The Miao (Chinese: 苗; pinyin: Miáo) is an ethnic group recognized by the government of China as one of the 55 official minority groups. Miao is a Chinese term and does not reflect the self-designations of the component groups of people, which include (with some variant spellings) Hmong, Hmub, Xong (Qo-Xiong), and A-Hmao.
The Chinese government has grouped these people and other non-Miao peoples together as one group, whose members may not necessarily be either linguistically or culturally related, though the majority are members of Miao-Yao language family, which includes the Hmong, Hmub, Xong, and A-Hmao and the majority do share cultural similarities. Because of the previous given reasons, many Miao peoples cannot communicate with each other in their mother tongues, and have different histories and cultures. A few groups designated as Miao by the PRC do not even agree that they belong to the ethnic group, though most Miao groups, such as the Hmong and Hmub, do agree with the collective grouping as a single ethnic group - Miao.
[ Kitty ]
There's a book a whole more precious than anything on earth
No wealth of gold or jewels are equal to its worth
I go to it in trouble when my heart is sick and sore
I always find a comfort my soul is searching for
The Bible is the written word the living word you see
My Bible and my Saviour are all the same to me
The more I read the more I know he cares and understands
And when I read my Bible my Saviour holds my hand
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The Bible is the best for me its teachings are so true
And when I've searched with open mind it tells me what to do
And when I'm sad and lonely it always gives me rest
Of all the other books I find my Bible is the best