In the Miao ethnic group settlements in the Qingshui River and Duliu River basins of Guizhou Province, the Miao New Year is the most important festival of the year. Since ancient times, the Miao people in this area have been using the Miao calendar, which is different from the Han lunar calendar. The beginning of the Miao calendar is the Miao New Year. The local Miao New Year celebrations must be carried out in order through consultation, which allows different Miao villages to take turns to become the center of the festival carnival in different years. The Miao New Year is the end of the Miao family's year's labor and the beginning of joy. During the Miao New Year, people visit villages and villages, slaughter pigs, make glutinous rice cakes, worship ancestors, eat reunion dinners, drink village wine, and dance reed pipe dances. In some areas, bullfighting, bird fighting, singing competitions and other activities are held. Festive activities are held one after another, and reed pipe festivals are held in one village after another. The joy continues until the "Fan Gu Festival" in early spring in February. In Danzhai County, Guizhou Province and its surrounding counties and cities, the four sub-branches of the Miao "Ga Nao" branch have the custom of celebrating the Miao New Year. Among them, the "You" branch mainly lives in the north of Danzhai, the south of Kaili and the east of Majiang, the "Gong" branch mainly lives in Danzhai, the south of Kaili and parts of Jianhe, Taijiang, Huangping and Majiang, the "White Collar Miao" branch mainly lives in the south of Danzhai and the north of Sandu, and the "Qingjiang Miao" branch mainly lives in the west of Leishan and the east of Danzhai. The Miao calendar is one of the earliest calendars invented by humans. In human history, the Miao people were the first to enter the rice-growing culture period and were one of the founders of agricultural civilization. Out of the need to guide agricultural activities, the ancestors of the Miao people had a calendar. "Calendar" means years, and years mean the beginning of the year. The customs of the Miao New Year, along with the widespread use of the Miao calendar in the Miao area, also have a history of thousands of years. "Nian" in Miao culture means harvest, and "New Year" is also to celebrate the harvest. To this day, the Miao people in Danzhai and other areas still use the Miao calendar. In the Ming Dynasty, Guo Zizhang's "Qian Ji. Zhuyi" said: "(Miao people) do not know the correct calendar, and use rats and horses to record the midnight and the sun, and the days are the same. The beginning of the year is three months in the east, and each year is called the beginning of the year." "The full moon in October is the beginning of the year." In the ancient Miao calendar, a year is divided into two seasons, "cold" and "hot". In the long-term production and life, it has evolved into three seasons: the first season is the "cold season", the second season is the "warm season", and the third season is the "hot season". The ancient Miao song "Season Change Song" has a clear description of the seasons and the Miao year: "The kingfisher is smart. It divides the seasons into three major festivals, three festivals and three sections. The first festival is the New Year, a cold year, the second festival is the spring, and thousands of insects return to the upper part, and the third festival is winter again, and thousands of insects return to the east." Under the guidance of the Miao calendar, the Miao people sow in the warm season and harvest in the hot season. Starting from the Miao year, it enters the "cold season" for rest and fun. Each household is not allowed to enter the fields again, otherwise it will be prohibited. It is not until the "Fan Gu Festival" in February of the next lunar calendar that the reed pipes and wooden drums are put away, and no blowing or dancing is allowed, and a year of labor begins. The ancient song "Duck Release Song" of the Miao people in Southeast Guizhou says: "(Xia calendar) only rest in the first month, build bridges in the second month, sweep ancestral graves in the third month, soak grain seeds in the fourth month, plant rice in the fifth month, pull out rice ears in the sixth month, harvest rice in the eighth month, ducks enter the fields in the ninth month, the Miao New Year in the tenth month, the Gaopo New Year in the winter month, and the Han New Year in the twelfth month." This is what it means. Similarly, the preface to the "Miao New Year Song" circulated in Nangao Township, Xingren Town and Leishan County of Danzhai County has a myth and legend that tells the origin of the Miao New Year: A Luo, a Miao girl, was very beautiful because of her ingenuity and hands. Both heaven and earth wanted to marry her. A Luo did not love the rich and powerful heaven, but married the poor and down-to-earth earth. Heaven was furious and started a war to fight for A Luo. Heaven and earth fought for several months. In the end, heaven won and kidnapped A Luo. In order to commemorate Ah Luo, the Miao people would kill pigs and fight bulls, play sheng and dance drums on the first day of the winter month every year, and welcome Ah Luo to their homes to have fun together. With the comprehensive development of social economy, the process of urbanization in rural areas has been accelerating, and people's living standards have been greatly improved. The expectation of the broad masses of people for the festival has gradually faded. The younger generation who have left the Miao village do not go home during the Miao New Year, so the festive atmosphere of the Miao New Year has been greatly weakened, causing the traditional customs of the entire Miao New Year to decline, and urgently need to be protected and revitalized. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)