The witch culture has dominated the spiritual content of Miao silver.

In a variety of silver patterns, the image contains magic and faith occupies the main position of decoration. For example, a temple image pattern on the back of sliver-suited in Danjiang, which is the core pattern of original religious belief in Miao, the significance of its magic is deep, and it has a position of unified management the body silver-suited chip. So, every silver-suited should have the ancestral pattern, and the generally cannot change and cannot create, deformation. And also there is riding warrior of silver flower head contour and an idol on children’s the silver cap.

The totem worship in Miao is an important silver form. Miao totem worship is several images that are connected with the blood. There are Miao four totem butterfly pattern shape, around in silver, decorative hairpins, silver hair, earrings, hat ornaments, necklace, pressure collar, Yinyi film, strap, waist chain, strap, bracelets rings, cigarette cases, silver corset on almost all of the silver can be seen, because the butterfly mother is the legendary Hmong mother. The several totems shapes are essential in Miao silver. According to a variety of animals and plants, they can be flexible with the design style, left a vast imagination and create space to the silversmith. In the festival or marriage, these important moments, Hmong must wear the silver dress up to match, the more match, the more beautiful.

The casual In Danjiang and Xijiang of Miao, hair only use a small silver hair clasp is welded with four vermilions, it is not only used as decoration, but also used as fixed hair clasp. There are licensing and confining corset waist link, it is not only have the decorative function, but also can be used as fixed coiffure. In addition, mixing the design with silver on its own, usually pay attention to symmetry. For example, the silver chip, all animals shape place in the side of a pattern, But on the hair clasp, often have asymmetric shapes are appearing, this asymmetry is even more agile to silver, showing a more natural state of life.