Is there a difference between Miao and Gelao?

Gelao nationality is one of the ethnic minorities in China. There are 437997 people. Wuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County in Guizhou Province is the birthplace of Gelao people. Now the Gelao nationality is mainly distributed in Wuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County and Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County in Guizhou Province. The rest are distributed in Guiyang, Liupanshui, Zunyi and Tongren, Bijie, Anshun and southwest Guizhou, and a few are scattered in Yunnan and Guangxi. People living in Guizhou province account for more than 97% of the total minority population. Located in the northern part of Guizhou, at the junction of Guizhou and Sichuan, the inhabited area of Gelao nationality is a slope zone of transition from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Sichuan Basin. The landform is complex and diverse, the annual rainfall is higher than the national average, and it is rich in water resources and animal and plant resources, which is suitable for developing agriculture and diversified economies. The Gelao nationality is dominated by agriculture, with many kinds of rice in plain areas and many kinds of miscellaneous grains in arid areas in mountainous areas, which belong to the economic and cultural type of rice farming. Gelao nationality has its own language, belonging to Sino-Tibetan language family. The attribution of language branches of language families is still inconclusive in academic circles. Gelao people don't have their own language, and Chinese characters are the same. At present, only a few old people have access to the Gelao language. Gelao people are hardworking, brave and good at fighting. Historically, they were often recruited as soldiers and fought as pioneers. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Gelao soldiers were recruited to fight against Japan and made contributions in the Battle of Zhejiang King (now North Jiaxing County). 1935 When the Red Army was on the Long March, it passed through the Gelao nationality area in southwest Guizhou, leaving some wounded and sick people to recuperate in the Gelao nationality's home, which was fully covered by the masses and was not killed by the reactionaries. In the struggle against bandits and the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Gelao people made due contributions. Mulao nationality is a mountainous nationality with a small population in China. They call themselves "Ling" and "Jing". Zhuang people call it "Bujin" and Han people call it "Mulao". The word "mulao" means "mother" in Mandarin. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was collectively called the Mulao nationality. The vast majority live in Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Guangxi. The rest are scattered in Xincheng, Yishan, Liucheng, Du 'an, Huanjiang, Hechi and other counties, and live together with Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Dong, Maonan and Shui. According to the statistics of the fifth national census in 2000, the population of Mulao nationality is 207,352. Mainly engaged in agriculture, planting rice, corn and so on. The Mulao language used by the Mulao people is similar to Maonan language, Dong language and Shui language. Most people are fluent in Chinese, and some people can speak Zhuang. Universal Chinese characters. Most of the Mulao people live in mud-walled tile houses, in which there is a ground stove dedicated to burning coal. The staple food is rice, corn and potatoes, and cats and snake meat are not allowed. The clothes are still blue. In the Qing Dynasty, Mulao women were still wearing full skirts, and now they have put on clothes, trousers, braids, earrings, bracelets and rings with large rows of buttons. The man is wearing a double-breasted Tang suit. In the past, most marriages were arranged by parents, and a few people who fell in love and got married in Poe also had to get their parents' consent. Early marriage is prevalent, and there is a custom that the woman does not leave her husband's family for a period of time after marriage, and only lives in her husband's family after giving birth. Marry with Zhuang and Han nationalities. Weddings are complicated and expensive. There are also daughters-in-law. The funeral ceremony was grand, and the tomb believed in Feng Shui and Long Mai.