Miao is the official Chinese term for four distinct groups of people who are only distantly related through language or culture:
Originally from China, the Miao are animists and ancestor worshipers and have traditionally lived in villages located at 3,000 to 6,000 feet. They live mostly in Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, and Sichuan in southern China.
Miao ethnic group celebrates new year in SW China Women of the Miao ethnic minority in traditional costumes
Head and shoulders portrait of Chinese woman dressed Miao traditional headdress and folk regalia, showing her ethnic pride in the Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration in New York Chinatown. Two-weekend celebration in the pan-Asian community.