Long-horn Miao is a typical subgroup of Hmong. Nowadays there are only 4,000 residents live in 12 isolated villages. Includes: Upper Anzhuang, Lower Anzhuang, Longga, Bukong, Xiaobatian, Gaoxing in the Miao and Yi autonomous town of Suoga; Dawanxin, Xinfa in the town of Xinhua; Changdi, Guanzhai, Xiaoxin, Huadong and Yizhongdi in the town of A’gong. Till now ,this group of people has their own language differing from others, typical costumes and well preserved culture, and they live in a natural way that men farming the land and women weaving clothes. Their history is main recorded on the women costumes, particularly on their hair styles. These women usually use a wooden horn and their own hair or their mothers’ hair together with black wool to decorate their heads. In addition to, this group of people has equal democratic rights, specific wedding, funeral and sacrificial rites, stylish music and dance, exquisite and gorgeous embroidery.
