The Buyi and Miao Autonomous County of Zhenning is centered on Geli Township, where a mysterious Miao ethnic group lives. They call themselves "Gudong" Miao. They are distributed in 11 townships (towns), 68 villages, and 158 natural villages at the junction of Zhenning, Ziyun, and Xixiu counties (districts), with a population of about 25,000. Among them, the population of the "Gudong" Miao in Zhenning County is about 13,000. Zhenning Buyi and Miao Autonomous County is located in the area where the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau descends to Guangxi, with the Miaoling Mountains running through it. It is located on the southern slope of the watershed between the Pearl River and the Yangtze River in southwestern Guizhou, and the western section of the Miaoling Mountains. The autonomous county has a total area of 1,718 square kilometers, with narrow and long terrain and undulating mountains, high in the north and low in the south. It is connected to Anshun and Ziyun Autonomous County in the east, and borders Beipanjiang in the south, with Wangmo and Zhenfeng counties across the river. It is adjacent to Guanling Autonomous County in the west, and Liuzhi Special District and Puding County in the north. Geli Township, Zhenning Autonomous County, is located in the middle area of the northeastern part of the county. Geli Township has access to roads, water and electricity. The mountains are undulating and continuous, with gullies crisscrossing. Deep in the mountains lives a Miao ethnic group called "Gudong". That is, the Miao ethnic group who lived here in ancient times. The living environment of the Gudong Miao is continuous mountains, dense forests, and steep mountains. It belongs to the typical karst karst landform. This Miao ethnic group calls itself "Mengzheng", which means the legacy. Relevant historians infer that in the Western Han Dynasty (25 BC), Chen Li, the governor of Zangke, lured and killed the last king of Yelang State "Xing". Xing's wife, father Wengzhi and Xing's son Xiewu organized 22 Miao people to resist. After the defeat, they fled to Zhenning County to avoid settlement. After 250 years of development, it gradually became strong. It was defeated again in the late Three Kingdoms period. The local officials forced all its people to move to Hanzhong, Shaanxi. Now the Geli Miao people are the people left over from Yelang State. To this day, the Miao people here still worship the Bamboo King, the King of Yelang. The Miao people in Geli Township, Zhenning still call the Bamboo King their ancestor. Every male must hold a ceremony to worship the Bamboo King "idol". They believe that after worshipping the Bamboo King, the Bamboo King can protect the safety of their entire family while he is alive, and that they can return to their ancestors only if they are buried with bamboo pieces after death. For example, the men of the Geli Miao pay attention to worshipping the Bamboo King idol and regard it as a national totem. When men become adults, they choose an auspicious day to ask the priest to kill a sow and place the "Bamboo King" in the position. The family chooses an auspicious day to worship the Bamboo King. When the person who worships the "Bamboo King" dies, the Bamboo King idol is taken down and buried with two small pieces of bamboo as evidence of returning to the ancestral place. Women wear two bamboo combs made of one foot and a half long bamboo pieces on their heads to show their supreme worship of the Bamboo King. The worship of the Bamboo King is popular in the Miao areas such as "Gudong" in Geli Township, and now the "Gudong" Miao is still inherited from generation to generation. Nazao in Benzhai Township: the first generation Zhu Shaohua (You Zhang), the second generation Zhu Tingxian (You Zhi), the third generation Zhu Xiuming (You Zuo); Yangliuba in Jianglong Town: the first generation Yang Shaoxian (You Cai), the second generation Yang Defu (You Zong), the third generation Yang Xiujun (You Wan); Chongyushan in Jianglong Town: the first generation Yang Shunzhi (You Cai), the second generation Yang Wenfu (You Cui), the third generation Yang Degui (You Shun). The Miao people worship the "idol" of Bamboo King, which is made of hemp and worshipped on the rafters of the main hall of their own house. First, it shows respect for the ancestor Bamboo King, and second, it shows the supreme worship of Bamboo King. The Geli Miao people still worship the image of Bamboo King and worship it as a god. The ancient customs and habits of this Miao people have not completely disappeared, and the history is long. There are more than 130 branches of Miao people in the country, and only the Geli branch Miao people worship the "idol" of Bamboo King. There are 8 Miao tribes in Zhenning Autonomous County. The other 7 tribes do not worship the Bamboo King. Only the Geli tribe worships the Bamboo King, which is of great research value in the origin of ancient Miao culture and Yelang culture. With the development of modern economy and industrialized society, the worship of the Bamboo King faces the impact of new culture. Urban and rural people are busy with various ways of life. Young people go out to work. Young people no longer worship the Bamboo King, and many women no longer wear bamboo combs on their heads. At the same time, some of the procedures for making the Bamboo King "idols" have been simplified, especially the process and content of the sacrifice, which are only known by the village elders. If it is not protected, the custom of worshiping the Bamboo King may be lost and diluted. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)