Cultural identity of Ha Giang ethnic groups

Ha Giang is a convergence of diverse cultures. It is the land of 22 ethnic groups and each ethnic group brings Ha Giang a unique cultural identity. We are looking forward to introducing the ethnic groups to the fullest, but due to the limitation of the book, we can only selectively introduce certain ethnic groups. have a great influence on making up the characteristics of Ha Giang culture.

Looking forward to people

The Mong people in Ha Giang have about 194,483 people with 2 main groups: White Mongolia and Mongolia Flower. The H'mong people are famous for their tradition of upland cultivation, growing rice, maize and other crops. Handicraft production of Mong people has reached a quite high level such as weaving, knitting, making furniture, forging ... Traditional costumes of Mong women are very unique. A female outfit consists of a skirt, a blouse, a breasted robe with a dangle, waist, bandana, leggings, etc.The skirt is usually a truncated cone, with a wide skirt, sometimes a tube skirt, when wear folded on the sides. The Hmong's house is made of earth, with 3 compartments, the nave where the ancestor altar is located. The main doors and side doors are all opened inward. Traditional culture of the Mong people is a very rich treasure with customs, rituals and beliefs. The Mong families have different ways of worshiping their ancestors. Some of the main worship ceremonies such as ma ma door (xia me), ma ma mu (multi-medium) with the number and content of offerings, decorations, arrangement of places of worship and places to eat are diverse and complex. Mong Arts and Literature expresses the psychology, sense of community, issues of nature, society and history. Prominent among them are songs about love, performed by a trumpet, flute, lip lamp, and trumpet. Decorative patterns on the skirt are the shapes of butterflies, snakes, flowers, harrowing teeth, bird's eyes, pig feet ... harmonious colors. All are invaluable assets of the Hmong community, which have been kept for a long time. Prominent among them are songs about love, performed by a trumpet, flute, lip lamp, and trumpet. Decorative patterns on the skirt are the shapes of butterflies, snakes, flowers, harrowing teeth, bird's eyes, pig feet ... harmonious colors. All are invaluable assets of the Hmong community, which have been kept for a long time. Prominent among them are songs about love, performed by a trumpet, flute, lip lamp, and trumpet. Decorative patterns on the skirt are the shapes of butterflies, snakes, flowers, harrowing teeth, bird's eyes, pig feet ... harmonious colors. All are invaluable assets of the Hmong community, which have been kept for a long time.

The Dao

The Dao people in Ha Giang have about 95,959 people with the Red Dao, Dao Money, White Trouser Knife, Long Dress Knife, Dao Lo Giang. They live on shifting agriculture and terraced fields. The Dao have a number of unique handicrafts such as forging for jewelry making, embroidery for flower prints on wax fabric ... Dao Ha Giang people live on stilts, houses or half floors and half floors. They are often near water sources, and their costumes have many traditional elements such as color patterns, women's scarves, dresses, and skirts. Traditional cultural beliefs of the Dao are very complex, expressing the concept and spiritual consciousness of the community. Worship and magic are a dimension that contains its own color and cultural depth, which are not simply ordinary forms of superstition. Dao folk music is very rich including myths, ancient stories, poems, folk songs,

The Tay

With about 157,757 people living in Ha Giang. They live mainly on wet rice cultivation in the fields of the mountains, rivers and on upland fields. The family handicrafts are quite developed such as weaving, producing agricultural tools, making wooden furniture, making pottery ... The Tay's weaving is quite developed, especially blankets, brocade towels with flowers. Rich literature is much loved. The Tay village is usually at the foot of the mountain and has 20 to 30 roofs. They stay on stilts, roofing or brushing. Their clothing is predominantly indigo, female crit scarf, wearing a five-body shirt with a waist, a necklace, hands and feet of silver. The Tày people's cultural culture is very rich with rituals and sacrifices related to production, human life cycles, weddings, funerals, new house celebrations ... Tay folklore is a treasure trove of myths, legends, poems,

The Nung

They live in Ha Giang with about 61,312 people. They live mainly on water farming with relatively high cultivation and irrigation techniques. Animal husbandry is quite developed. Diversified craftsmanship such as forging, casting, weaving, carpentry, paper making especially weaving. The Nung often live in hillside valleys or along rivers and streams. Their clothes were dyed indigo, women wore five-body robes, and the right armpit button. Men wear a chest-tight collar with split buttons and four capless pockets. They are on stilts quite big and wide. The outer house is for men and the place to worship ancestors and women at home. The Nung do not commemorate death after death but make a birthday (celebration of longevity) for those who are 50 years of age or older and make offerings to the dead on the full moon of the seventh lunar month. The Nung's wedding also preserves many ancient customs and the mother's side has a very important role on behalf of the groom's family to ask and organize affairs related to the custom of marriage. The Nung folklore is most famous for its Sli dance, the charming way of singing men and women.

Giay

Giay people in Ha Giang have about 61,312 people. They live on the main source of wet rice farming, in addition to farming. Every year, Giay people have Root poem to start farming. Their barn is far from home but close to milpa. The Giay handicrafts are noteworthy for weaving and knitting from bamboo. Their outfits are simple, almost devoid of embroidery. Apparel consists of knee length pants, split right armpits, wide sleeves and wide leg pants. The costume consists of a long dress that covers the buttocks, splits the right armpits, wide sleeves, and wears a different color cloth on the wrist. Their architecture is the stilt house, the altar is in the middle. The altar has 3 incense bowls worshiping the earth god, the god of kitchen and the ancestor. When someone in the family dies, he has to be a ghost, and his children and grandchildren abstain from eating meat, do not play, do not sit on high chairs or sleep on high beds. When taking the crowd must go as fast as "fear of robbing the body". Boys and girls of the age of getting married, they often have to check the number, see if the new fate is taken. Giay folk art is very rich, their poetry, proverbs, idioms and couplets are many in number and rich in content. Giay folk songs have 3 very popular forms: Vươn dang há (singing with a wine tray), Vong luồng (confessing love songs) and Véo srobàn (singing see-off).

La Chi people

The only La Chi only in Ha Giang are also known as Cu Te, Tho Den, Man Xa. The Latino community only has about 10,361 people. They are very good at cultivating terraced fields and upland fields with major crops such as rice, corn, potatoes, cassava ... but one thing is special, the most fertile upland fields are always used to grow cotton. and indigo. La Chi village is often located on high slopes. Half-floor and half-ground houses, kitchen land and floors for housing. Their outfits are not picky. Men wear indigo-dyed tunic, buttoned left. Women mostly wore pants, notably women's dresses with embroidery skirts, on the outside was an unbuttoned long breasted shirt, using a fabric belt to hold the bodice. The La Chi people consider all things to have "soul", which is worth noting "rice spirit". In the house there are many altars of men in order from father to youngest son, second son and last son. When someone died, the coffin was washed with chicken bones to choose burial ground. In their marriage, it is customary to "tie" the groom along with their friends, the matchmaker leads the bride out of the room to the groom's home. La Chi literature and art are stories telling and explaining human origins, ethnic origin and the origin of sun and rice. During festive occasions, there are many fun games such as throwing, swinging and especially the song "Ní ca", playing the guitar, gongs and drums. Explain human origins, ethnic origin and the origin of the sun and rice. During festive occasions, there are many fun games such as throwing, swinging and especially the song "Ní ca", playing the guitar, gongs and drums. Explain human origins, ethnic origin and the origin of the sun and rice. During festive occasions, there are many fun games such as throwing, swinging and especially the song "Ní ca", playing the guitar, gongs and drums.

The above is only a small part of the culture of 6 populous ethnic groups in Ha Giang. They also have many other very unique cultural features to explore, research and explore. Other ethnic groups who have not mentioned such as Co Lao, Pu Peo, Lo Lo, Phu La, Chinese, Pa Tagn ... also have their own unique and unique cultural life, contributing to the creation of these ethnic groups. Ha Giang has a diverse national cultural identity.