Is there any difference between Miao and Gelao?

the 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 live in Guiyang, Liupanshui, Zunyi and Tongren, Bijie, Anshun and Southwest Guizhou, with a few scattered in Yunnan and Guangxi. People living in Guizhou province account for more than 97% of the total ethnic population. Located in the north 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 there are abundant water resources and animal and plant resources, which are suitable for the development of agriculture and diversified economy. The Gelao nationality is dominated by agriculture, with a variety of rice in flat areas and miscellaneous grains in dry areas in mountainous areas, which belongs to the economic and cultural type of rice farming. Gelao people have their own language, which belongs to Sino-Tibetan language family. The attribution of linguistic branches of language families is still inconclusive in academic circles. The Gelao people do not have their own language, and Chinese characters are the same characters. At present, only a few old people have access to gelao language. Gelao people are hardworking, brave and good at fighting. In history, they are often recruited as soldiers to fight as pioneers. During the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, Gelao soldiers were recruited to fight against the Japanese, and they made meritorious service in the battle of Wang Jiang Jing (now north of Jiaxing County) in Zhejiang Province. In 1935, when the Red Army's Long March passed through the Gelao nationality area in southwest Guizhou, some wounded and sick people were left to recuperate in the homes of the Gelao people, and they were fully covered by the masses and were not killed by the reactionaries. In the struggle against bandits at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, 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 the national language. 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 nationalities. According to the statistics of the fifth national census in 2, the population of Mulao nationality is 27,352. Mainly engaged in agriculture, planting rice, corn and so on. The Mulao language used by the Mulao people is similar to Mao Nan language, Dong language and Shui language. Most people are fluent in Chinese, and some people can speak Zhuang language. Universal Chinese characters. Mulao people mostly live in mud-walled tile-roofed bungalows, and there is a ground stove dedicated to burning coal in the house. Rice, corn and potatoes are the staple foods, and cats and snake meat are not allowed. The clothes are still blue. Up to the Qing Dynasty, Mulao women still wore full skirts, but now they have worn big-breasted clothes, trousers, braided buns and earrings, bracelets and rings. The man is dressed in 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 the "slope" also had to get their parents' consent. Early marriage prevails, and there is a custom that the woman will not leave her husband's house for a period of time after marriage, and she will only live in her husband's house after giving birth. Marry with Zhuang nationality and Han nationality. The wedding ceremony is complicated and expensive. There are also sons and daughters in law. The funeral ceremony was grand, and the tombs believed in Feng Shui and Long Mai.