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Suoga
Eco-Museum of Long Horned Miao
Suoga
Eco-musesum was built on October23, 1997. It is about 208 kilometers
from northwest of Guiyang city and 42kms from Liuzhi. The community
of Suoga Eco-museum which consists of 12 natural villages occupies
about 100 square kilometers.There lives a rare ethnic group called
Long horned Miao who still maintain their unique culture.
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total population is about 4000 who live between the high mountains
which is around 1600 meters high above sea level. The Long horned
Miao keep perfectly and prolong their tranditional culture such
as the equal and old democracy, the special custom of wedding, the
rite of funeral, the special folk dances and songs as well as the
exquisite embroidery arts.
The
natural environment, the structure of the society, the ecolological
enviroment and the mental life of the community of Suoga still exsist
perfectly in the cultural ecology, and this is a part of Suoga community.
Another
part is the material information center which was built in Longga
village and occupies approximately 2000 square meters with the constructional
area of 420 square meters. The style of the construction is the
same as the tranditional residences' house with the exhibition hall,
information room, computer room, office, traditional crafts selling
department, guest room and the like. There is a small exhibition
of the culture of Long horn Miao in the exhibition hall. There are
also some materials of the memory of Long horn Miao such as photoes,
sound record and video providing for the research.
Since
1998 when Suoga Eco-museum has been opened for 5 years, it has received
more than thousands of scholars and experts from both at home and
abroad.
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