The traditional festivals of the Miao people include: Miao New Year, Autumn Festival, Drum Festival, Huashan Festival, Lusheng Festival, etc.

1. Miao Year

Miao Year is usually held after the millet is harvested and put into storage. Miao Nian is popular in the Miao communities in Guizhou Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture and Guangxi Rongshui Miao Autonomous County. The dates of the Miao Year vary from place to place, but they are all held after the millet is harvested, that is, Chen (Dragon) Day, Mao (Rabbit) Day or Chou (Ox) Day in September, October or November of the lunar calendar respectively. . In the first few days after the Miao New Year, every household must clean up and actively prepare New Year's goods, such as making glutinous rice balls, brewing rice wine, making tofu, bean sprouts, generally killing pigs or buying pork, etc.

2. Catch the Autumn Festival

The Miao people's Catch the Autumn Festival is held at the beginning of autumn every year. The original meaning of the Miao Catch the Autumn Festival is to catch the "thousands" of autumn. It is popular in the areas of Xiangxi, Hunan, and Huatao, Guizhou. Miao ethnic area. It is held at the beginning of autumn every year and lasts for one day. Every year starting from the "Beginning of Autumn" on the lunar calendar, young men and women gather in villages and mountains to sing and dance in search of partners.

3. Drum Step Festival

It is popular in the Miao areas of Kaili, Danzhai, Leishan and other counties in Guizhou. Every year on the first Pig Farm Day in February of the lunar calendar, young Miao men and women automatically gather at the local music venue to play drums. This drum is made of solid nanmu hollowed out with stretched cowhide on both ends. At that time, a prestigious old man will move his nanmu drum and drum stand into the drum field and beat the drum vigorously. When people hear the sound, they will come over to dance, and young people will take the opportunity to choose a mate; old people will also put on new clothes and sing ancient songs around nanmu drums.

4. Huashan Festival

Huashan Festival is also known as "stepping on the Huashan", "jumping on the flower fields", "stepping on the fields" and "stepping on the mountains". It is popular in northwest Guizhou, southern Sichuan and Yunnan. Miao ethnic minority areas in the southeast. Because the Miao people live in different places and have different costumes, the dates of the Miao Huashan Festival are different and the names of the festivals are also different. Some are in the first month of the lunar calendar, some are in June, and some are in August. In the Tiokui area in northwest Guizhou, the New Year Festival is held from the sixth to the eighth day of the first lunar month every year, the Peach Blossom Festival is held from February 14th to 16th, and the Rice Blossom Festival is held from July 16th to 18th.

5. Lusheng Festival

The Lusheng Festival is popular in the western Zhou area at the junction of Kaili, Majiang and Danzhai counties in Guizhou. The festival varies from place to place, usually in the first, second or third month of the lunar calendar; elections in individual areas will be held in July. It is mainly used to worship ancestors and celebrate the harvest. Generally, a ceremony is held before the festival. At the same time, every family worships their ancestors in their own homes. Then the girls from each village dressed in their best clothes and silverware, and the boys brought their reeds from all directions to the reed playing venue.