The Miao batik designs are plain, naive, rough and powerful. Its shapes, not confining themselves to exact details of natural images, are boldly diversified and exaggeratedly drawn. Miao love and are closely knitted with the nature. They enjoy expressing their joy with nature and their own aesthetic feelings in the form of batik art. Once upon a time, Miao girls gave boys the batik bags to acknowledge their love. As they do not have wording system, you may also find abstract symbols or geometric patterns in their artworks, which could be their totems or myths.

Each batik bag, in fact, is a piece of folk art. Their designs and styles are originated from Miao ethnic group that are located in the remote mountainous Southwest China.