Omunye wabantu basendulo baseChina yi Miao. Ngaphezu kwengxenye yabo bahlala esiFundazweni sase Guizhou, 20% ku Hunan futhi ku Yunnan, kanye namanani amancane eGuangxi, eHubei naseHainan Island. Imvelaphi yegama layo ibonakala ivela ezincwadini zomlando waseShayina kusukela ezikhathini zokuqala.
Ngokusho kwezazi-mlando, izinganekwane zeMiao ngokwazo ziyimbangela yemvelaphi yazo njengegama nabantu. IMiao ihlotshaniswa namaLambu ayisishiyagalolunye asendulo. Futhi ngokwenganekwane yakhe, u-Chi You, ukhokho wakhe, wayeyinkosi yamaMiaos eminyakeni engu-5.000 XNUMX eyedlule, ngenkathi elwa nelinye iqembu lesizwe elaliholwa nguHuang Di (uMbusi Ophuzi, ukhokho wamaShayina). Behluliwe, besuka echibini loMfula Ophuzi inani labantu lahoxa laya eningizimu yeChina.
Futhi njengesizwe, amaMiao anolimi lwawo olukhulunywa kulo lonke elaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Lolu limi lwalunezinhlamvu zalo ezibhaliwe ezilahlekile ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Imilando itshela ukuthi iMiao yokuqala eChina isukela esizweni sakwaChiyou esasihlala emathafeni amaphakathi ezikhathini zasendulo.
Kwathi-ke, ngesikhathi samakhosi akwaShang nawakwaZhou, iMiao yazinza osebeni loMfula iYangzi, yabe isidlulela ezindaweni eziseningizimu neChina, nayo yazinza ezweni elingumakhelwane iVietnam neLaos.
Futhi ezindaweni zabo, bahlala ezindaweni ezinezintaba futhi amakhaya abo avame ukwakhiwa ezinsikeni, abela ingxenye engezansi yezilwane. Kwezinye izindawo ezinjengeYunan, izindlu zakhiwa ngamagatsha alukiwe futhi axhunyiwe noma ngoqalo nodaka.
Mayelana nenani labantu babo, singakutshela ukuthi ngokwezingubo basebenzisa amajakhethi anemidwebo ekhanyayo ehambisana nezingubo ezinemidwebo yejometri. Uzobona ukuthi ukugqoka kwabesifazane kuyashintsha phakathi kwamadolobha ahlukene. EHunan naseGuizhou, bagqoka amajakethi anemibala afakwe izinkinobho ezinhlangothini futhi bagcwalisa izingubo zabo ngobucwebe besiliva.
