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1、关于家乡风俗的演讲稿关于风俗英语演讲稿苗族风俗文化Good afternoon, everybody! Today I would like to talk about customs of Miao nationality in our country.Now it has a population of more than 7 million.Half of them live in Guizhou province, and others dwell in Yunnan, Hunan, Sichuan and other places.They have their own langua
2、ge and characters which are just as this image showed.Their houses, which are called Diao Jiao Lou, were built of wood with national feature.The foothold of the house look precarious, but it is actually steady and safe.The music and dance there has a long history, this picture shows Tai Ping _iao, t
3、his one describes Tiao Yue, and this one e_presses Gu Wu.Miao womens beautiful skirts and silver accouterments are known all over the world for their nice work.They have lots of festivals, such as Climbing Festival, Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival etc.Now let me introduce you some interesting
4、customs of Miao nationality.Lu Sheng Wu will be the first.Lu Shengs sound is bright and thick, and could be played by both men and women.When celebrating the New Year, getting married or building new house, people always hold Lu Sheng in hands, sing and dance gladly to e_press their happiness.When p
5、eople play Lu Sheng, they can also do some difficult activities such as handstand, rolling, climbing rods, human pyramid and so on.Thats really surprising.Reed-pipe Wind Instrument Festival is traditional.It is not only for trading, but also for youth to find a lover.During the festival, peting hors
6、e skill, ball sports and other events will be held.Festival in different area is different greatly.Dragon Boat Festival, Flower Mountain Festival, Eating New Festival, Tomb-sweeping Day, and other festival are go after one another.Tring Flower Mountain event is important.A couple who can have bear a
7、 baby plant a tree near the village and hang a bottle of wine on for praying a child.Young man and woman will dance and sing under the tree, and many of them fall in love.Then we will look at Miaos marriage custom.Pinch finger is one way for Miao guys to e_press their love.When lots of people get to
8、gether in festivals, the guy would crowd to his lover silently and pinch her finger gently.If the girl wants to accept the guys love, she will pinch the guys finger as a response, otherwise she wont do anything and the guy would know he is rejected.Once the love relationship is established, the youn
9、g man and woman will date as other lovers.They make marks with branches, leaves, weeds and wild flowers with different meaning: weed mark means dating, flower mark e_presses the secret meeting, while weeds and flowers linking together shows the decision of marriage.After associating for some time, l
10、overs would e_change keepsakes such as towel, cigarettes, silver hairpin etc.Later, they will tell their parents, and the guys parents would invite a matchmaker to propose for him, then the marriage date would be settled.Thirdly, I will talk about girls beautiful skirts.It is said that, a long time
11、ago, a peacock saw a Miao girl; it spread its wings to pare with the girls skirt, but it was failed and flied away jealously.The legend shows peoples praise of these girls hard-working.All girls there can embroider.Once a girl was born, her mother would try her best to teach her identifying differen
12、t colors.By the time the girl could use needle and thread, her mother would teach her to embroider, because a girl who cant embroider well, no mater how beautiful she is, wont attract guys attention.In my opinion, Miao is a kind, simple and hard-working nationality.They have retained a lot of interesting customs.I wish I can go to their inhabitation one day, and the same to you.第 5 页 共 5 页
