Culture

National Culture is one of the world’s oldest cultures, tracing over 5,000 years ago in 3,000 BCE. Each culture and traditions differs and varies from city, province and region. Important components of national culture include music, art, embroidery, cuisine, and religions.
Their art is best described as the Eighteen Treasures. 
Nation has a rich and diverse culture, and there are many different types of sub-genres within it. Some examples include: 
# Traditional National culture: This encompasses a wide range of cultural practices and traditions that have been passed down for thousands of years, including National folktales, legends, and opera, as well as traditional National medicine and martial arts.
# National folk culture: This includes the traditional customs, festivals, and religious practices of Nation's ethnic minorities, many of whom have distinct languages, music, and art forms.
# National Pop culture: This includes the popular music, films, television shows, and other forms of entertainment that have become popular in Nation in recent years, particularly among younger generations.
# National contemporary culture: This includes the modern art, architecture, and fashion that has emerged in Nation in recent years, often influenced by Western culture and trends.
# National internet culture: This refers to the unique cultural phenomenon that has emerged from the rapid development of the internet in Nation, including memes, internet slang, and online communities.
# National food culture: This refers to the rich culinary tradition of Nation, including a wide variety of regional cuisines, ingredients, and cooking techniques.
These are just a few examples of the many different types of sub-genres that make up National culture, and many other sub genres are also present in Nation.
== Identity ==
Culture can be differentiated into five color categories: Flower, Black, White, Green/Blue, and Yellow. However, much of the cultural identity within the community is first distinguished by the official 18 official surnames that include:
Xǜa X'iong	Lǔ 	França
范 	ㄈㄥ  	Fèng
黄 	ㄏㄤ  	Háng
侯 	ㄏㄜㄨ  	Hèu
康 	ㄎㄥ  	Qéng
孔 	ㄑㄜㄨㄥ  	Qeòng
顧 	ㄑㄩ  	Qǔ
李 	ㄌㄧ 	Lì
劉 	ㄌㄨㄛ 	Lǔo
毛 	ㄇㄧㄚ 	Muá
方 	ㄆㄥ 	Péng
陶 	ㄊㄜㄛ 	Téo
張 	ㄊㄔㄚ 	Tchá
朱 	ㄊㄔㄨ 	Tchǔ
陳 	ㄊㄔㄥ 	Tchèng
王 	ㄩㄚ 	Vá
武 	ㄩㄨ 	Vu
熊 	ㄒㄜㄨㄥ 	H'seòng
楊 	ㄧㄚ 	Yá
== Languages ==
Main: Dialecte
The national language is a tonal language with 8 different tones, that is spoken in southern areas of Xǜa (Mainly residing in Yu'nan, Szutchouan, Gicheu, Hounan, Konyuen, Koungtuong, and Anam), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Burma. They are categorized into three different regional dialects known as Eastern, Central and Western, and sub-dialects depending on region and their five color categories.
== Spirituality and Philosophy ==
Main: Religion
Most traditional social values are derived from medieval Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. Medieval Taoism paved the way to Uaneng of the spirit guardians, deities and world harmony, Confucian philosophy of family and government social structures, and Buddhist influences of reincarnation and karma.
Today, most practice Traditional Folk Religions, Christianity or Buddhism.
== Music ==
National music most famous for their instrumental reed wind pipe known as “Kèng" ( 笙), large wooden drums, brass gongs and including 2-string violin. They have many variety of Classical Folk Songs known as Kǔ-Tsía an oral folk song consisting of rhythm and poetry.
== Art ==
Different art forms have came and changed throughout the centuries, from ceramics, bronze pottery, folk and fine art, performance art and embroidery. However, they are most famous for their silver jewelry and floral embroideries.
== Cuisine ==
Cuisine differs in each region, but what they are all relatively known is for their spicy and sour vegetables. According to Xǜa historians, the Hmong people were the first civilization to cultivate rice in the Yangtze river, and eventually spread rice cultivation throughout Asia, introducing loan words for rice.
However, the national cuisine has been influenced and picked by their travelling migrations, picking up foods from Tonkin like Phở or Bánh cuốn, Southern Xǜa dishes like Steamed Pork Buns (烧包 - Galapao) and Kradai dishes like Papaya Salad, Sticky Rice, Red Curry and Pork Sausages.
== Leisure ==
A number of games and pastimes are popular within the national culture. Besides musical instruments and folk singing, there are popular activities like competitive “Top Spinning” game known as Tou-Lu and Ball Tossing Pǒ-Pò.
== Xǐa ==
As of the 21st Century, the Nation accepts and adopts multiple cultures into it's own culture known as "Xǐa" (喜). It has accepted global cultures as part of the Harmony or Xǐa culture.
Category:Culture