Mien (Yao) has been placed in them Mong Ko Lloyd is a native he calls China - Tibet in the Chinese original. Call themselves as "Mien" (MIEN) or "Ew Mien" (IU MIEN) with their country of origin in Southern China. Bar county, Guangxi, Guangzhou, and Yunnan Mien in Thailand where he assumes that immigrants from China And migrated down from time by logging in Laos (around Wed Fri 2393) and Myanmar first and then migrated into Thailand. In this section, no obvious evidence that the Mien (Yao) to Thailand the first time when Wed roughly estimated that about since 2433, or about 100 years when the last fraction (referred from the city line, 2529, cited by eliminating threats, 2528, cited from that Nan Beach, 2528, page 1 (duplicating the documents.)

Governance structure. 
Mien people with cultural leaders. Who practiced the faith. Equivalent to the village. Mien called "lower-fry, take care behavior of residents. Forward to promote unity and love. About reconciliation. Is the fairness Waiting times of resolving the dispute. Or are on bad terms. Using rules and regulations of the society people Mien. According to customary criteria. The treatment is similar to the common regulations of society (people of Thailand and the Arts Center Board, 2535, p. 104-105).
Social structure.

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  Family

Family systems Mien people of both single family and extended family usually an extended family, will extend the party is the son married man would take his wife to stay home. When the daughter is married. I have to go to the home of a man. In the event a party at the home of a woman is the only daughter. When a man married to his wife to stay at home. When a family will use and respect for ancestral spirits of the female. Because of the Son and the female does not feed them. In this case, a man does not have to pay the dowry. And must be raised as to the wife's parents.

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  Marriage

Men and women are free to choose partners. With love and the main right. No force at all. It will be some cases where both parents to see that With each other man was energetic. The female is hard work. In addition, both parents can be friends. In this case, it may be that children get married. However, they have to ask a voluntary handicap. The marriage of Mien divided into two types of marriage, marriage big and small. Marriage is a small women do at home. The marriage that most men do at home. Together with a feast to 3 days 3 nights must be very expensive. When women get married and pass Praeooผe from it. Considered lack of respect for their ancestors and spirits. Respect to the ancestral spirits of the party to her husband.

Social values, some
Buying another tribe to raise a child for adoption. This is to increase labor within the family. Children are bought for adoption. Will be treated like a child. Undivided Will use the family surname and the same respect for ancestral spirits. Children are bought for adoption at least 10 percent will buy from them Hmong, Akha, Lao Khmu Lahu and Thai Thai Yai (remove threats Ibid, 2528).

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  Distribution.

A survey last year November. Since 2538 the National Statistical Office. Tribe Welfare and Development Center. And the National Security Council. Found that the Mien population in Thailand is approximately 47, 305 people not counting those in various refugee camps. Live in an extremely tight in the province of Chiang Rai, Nan, Phayao, Lampang an amount not less in the province of Chiang Mai, Sukhothai, Kamphaeng Phet Province and some are scattered in the province of Tak and Phetchabun

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  Economy.

Mien tribe of the same people adhering to sustain production. But now must adapt to the changes of the era. Must be produced for commercial purposes. Are the production of corn, beans, red pepper, ginger, pumpkin, mango, tamarind, litchi addition to such crops.Mien people still need to be self-reliant The current farm. Shifting is not as known and misunderstood for so long, Stone said the current crop will be hosted by four to five years and not more than seven years to return to do the same again (how long-term leave, depending on the number of households. And areas of the community) for soil recovery. A moist and plants will take over more generally on teeth - Burn finished Mien grow crops to eat no more than two years next to each other and then move to convert This cycle and so on (quote from the newsletter of life on the hill. No. 6, 2534, p. 14).

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  Style home.

Mien style homes now split into two types.
- Traditional style.
- The current style.

- Traditional style.

Houses across the land to be cultivated. Land use is local. Material is available from the bamboo. Teak and hardwood. Used for pole only Home look like a rectangle. May be roofed with thatched roofs of wood pellets Wood trim, which led to the other sheet. Leaves, rattan and bamboo. Wall may be a soft wood, then trim and flat. The barrier wall will be separated vertically. Sometimes use bamboo lattice. The roof slopes down pour. To design a home protection from wind and rain also open the floor for sleeping. Contains both the floor and walls with different rooms are divided by bamboo lattice. Or softwood sheets. Will be a door in front and back sides, which held that a Praeooผe size of the home depends on family members.

- The current style.

There are 2 types are planted flat platform like home people. Material may be teak back With roof tiles or zinc. Design, construction carpenter hired by the flat
Manner across the soil cultivation, which developed from a traditional home. But a change in building materials. A bamboo, rattan, leaves, grass, Karen Wood is the back Roof tiles or zinc (refer the manual to work with Tribes, in September 2531, p. 2-3).

• Family and group permission.

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Mien family is often the extended family is a spouse, family multi-pair, such as grandfather - grandmother, father - mother son - daughter and if any family with many sons. It might be more spouse. Family members may be from 20 to 20 people, including grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, son, daughter, unmarried daughter grandson (son's son) is a family patriarch. Everyone must obey goodman Each family will be respected in accordance with Sak. Respect for elders. Counting will take place in relative male.
Each family will have a version of the family, some families have four versions of some families, it is up to version 5 of the Model Since the first version and so on until 4 or 5 classes (depending on each family) and will circulate back. The first version of the newCirculation goes like this ever. To determine if the person is a relative or not. I must know where that came from the family. When that came from the same family. This means that the kindred It is often asked to determine whether a child who This question is to know which version. And how relatives. Which is known as a grandfather, uncle or aunt nephew Art class.

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  Religion / belief

Mien people have faith in the supernatural. What Mien regards the angels or Thep and spiritual fathers (Pantheism) Thep residents Mien respected and considered the most important with 18 body with the power to green rolling down the order in which the number 18 Ong This is the third body is considered. the most powerful is called "Far m ฌi" or the 18 three-star Thep body painting, which will have a shirt of Thep deemed. Time brought the ceremony will be mounted in the drawing. This drawing is typically wrapped in a roll wrapping cloth or dungeon called "Mian tight" it would remove the only key in the ceremony such as ordination or funeral ceremony. 
Frozen Ghost to regularly pay homage to ancestral spirits or were ผeernืon. Will make an altar in the house wall covered with bamboo paper, no statue or picture in any way. In addition, a small incense burner cup rice bowl.
In the village of Mien are shaman Or doctors in the religious rituals, called "Mian Sim Mien" of such rituals. And is committed to maintaining the village with a doctor. Mien Phi as a result will be a book written in Chinese. There is not a violent partner. The burning paper. Regards to a Chinese man.    
Mien people believe the body of the people we have all 11 Kwan Kwan Kwan likes them away from the body when the illness. Injured or shocked. Necessary to maintain morale back (eliminate threats Ibid, 2528, p. 69-70).

• Dress.

Costume of the Mien people in the past. Will be produced for own use from the first process is the cultivation of cotton spinning, weaving and embroidery pattern bring before sewing the costumes. Mien women all have to learn from the age of 8 years old, embroidered fabric began to be enough young woman, aged 13 - 14 years will be embroidered patterns for themselves. Each exquisitely embroidered patterns.

Women's apparel, Mien. include
1. Shorts (hollow).
Women's pants look like pants Khak๊yi. But that is embroidered with beautiful patterns. How to wear it like to wear pants Khak๊yi.Perhaps it could strangle you sure cord fabric layer over thousands of fabric before you tie the waist.
2. T (see ahead).
The black shirt is cut feet long, covered front a musty smell inside the shirt is embroidered with thread around the neck down to waist And stick with red yarn around the neck to the waist like a piece of shirt front and back pieces are separate. The side will be cut from both men to the waist and stick a red tassel. The rear is a fabric one long covered heel long arm around the forearm to trim with white lace in red and black walking with thread weaving their own white - red (there may be other colors as well) button shirt is made of money. rectangular sheets made of the information in Shirt buttons one would use the 12 most unique shirt that will stick in the major generally used only by a brooch.
3. Headdress (Kho and correct that.)
A black cloth. Length of about 4 to 5 meters, 1 foot wah end fabric on both sides are embroidered with beautiful patterns. The post of the head, Mien are 2 types will post a circular one around the head, and let men patterned fabrics exposed to second left - right and another one that Similar cross Do not let men come out, but are embroidered patterns on the head, then post pattern to fit in the middle of the forehead.
4. Fabric waist billion (La Sin).
Looks like headdress how disorder Will wear the pants first, then post the head of the garb With thousands and thousands of fabric waist The man released tie both sides of the back. The second plate shirt and tie waist will roll on. To show off the beautiful design of the pants.

Men's Apparel Mien. include
1. Keng (hollow).
Men's Pants style pants with embroidered design fabric Khak๊yi not black or Department.
2. T (see ahead).
The shirt is woven in black or long sleeve forearm Department Kui on with a white cloth - red - black shirt as well as 2 side pocket embroidered with a pattern similar clothing, Chinese shirt. Use money as a bell button.

• How to wear.

Wear before. Then wear a shirt over. In the past the head men that post as well. But now Not a popular post different. It may be difficult and inconvenient.

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  Language

The word "charm" is not available in the language of the tribe, "Mien" is due to terms set by the government. Which has no known source exactly the word "Mien" means "people" or "human" language Mien be classified as Chinese - Tibetan For this reason, people Mien senior so often. Mandarin is spoken. Read and write Chinese. Especially those who practiced the faith. To read and write Chinese characters can not lose a fine Chinese study. If the language to speak Mien, they are a unique tonal shift can be completed in 5 times the volume it used to worship the ancient Chinese. But reading aloud is the Mien language. Today, there are some use Roman or English girl because of the influence of the Mission to Christian missionary among his people (people of Thailand and the Arts Center Board Ibid, 2535, p. 104).