Miao, Huishui (Northern) July 29 ➤

executed, and the rebellion Northern Huishui Miao are was crushed. completely unaware of Christ or the claims of the Customs: Music is always at gospel. the center of Miao celebrations and social gatherings, whether it SICHUAN involves singing, instrument playing, or leaf-blowing. •Lupanshui • Traditional love songs are • • YUNNAN Huishui• •Pingtang handed down from • •Wangmo generation to generation. Scale GUANGXI Two young lovers may sing 0 KM 160 to each other in question- Population in : and-answer form to express 70,000 (1990) 4 90,300 (2000) their mutual feelings. Many 116,500 (2010) annual Miao festivals are Location: Guizhou held which offer a chance Religion: Animism for young people from Christians: 50 different villages to mix and for romance to blossom. Overview of the Northern Huishui Religion: Most Northern Miao Huishui Miao live in fear and Countries: China bondage to evil spirits which Pronunciation: “Hway-shway-Meow” Miao Messenger harass them continually. Other Names: Location: The Northern History: According to Some Miao stories tell of a Hmong: Northern Huishui Huishui Miao language is legend, in about 2550 BC a dark place inhabited by Population Source: 70,000 spoken by more than Miao chief, Jiyou, was demons and ruled by a (1995 Wang Fushi – 1990 figure); 50,000 (1985 Wang Fushi – 90,000 people south of defeated by the Han race. demon king. To the Miao, 1982 figure); Guiyang Municipality — the The Miao were forcibly demons are the souls of Out of a total Miao population of capital of Guizhou Province. exiled to the inhospitable humans, birds, or animals. 7,398,035 (1990 census) They live in the Gaopo mountains in southern Location: Guizhou: Gaopo District If a deceased person had no of Guiyang Municipality; Tangbao, District of Guiyang China. Military campaigns descendants to continue his Yangchang, and Pingfa districts of Municipality, and Huishui were launched against the family line, or if his ; and Guiding counties. Miao for centuries. descendants do not make Status: Officially included under Miao Throughout the Ming proper offerings, he Language: Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Identity: The Northern Dynasty (1368–1644), more becomes a demon and Western Hmongic, Huishui 5 Huishui Miao are defined as than 80 fierce attacks were causes harm to people. Dialects: 0 a group purely on the basis made against the Miao — Religion: Animism, Polytheism of a linguistic classification an average of one every Christianity: Few of the Christians: 50 2 within the Miao nationality, three years. In 1832 early missionaries targeted Scripture: None which contains “30–40 another Miao rebellion was the Miao groups in southern Jesus film: None languages in China.”1 The directed by the self- Guizhou. As the great Gospel Recordings: None Northern Huishui Miao appointed “Golden Dragon people movement to Christ Christian Broadcasting: None language group may consist King,” who dressed in yellow unfolded in northwest ROPAL code: HMN00 of several ethnic subgroups. robes. He declared that the Guizhou and in Yunnan government of China had among the A-Hmao and Gha- Status of Evangelization Language: Northern Huishui lost its “mandate from Mu, many of the 90% Miao is inherently heaven” and, therefore, no missionaries placed among unintelligible with the longer had a right to rule other Miao groups were Eastern, Central, or over the .3 He summoned to lend a hand Southwestern Huishui Miao mobilized a large army with to disciple these new 9% 1% languages. Speakers from his promise to overthrow believers. This is one of the the different groups must the Qing Dynasty, but reasons why the gospel has A B C use Mandarin to without the arms or means never taken a firm foothold A = Have never heard the gospel communicate. to pose a threat, he was B = Were evangelized but did not among most of the Miao become Christians soon captured and groups in China. Most C = Are adherents to any form of Christianity

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