A Miao singer in the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. The Miao is an ethnic group recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China. The folk oral literary work is an epic created by the ancestors of the Miao people in their long time of production and work. Ancient songs of the Miao minority reflects the Miao people's philosophical ideas of animism, sacredness of life, equality of human beings, and the harmony and coexistence between man and nature.