英文摘要 |
Miao and Yao are the Chinese designations for one of the national minorities living in the mountainous regions of the provinces of Hunan, Kweichow, Szechuan , Yunnan, Kwangsi, and Kwangtung. The Chinese term Miao has a longer history than does the term Yao: Miao occurs as early as the Book of Documents. Miao and Man seem to be Chinese transliterations of the Miao-Yao word for 'people' (see Appendix III). The Miao-Yao people have been in contact with the Hsia-Han people at least since the Shang-Chou period. In their struggle for survival, the Miao-Yao people have, however, been in continuous migration, going as far as the northern parts of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. |