian long-tune folk songs" as a representative list of human intangible cultural heritage; Rituals and related practices of contact" is an item on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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