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Miao Huixin
Miao may refer to: * Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages * Miao (Unicode block), a block of Unicode characters of the Pollard script * '' Miào'' (庙), a Chinese temple * Miáo (surname), a Chinese surname written 苗 * Miào (surname), a Chinese surname written 繆 * Miao, Chongming County (庙镇), town in Chongming District, Shanghai, China * Miao, Changlang, town in Arunachal Pradesh, India * Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao, in India * ''Miao'' (album), album by Candy Lo * "Mr. Miao", a short story by Pu Songling See also *Miao Rebellion (other) * Miao Miao * Meow (other) Meow is an imitative word for a sound made in cat communication. Meow or Miaow may also refer to: Film and television * ''Meow'' (2017 film), a 2017 Hong Kong science fantasy comedy film * ''Meow'' (202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miao People
The Miao are a group of linguistically-related peoples living in Southern China and Southeast Asia, who are recognized by the government of China as one of the 56 List of ethnic groups in China, official ethnic groups. The Miao live primarily in southern China's mountains, in the provinces of Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hainan. Some sub-groups of the Miao, most notably the Hmong people, have migrated out of China into Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Northern Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand). Following the History of Laos since 1945#Communist Laos, communist takeover of Laos in 1975, a large group of Hmong refugees resettled in several Western nations, mainly in the United States, France, and Australia. Miao is a Chinese language, Chinese term, while the component groups of people have their own autonyms, such as (with some variant spellings) Hmong people, Hmong, Hmu, Qo Xiong language, Xong (Qo-Xiong), and A-Hmao. These people (except those in Hainan) spea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pollard Script
The Pollard script, also known as Pollard Miao (Chinese: 柏格理苗文 Bó Gélǐ Miao-wen) or Miao, is an abugida loosely based on the Latin alphabet and invented by Methodist missionary Sam Pollard. Pollard invented the script for use with A-Hmao, one of several Miao languages spoken in southeast Asia. The script underwent a series of revisions until 1936, when a translation of the New Testament was published using it. The introduction of Christian materials in the script that Pollard invented caused a great impact among the Miao. Part of the reason was that they had a legend about how their ancestors had possessed a script but lost it. According to the legend, the script would be brought back some day. When the script was introduced, many Miao came from far away to see and learn it.Enwall 1994 Pollard credited the basic idea of the script to the Cree syllabics designed by James Evans in 1838–1841, “While working out the problem, we remembered the case of the syllabics us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miao (Unicode Block)
Miao is a Unicode block containing characters of the Pollard script, used for writing the Hmong Daw and A-Hmao language The A-Hmao language, also known as Large Flowery Miao () or Northeast Yunnan Miao (), is a Hmongic language spoken in China. It is the language the Pollard script was designed for, and displays extensive tone sandhi. There is a high degree of li ...s. History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Miao block: References {{reflist Unicode blocks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miao Shrine
''Miao (廟)'' are buildings in traditional East Asian religions enshrining gods, myths or legends, sages of past dynasties, and famous historical figures. They are a kind of Chinese temple architecture and contrast with Ci Shrines which enshrine ancestors and people instead of deities. In Vietnam In Vietnam Miao are called vi, Miếu. In Vietnamese custom it is said that: Every village worshiping gods must have a Miao. In some places, there is both a Miao and a communal house. The Miao is the place where ghosts and spirits are dressed, the communal house is the place to worship the City God and to serve as an office for people to gather. Miaos are often built in scenic places, especially on high mounds, or near large lakes and rivers. In Japan Overview In Japan, a building dedicated to a specific person is called a , , or . Shinto Shiki Shinto shrines are mainly enshrined in the same way as ordinary Shinto shrines. The Engishiki Jinmeicho lists the shrine as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Temple
Chinese temple architecture refer to a type of structures used as place of worship of Chinese Buddhism, Taoism or Chinese folk religion, where people revere ethnic Chinese gods and ancestors. They can be classified as: * '' miào'' () or ''diàn'' (), simply means "temple" and mostly enshrines gods of the Chinese pantheon, such as the Dragon King, Tudigong or Matsu; or mythical or historical figures, such as Guandi or Shennong. * '' cí'' (), ''cítáng'' (), ''zōngcí'' () or ''zǔmiào'' (), referring to ancestral temples, mostly enshrining the ancestral gods of a family or clan. * Taoist temples and monasteries: ''guàn'' or '' dàoguàn''; and * Chinese Buddhist temples and monasteries: ''sì'' or ''sìyuàn'' * Temple of Confucius which usually functions as both temple and town school: '' wénmiào'' or '' kŏngmiào''. * Temples of City God (), which worships the patron God of a village, town or a city. * Smaller household shrines or votive niche, such as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miáo (surname)
Miáo (苗) is a Chinese language surname. In 2013 it was counted as the 157th most common surname with 1 million people sharing the name or 0.075% of the total population, the province with the largest population of people with the name is Henan.中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., Jan 1, 2013 It is the 53rd name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . Notable people * Nora Miao (stagename, Chinese: 苗可秀, born 陳詠憫 1952-) is a Hong Kong actress who appeared in many kung-fu films in the 1970s * Miao Miao (Chinese: 苗苗; pinyin: Miáo Miao) (born 14 January 1981, Tianjin, China) is an Australian table tennis player who represented Australia at the Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London Olympic Games * Miao Wei (Chinese: 苗圩; born May 1955) is a politician and business executive of the People's Republic of China. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miào (surname)
Miào () is a Chinese surname. Notable people * Cora Miao (繆騫人) is a Chinese actress * Miao Boying (Chinese: 缪伯英) Chinese teacher, writer and revolutionary who became the first woman to join the Communist Party * Miao Ruilin (缪瑞林; born 1964) is a former Chinese politician, best known for his term as Mayor of Nanjing * Miao Fu (繆輔) Chinese imperial painter during the Xuande era * Miao Xiaochun (Chinese: 缪晓春; born 1964, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China) artist and photographer based in Beijing * Guowang Miao Guowang Miao is an associate professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, working on design and optimization of wireless communications and networking and the author of ''Fundamentals of Mobile Data Networks'' and ''Energy and Spectrum ... associate professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Individual Chinese surnames {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chongming District
Chongming District () is northernmost district of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. Chongming consists of three low-lying inhabited alluvial islands at the mouth of the Yangtze north of the Shanghai peninsula: Chongming, Changxing, and Hengsha. Following its massive expansion in the 20th century, Chongming is now the 2nd-largest island administered by the People's Republic of China and the 2nd-largest in Greater China, after Hainan. Chongming does not, however, administer all of the island: owing to its continual expansion from sediment deposited by the Yangtze, it has merged with formerly separate islands and now includes Jiangsu province's pene-exclave townships of Haiyong and Qilong. Chongming proper covers an area of and had a population of at the time of the Sixth National Census in 2010. The county was established in 1396, the second year of the Ming dynasty's Hongwu Emperor. With the completion of the Yangtze and Chongqi Bridges, it is now connected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miao, Changlang
Miao is a sub-division in Changlang district. It is located about 25 km from the Assam border. It is one of the 60 constituencies of Arunachal. Geography and climate Miao is located at . Miao is located in a region where it gets one of the heaviest rainfall in north-east India. The noa-dihing is the most important river flowing through Miao. The mountain range is called Patkai Bum and is the eastern extension of the Himalayas. The tall forests make the region a good haven for smuggling, smugglers. The Miao region covers the towns of Diyun and Chowkham. Diyun being the stronghold of the Chakmas and Chowkham to the Khamptis. Chowkham has generated wealth from plywood business to a degree that once it was the richest village in Asia. Though it is low in literacy, most of the people here boast of spunky cars. It is a small town, but it is well connected by road and has a transport station with a bus available daily. Tourism Miao is also a popular tourist location. The Namda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Miao
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao ( la, Dioecesis Miaoensis) is a diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Guwahati. It is located in Miao in India. It was created on 7 December 2005, by splitting it from the Diocese of Dibrugarh. Its first bishop is George Palliparampil. The Christ the Light Shrine in Miao is the cathedral of the diocese. The cathedral was built and blessed in 2011. The diocese covers 8 districts of the state of Arunachal Pradesh - Tirap, Changlang, Lohit, Longding, Anjaw, Namsai, Dibang Valley and Lower Dibang Valley Districts. Neighboring dioceses are Itanagar and Dibrugarh to the west. To the north and northeast is China, to the south and southeast Myanmar. The diocese covers an area of 31,445 km2. As of 2005, 59,030 of the 420,000 people in the area are members of the Catholic Church. The diocese is subdivided into 31 parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miao (album)
''Miao'' is Candy Lo's 1st full studio album. It was released on 2 December 1998, one day after Bat Seui Yiu...Yun Mei Dak Ho Pa, her debut EP. The theme of this album is "cat". Track listing #同居角落 ''Tung4 Geui1 Gok3 Lok6'' (Housemate Corner) #接受現實 ''Gam2 Jip3 Sau6 Yin6 Sat6'' (Accepting Reality) #不如睡一睡 ''Bat1 Yu4 Seui6 Yat1'' (Let's Have A Nap) #無人王國 ''Mou4 Yan4 Wong4 Gwok3'' (Uninhabited Kingdom) #夜 ''Ye6'' (Night) #半支怨歌 ''Bun3 Ji1 Yun3 Go1'' (Half Resentful Song) #記念品 ''Gei3 Nim6 Ban2'' (Souvenir) #快感飛行 ''Faai3 Gam2 Fei1 Haang4'' (Pleasant Sensational Flight) #怪怪房 ''Gwaai3 Gwaai3 Fong4'' (A Strange Room) #我很舒服 ''Ngo5 Han2 Syu1 Fuk4'' (I Feel Very Comfortable) Candy Lo albums 1998 debut albums Sony Music Hong Kong albums {{HongKong-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
