西江苗族博物馆于2008年4月破土动工，2008年9月25日正式对外开放。全馆占地面积3 000平方米，其中建筑面积1650平方米。由六栋单体上下两层混泥土和吊脚木楼用美人靠休闲长廊连接成为一个整体的盖小青瓦建筑，与西江的建筑群协调一致。共分为前厅、历史厅、生产厅、生活厅、节日厅、歌舞艺术厅、多功能媒体厅、服饰银饰厅、建筑厅、苗医与体育厅、宗教信仰厅等11个厅。
Xijiang Hmong Museum started to build in April 2008, and opened to the outside world in September,2008. The whole museum covers an area of 3 000 square meters, 1 650 square meters of which is construction area.6 two-storeyed concrete and piled dwelling buildings are connected as a black tiled building as a whole by leisure corridors with “beauty rests”, which is in harmonious with Xijiang’s buildings. The museum has 11 halls, namely reception hall, history hall, production hall, livelihood hall, festival hall, song and dance hall, multi-media hall, costume and silver ornaments hall, dwelling construction hall, Hmong medicine and sports hall, and religious belief hall.
西江苗族博物馆馆藏文物539件、图片500幅、道具82件，其中二级文物11件、三级文物18件、珍贵文物35件、复制品13件、道具82件、还有部分影视音像信息资料。西江苗族博物馆采用博物馆最为普遍的文物、图片与文字说明、影视展示的表现方法，力求直观明了。
In Xijiang Hmong Museum, there are 326 relics, 500 pictures and 82 props, and 6 of which are state first grade objects, 8 of which are state secondary grade objects, 35 of which are valuable relics,13 of which are replicas, as well as some film and video materials. The most common expression of relics, pictures and words used in museums is used in Xijiang Hmong Museum, which is perceptible and understandable.
西江苗族博物馆旨在从物质和精神两方来展现苗族古老而又博大精深的文化，内容涉及迁徙、稻作、社交、文化及其相关的节日、衣食、住行、健身、娱乐、意识形态等。
From both material and spirit, Xijiang Hmong Museum displays the ancient, extensive and profound Hmong culture, relating to migration, rice cultivation, society, culture, festivals, clothing and food, shelter and transportation, fitness, entertainment, ideology and so on.
主要展现苗族以及西江苗族的源头文化和迁徙历程，内容涉及蚩尤始祖及其创造的文明，包括天文历法、兵器、刑法。还展示了黔东南苗族的反清斗争，以及中华人民共和国成立后特别是改革开放以来雷山和西江的发展变化。
It displays the source culture and migration history of the Hmong and the Xijiang Hmong, as well as ancestor Chiyou and the civilization created by him, including the astronomical calendar, weapons, and criminal law. It also displays the Hmong’s struggles against Qing Dynasty in Southwest of Guizhou, and the changes and developments taken place in Leishan and Xijiang since 1949, especially since the implement of reform and opening policy.
苗族是最早发现野生水稻并移植种植的民族之一。本厅主要展示了相关的稻作文化工具及其苗族珍惜土地的民族心理，同时还展现了苗族渔猎文化工具以及为生存、发展而合理利用大自然的工具。
Hmong is one of the peoples who first discovered and transplanted wild rice. The hall displays rice cultivation related tools, national psychology that Hmong values land, Hmong’s hunting and fishing tools, and tools used to develop nature for survival.
苗族是能歌善舞的民族，本厅主要表现苗族用于娱乐活动的芦笙、瓢笙、木鼓、铜鼓、箫等乐器以及古歌、飞歌等十多种苗族歌谣以及芦笙舞、铜鼓舞、板凳舞等舞蹈。其中芦笙制作、芦笙舞、铜鼓舞为国家非物质文化遗产。
Hmong’sfestivals highlight the spiritual needs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and praying for blessings, such as Sacrifices Offering to the Drum, Sacrifices Offering to the Bridge etc., and the cultural needs of human production, such as Rice Festival, Mountain Climbing Festival, which provides chance for young people to make friends, and for old people to entertain themselves. Sacrifices Offering to Drum, Rice Festival and Hmong’s New Year’s Day are state intangible cultural heritages.
本厅的多媒体设备较为完备，通过视听有关背景资料来了解苗族、西江苗族、西江苗族博物馆等有关知识，同时本厅又是一个学术会议厅。
The hall provides multi-media equipments to show the background materials and information to understand the Hmong, the Xijiang Hmong, the Xijiang Hmong Museum and other relevant knowledge. At the same time it is also able to be used as an academic conference hall.
苗族服饰绚丽多彩、种类繁多，据统计有180种。苗族服饰图案花纹，主要通过织绵和刺绣方法来表现。苗族的刺绣方法有绉绣、双针锁绣、平绣等十多种，其中绉绣方法与长沙战国楚墓马王堆出土的文物绣片绣法工艺一致。苗族银饰工艺精湛，其产品均出自中国苗族银饰之乡雷山县西江和台江县施洞的银匠之手。雷山苗族服饰、织锦、银饰技艺均为国家非物质文化遗产。
Hmong costumes are colorful and wide range. According to statistics, there are 180 kinds of costumes. The hall displays Hmong clothing design patterns of silk weaving and embroidery. Ways of Hmong embroidery includes crepe embroidery, double-needle embroidery, flat embroidery, etc. Of which, the crepe embroidery is used the same methods as the pieces of embroidery unearthed at Chu Tombs of the Period of Warring States in Changsha Mawangdui. The Hmong fine pieces of silver ornaments produced at Xijiang in Leishan County and Shidong in Taijiang County are best. Hmong costume, silk weaving and silver ornaments of Leishan County are state intangible cultural heritages.
本厅展示苗族身心健康的方法和手段。体育具有观赏性和参与性，观赏性如斗牛、斗猪、斗鸟主要是调节心理健康，参与性如抽陀螺、踩高跷等为锻炼身体。苗医苗药承袭了苗族先民防病治病的经验，对苗族及其兄弟民族的健康作了贡献。苗医苗药擅长于跌打损伤、骨折、毒蛇咬伤等方面的治疗，同时也长于疑难内科病症的治疗。雷山苗医苗药是国家非物质文化遗产。
The hall displays means and methods Hmong use to cure mental diseases and to build up good physiques. Hmong sports such as buffalo fighting, pig fighting, bird fighting etc. are enjoyable and used to cure mental diseases, while sports such as playing whipping-top, walking on stilts, etc. are participatory and used to build up good physiques. Hmong medicine has inherited from its ancestors’experiences, and made a contribution to prevented and cure diseases for Hmong and other peoples. Hmong medicine specializes in treatments of bruises, fractures, snake bites, etc. and also in treatments of difficult and complicated cases of illness. Hmong medicine in Leishan county is a state intangible cultural heritage.
雷公山的苗族建筑百分之九十五以上为依山而建的干栏式榫卯结构盖小青瓦吊脚木楼建筑，其渊源可追溯到七千年前长江中下游河姆渡建筑文化。史家考证苗族曾经生活在长江中下游，辗转迁徙到雷公山地区，后结合山区特点把这一建筑工艺发展了带有“美人靠”的吊脚楼建筑。本厅展示这一文化的各个方面，虽然建筑工具不多，但建筑文化内容丰富，足见苗族木匠的聪明才智。雷山苗族吊脚楼建筑技艺是国家非物质文化遗产。
More than 95% of Hmong dwelling houses in Leigong Mountain are wooden piled dwelling houses with black tile on the top built on the hillside. Its origins can be traced back 7 thousand years from the Hemudu Architectural Culture in the middle and lower of Yangtze River. Historians who have made textual researches prove that Hmong once lived in the middle and lower of Yangtze River, moved from place to place, finally arrived in Leigong Mountain, and improved Hemudu Archicture into piled dwelling buildings with black tiled top and “beauty rest” corridors according to the mountainous characteristics. The hall displays Hmong dwelling construction tools and the rich architectural culture, showing the wisdom of Hmong carpenters. Hmong architural skills of piled dwelling house in Leishan County is a state intangible cultural heritage.
苗族宗教为原始宗教，信仰万物有灵。本厅通过实物、图片以及多媒体展示了苗族朴素的唯物主义创世观、祖先崇拜、与苗族古歌有关的诸多鬼神及禳解工具，以及苗族过去对许多大自然现象片面理解而处于低级阶段的思想观念。苗族的禁忌与习惯法是现代道德与法律的源头。
Hmong religion is original religion, and they believe that everything on the earth has a soul. The hall hightights Hmong’s simple materialism of creation, ancestor worship, and the ghosts and pleading tools related to Hmong ancient songs. It also demonstrates Hmong thinking and concepts of simple understanding of nature at a lower stage in the past. Hmong taboos and customary law are the sources of modern morals and laws.
苗族礼俗纯朴，丰富多彩。本厅主要展示苗族婚姻习俗、生育习俗、酒礼习俗、餐饮习俗等以及苗族过去常用的生活用具。西江苗族博物在文物征集、图片与文字说明、表现手段与方法仍有需要改进的地方。为能全面地展现苗族整体的历史与文化风貌，为将来的改进和提升，望参观者提出宝贵意见和建议。
Hmong customs are simple and colorful. The hall displays customs of marriage, birth, liquor ceremony and food practices, as well as common appliances used in the past.In Xijiang Hmong Museum, means and methods of cultural relics collection, picture and text illustration etc. are still needed to be improved. In order to fully demonstrate Hmong history and culture, to improve and upgrade the museum, visitors are welcome for their valuable comments and suggestions!
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