The terms Hmong (pronounced [m????]) and Mong ([m???]) refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of southeast Asia. Hmong are also one of the largest sub-groups in the Miao minzu population in southern China. Beginning in the 18th century, Hmong groups began a gradual southward migration due to political unrest and to find more arable land. As a result, Hmong currently also live in several countries in Southeast Asia, including northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Burma.
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Apr. 8,2009 09:57
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Ms.Yang(USA) said:
Wow! I'm a Hmong and always wonder how the Hmong and the Miao are connected. I know somehow that our ancestors were from China but??? Since a bit confuse.
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Mar. 31,2009 17:28
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Mr.Vang(USA) said:
i believe that all you are right..no matter what stand point you are coming from. but one thing, miao is a derrogative word used to make the hmong powerless, in hmong, miao means cats. So to return the favor, we call them ow(dog) because we are not savages, were just people looking for acceptance.! beleive that! wisconsin 920
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Mar. 30,2009 23:13
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Ms.Fumbee-Bunny!(U.S.A.) said:
I think all those indigenous tribal people of southern China.North Vietnam,Thailand,Bruma,Laos, etc. are all cool:) I have been fascinated by all of this for a long time! I mean all that Asian stuff. Some of their clothes look like our clothes! I'm from the U.S.A., and Colombus thought he discovered the Americas and we were already here! Have a nice day! :) FROM CHIBCHA :)
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Mar. 12,2009 13:06
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Mr.Long(usa) said:
Hi, I'm Hmong living in the US. Never even Knew they had that many Hmong/Miao living in China. To bad we all speak different languages. Not every Hmong here speaks Hmong, so I kind of understand how that can be. I would love to visit there one day. Very nice looking country.
Mar. 25,2009 10:31 Mr.Yajsab(USA) replied:
Information about Miao and Hmong is in the book of Liv Xwm. The Evidences of Hmong and Miao is the clothes they wear and words they speak or talk it.
Anyway, if you want to knows more about Miao and Hmong travel with me this year. I taken it the Pajzaub khab to China this coming summer and for the first time of Hmong and Miao histories in 4000 years since Hmong and Miao seperate apart. She will be the first beauty Hmong girl to visit China.
Yajsab
Mar. 28,2009 12:01 Mr.Long(USA) replied:
Thanks, for your info YajSab. China is my next step In tracing my (our) roots. I will have to read Up on that book. It's nice to know that their are Other people out there that cares. Would Love to see A YouDuo sing live one day, much Love in the way she promote her heritage.
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Feb. 18,2009 14:14
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Ms.yaj(united states) said:
I would like to know where the Hmong villages are in Guizhou province? specifily where the Hmong batik artist are?
Thank you.
Mar. 25,2009 10:18 Mr.Yajsab(USA) replied:
I am a Hmong and miao, if you want to knows where is the village of Miao in Guizhou privnces, its not hard to find them. You goes to china you say I want to go to Miao villages, there is thousand and thousand Miao villages. you gonna takes year to travel to finish in Miao villages. But, Guizhou Miao live in Kailin is the larger villages in the province of Guizhou.
Thank you.
Yajsab
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Mar. 4,2009 08:43
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Ms.Yaj(USA) said:
I am a 22 year old young lady in Fresno and I say it's a very sad thing, that us Hmongs/Miaos don't have physical evidence about our histories. Besides stories being told from generations to generations, not everyone know where we are really from. Yet, some of our stories don't match up. For instance, our leaders, or kings/queens, our hero/heroine, and our country or how we lost it. Even as we speak today, not everyone knows where we really originate from, and why. Many other just know that we move from places to places because of wars, yet are there any truths to why. Still, there are those who would mock and say the reason why we are without a country is because we don't unite. Which is why i wonder, if we,"in the USA" says that does everyone else that is Hmong/Miao in other country says the same thing too. If so, did our leaders do something wrong, or was it our people that betrayed our country. Will there be a day where we would praise about our kind and be united with one another without prejudging where we are from, what clan, and our dialects.
Mar. 6,2009 02:13 Mr.Thao(USA) replied:
if you are really interested in hmong history, its in our genes. i have provided a link if you would like to learn more. long story short, our genes testify that hmong people indeed originated in central china and have had the most interaction (good or bad) with 'northern asians', i.e. han chinese, as the article classifies them. evidence in our traditions and now genes support the long held belief that we are Chi You's people.
Hello, Ms.Evelyn(China), I am Hmong in USA, I am glad that I found this Miao Nationality command in internet. I am not sure you are Hmong/Miao or Chinese, but your command seem to make more sense than any other commands. I have one question for you, I hope you don't mind to answer it for me.
The question is when we Hmong in USA talk to the reporters or other people, we said we are Hmong people, how about our Miao in China? Do you said we are Miao people? or Do you said we are Hmong people too?
Mar. 4,2009 04:02 Ms.Evelyn(China) replied:
Glad to receive your comment here. I'm a Han people. There are 56 ethnic groups in China. Han is just the majority. I found some information of Miao and Hmong on the web. The web says the Miao people we often mention is actually the Hmong people. Because of language differences, Chinese mandarin calls them Miao. However, the Miao language pronounces it as Hmong. Miao people has a very long history. It's said that their ancestor is Chi You, who was defeated by Emperor Huangdi more than 4000 years ago. Long long ago, the Miao tribe drifted from place to place owing to fights and many other reasons.
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Jan. 7,2009 19:58
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Mr.tswyee vue(America) said:
how closely related are they to hmong people?
Jan. 9,2009 02:04 Ms.Joy(China) replied:
They are the same. Hmong is the pronunciation of Miao language. Miao is spelled as per the Chinese mandarin.
Feb. 18,2009 00:17 Mr.Lauj(USA) replied:
Ms.Joy(China), Hmong is NOT a pronunciation of Miao language. The word Hmong is used to lable a group of people and language to the Hmong people. Hmong is a group of people who live in the USA, Southeast Asia, France, Southern China and many other places around the world. For more information about Hmong people use wikipedia.
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Feb. 10,2009 20:25
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Ms.Iaong Yang(USA) said:
So basically, the Han dynasty are semi-miao because they are broken from the original hmoob tribes. From what I recalledl, when the Hmoob kingdom fell, they split into two groups Miao and Li. the Lis became the Han dynasty. Is that correct?
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Jan. 31,2009 14:29
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Mr.Yajsab(usa) said:
Miao Its my fellowers Hmong peoples. Others may call my peoples is Miao because the chinese government name them Miao, but everywhere we goes and live, we call each others are Hmong, not Miao or Yao.
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Jan. 8,2009 21:57
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Mr.khun tha sint(Myanmar) said:
I really want to know about the races and history of yunan
Jan. 9,2009 02:02 Mr.Harry(China) replied:
Yunnan is the province with the most ethnic groups in China. There are about 25 ethnic minorities there, including Yi, Zhuang, Bai, Hani, Dai, Buyi, Shui and many other ethnic groups.
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Travelers' Voices on Miao Nationality (22)
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Apr. 15,2009 17:26 Reply
Mr.vang (USA) said:
The terms Hmong (pronounced [m????]) and Mong ([m???]) refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of southeast Asia. Hmong are also one of the largest sub-groups in the Miao minzu population in southern China. Beginning in the 18th century, Hmong groups began a gradual southward migration due to political unrest and to find more arable land. As a result, Hmong currently also live in several countries in Southeast Asia, including northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Burma.
12.
Apr. 8,2009 09:57 Reply
Ms.Yang(USA) said:
Wow! I'm a Hmong and always wonder how the Hmong and the Miao are connected. I know somehow that our ancestors were from China but??? Since a bit confuse.
13.
Mar. 31,2009 17:28 Reply
Mr.Vang(USA) said:
i believe that all you are right..no matter what stand point you are coming from. but one thing, miao is a derrogative word used to make the hmong powerless, in hmong, miao means cats. So to return the favor, we call them ow(dog) because we are not savages, were just people looking for acceptance.! beleive that! wisconsin 920
14.
Mar. 30,2009 23:13 Reply
Ms.Fumbee-Bunny!(U.S.A.) said:
I think all those indigenous tribal people of southern China.North Vietnam,Thailand,Bruma,Laos,
etc. are all cool:)
I have been fascinated by all of this for a long time!
I mean all that Asian stuff.
Some of their clothes look like our clothes!
I'm from the U.S.A., and Colombus thought he discovered the Americas and we were already here!
Have a nice day! :)
FROM CHIBCHA :)
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Mar. 12,2009 13:06 Reply
Mr.Long(usa) said:
Hi, I'm Hmong living in the US. Never even Knew they had that many
Hmong/Miao living in China. To bad we all speak different languages. Not every Hmong here speaks Hmong, so I kind of understand how that can be. I would love to visit there one day. Very nice looking country.
Mar. 25,2009 10:31
Mr.Yajsab(USA) replied:
Information about Miao and Hmong is in the book of Liv Xwm. The Evidences of Hmong and Miao is the clothes they wear and words they speak or talk it.
Anyway, if you want to knows more about Miao and Hmong travel with me this year. I taken it the Pajzaub khab to China this coming summer and for the first time of Hmong and Miao histories in 4000 years since Hmong and Miao seperate apart. She will be the first beauty Hmong girl to visit China.
Yajsab
Mar. 28,2009 12:01
Mr.Long(USA) replied:
Thanks, for your info YajSab. China is my next step
In tracing my (our) roots. I will have to read
Up on that book. It's nice to know that their are
Other people out there that cares. Would
Love to see A YouDuo sing live one day, much
Love in the way she promote her heritage.
16.
Feb. 18,2009 14:14 Reply
Ms.yaj(united states) said:
I would like to know where the Hmong villages are in Guizhou province? specifily where the Hmong batik artist are?
Thank you.
Mar. 25,2009 10:18
Mr.Yajsab(USA) replied:
I am a Hmong and miao, if you want to knows where is the village of Miao in Guizhou privnces, its not hard to find them. You goes to china you say I want to go to Miao villages, there is thousand and thousand Miao villages. you gonna takes year to travel to finish in Miao villages. But, Guizhou Miao live in Kailin is the larger villages in the province of Guizhou.
Thank you.
Yajsab
17.
Mar. 4,2009 08:43 Reply
Ms.Yaj(USA) said:
I am a 22 year old young lady in Fresno and I say it's a very sad thing, that us Hmongs/Miaos don't have physical evidence about our histories. Besides stories being told from generations to generations, not everyone know where we are really from. Yet, some of our stories don't match up. For instance, our leaders, or kings/queens, our hero/heroine, and our country or how we lost it. Even as we speak today, not everyone knows where we really originate from, and why. Many other just know that we move from places to places because of wars, yet are there any truths to why. Still, there are those who would mock and say the reason why we are without a country is because we don't unite. Which is why i wonder, if we,"in the USA" says that does everyone else that is Hmong/Miao in other country says the same thing too. If so, did our leaders do something wrong, or was it our people that betrayed our country. Will there be a day where we would praise about our kind and be united with one another without prejudging where we are from, what clan, and our dialects.
Mar. 6,2009 02:13
Mr.Thao(USA) replied:
if you are really interested in hmong history, its in our genes. i have provided a link if you would like to learn more. long story short, our genes testify that hmong people indeed originated in central china and have had the most interaction (good or bad) with 'northern asians', i.e. han chinese, as the article classifies them. evidence in our traditions and now genes support the long held belief that we are Chi You's people.
http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/22/3/725#
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Mar. 1,2009 21:58 Reply
Mr.Txeej Yaj(USA) said:
Hello, Ms.Evelyn(China), I am Hmong in USA, I am glad that I found this Miao Nationality command in internet. I am not sure you are Hmong/Miao or Chinese, but your command seem to make more sense than any other commands. I have one question for you, I hope you don't mind to answer it for me.
The question is when we Hmong in USA talk to the reporters or other people, we said we are Hmong people, how about our Miao in China? Do you said we are Miao people? or Do you said we are Hmong people too?
Mar. 4,2009 04:02
Ms.Evelyn(China) replied:
Glad to receive your comment here. I'm a Han people. There are 56 ethnic groups in China. Han is just the majority. I found some information of Miao and Hmong on the web. The web says the Miao people we often mention is actually the Hmong people. Because of language differences, Chinese mandarin calls them Miao. However, the Miao language pronounces it as Hmong. Miao people has a very long history. It's said that their ancestor is Chi You, who was defeated by Emperor Huangdi more than 4000 years ago. Long long ago, the Miao tribe drifted from place to place owing to fights and many other reasons.
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Jan. 7,2009 19:58 Reply
Mr.tswyee vue(America) said:
how closely related are they to hmong people?
Jan. 9,2009 02:04
Ms.Joy(China) replied:
They are the same. Hmong is the pronunciation of Miao language. Miao is spelled as per the Chinese mandarin.
Feb. 18,2009 00:17
Mr.Lauj(USA) replied:
Ms.Joy(China), Hmong is NOT a pronunciation of Miao language. The word Hmong is used to lable a group of people and language to the Hmong people. Hmong is a group of people who live in the USA, Southeast Asia, France, Southern China and many other places around the world. For more information about Hmong people use wikipedia.
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Feb. 10,2009 20:25 Reply
Ms.Iaong Yang(USA) said:
So basically, the Han dynasty are semi-miao because they are broken from the original hmoob tribes. From what I recalledl, when the Hmoob kingdom fell, they split into two groups Miao and Li. the Lis became the Han dynasty. Is that correct?
21.
Jan. 31,2009 14:29 Reply
Mr.Yajsab(usa) said:
Miao Its my fellowers Hmong peoples. Others may call my peoples is Miao because the chinese government name them Miao, but everywhere we goes and live, we call each others are Hmong, not Miao or Yao.
22.
Jan. 8,2009 21:57 Reply
Mr.khun tha sint(Myanmar) said:
I really want to know about the races and history of yunan
Jan. 9,2009 02:02
Mr.Harry(China) replied:
Yunnan is the province with the most ethnic groups in China. There are about 25 ethnic minorities there, including Yi, Zhuang, Bai, Hani, Dai, Buyi, Shui and many other ethnic groups.