The three major Miao dialect areas all have the custom of celebrating the Miao New Year on the day of Mao, Chen, Hai, or Chou after the harvest. However, due to the influence of Han culture, the custom has been weakened and dwarfed to varying degrees in each dialect area. However, in many Miao villages in Danzhai, Leishan and other places, the "Miao New Year" is still their most solemn festival. Unlike the "Spring Festival" of the Han people, the Miao people celebrate the "Miao New Year" in the same cycle rather than on the same day. Even in the same branch in the same region, the "Miao New Year" is not celebrated on the same day, but according to the consultation of the village elders, each Miao village chooses an auspicious day in order to "celebrate the New Year". This way is the legacy of the Miao people's "Gushe" and "Yilan". On the one hand, it reflects the Miao people's character of respecting the elders and the ancestors. On the other hand, it also makes the "Miao New Year" of each village more lively and more conducive to communication between people. Whether it is the "Spring Festival" of Han culture or the "New Year's Day" of the Western calendar, it is far from the original intention of the ancestors of the original ecological farming nation to "celebrate the harvest". The "Miao New Year" is held in the ninth, tenth and eleventh months of the lunar calendar. The various ceremonies and activities are closely related to celebrating the harvest, and play an irreplaceable role in maintaining the ethnic characteristics and ethnic identity of the Miao people. At the same time, the special way of celebrating the festival in order makes the Miao village where the festival is held become the communication center and joy center of dozens of nearby Miao villages during the "Miao New Year". This makes the "Miao New Year" a link for communication between villages and a platform for interaction among the Miao people. It creates a harmonious atmosphere of benign interaction in the region and has great cohesion and influence. Similarly, the "Miao New Year" is an important carrier for inheriting and displaying the Miao culture. Cultural activities related to the "Miao New Year" include food culture activities such as brewing, grinding tofu, making sour soup fish and sour cowhide, religious rituals such as ancestor worship and drumming, traditional ethnic literature and art such as blowing Mangtong Lusheng music, dancing Lusheng dance, stepping on drums, singing toast songs, singing love songs, and traditional Miao competitive activities such as bullfighting, bird fighting, and horse racing. During the festival, the girls also displayed ethnic costumes that are rarely seen on weekdays. 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 northern part of Danzhai, the southern part of Kaili and the eastern part of Majiang; the "Gong" branch mainly lives in Danzhai, the southern part of Kaili and parts of Jianhe, Taijiang, Huangping and Majiang; the "White Collar Miao" branch mainly lives in the southern part of Danzhai and the northern part of Sandu; the "Qingjiang Miao" branch mainly lives in the western part of Leishan and the eastern part of Danzhai. With the comprehensive development of social economy, the process of rural urbanization has been accelerating, and the 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 for the Miao New Year, so the festive atmosphere of the Miao New Year is greatly weakened, resulting in the decline of the traditional customs of the entire Miao New Year, which urgently needs protection and revitalization. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)