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Dong People Culture and Folk in Guizhou
The Dong People developed from a branch of ancient 100 Yue ethnic minorities, mainly distributed in South and East Guizhou province.
In the past, the clothing of Dong clothing were mainly self-woven and self-dyed. 
A variety of clothing, different age, different seasons have different decoration of cloth, copper, silver buttons; , trousers and skirt, head, neck, chest, waist, hand, foot, and so on. And their collors are in blue, black and white. Among them, there are more than 50 kinds of head dress, mainly silver ornaments, including silver corolla, silver hairpin, silver comb, silver hair chain, silver earrings, tremella thread and so on. When the woman was dressed up, only the silver light shone. Women's hair style is more special, divide before, after, left and right bun or braid at the top of the head, there is obvious regional difference.
A variety of clothing, different age, different seasons have different decoration of cloth, copper, silver buttons; , trousers and skirt, head, neck, chest, waist, hand, foot, and so on. And their collors are in blue, black and white. Among them, there are more than 50 kinds of head dress, mainly silver ornaments, including silver corolla, silver hairpin, silver comb, silver hair chain, silver earrings, tremella thread and so on. When the woman was dressed up, only the silver light shone. Women's hair style is more special, divide before, after, left and right bun or braid at the top of the head, there is obvious regional difference.
The villages where the Dong people live are generally surrounded by mountains and rivers. They are surrounded by mountains, with terraces beside the village, and the trees are towering. Near the river or steep slope stockade, according to the terrain to build stilted buildings. Generally is the upstairs residents, downstairs captive livestock or stacked grass debris. Drum Tower is the most distinctive building in Dong Village. It is a kind of wooden structure with double eaves. The bottom of the drum tower is generally square, and a few towers are six-sided. There is a fire pond in the center and benches around it, which is the actual use part of the drum tower. The overlapping eaves for decorative floors, flying pavilion double eaves, layer upon layer, imposing. The Drum Tower is not only the crystallization of Dong architectural art, but also the carrier of Dong culture. Since ancient times, all gather together, formulate village rules and regulations, mediate civil disputes, resist the bandits and other major activities in the drum tower, every year and festivals, welcome guests, singing big songs, "many" in the drum tower, people gathered in the drum tower rest, talk, tell stories, playing pipa, singing ancient songs, or the ancient.
Singing has a high position in the social life of the Dong people. The elderly teach songs, and the 
young sing and learn songs. From generation to generation, the singers pass song orally, become a social practice. Dong dag, pipa and road blocking songs are all excellent representatives of Dong music.
young sing and learn songs. From generation to generation, the singers pass song orally, become a social practice. Dong dag, pipa and road blocking songs are all excellent representatives of Dong music.
There are traditional singing classes and singing groups among the Dong nationality. On festivals , they gain reputation by singing "big songs". When the singing class sings, the leading singer is combined with the public chorus to distinguish the high and low voices. Its complete multi-voice structure is the most perfect folk chorus found in China, and it is known as the "sound of heaven".
There are no less than 100 festivals in the Dong nationality. There are 84 festivals in the Qiandongnan Dong area alone in a year. There are common festivals of the whole nation, as well as festivals for only one village, one village and one family name. The content of the festival is wide, involving the season, production, ancestor worship, faith, surnames, heroes, love, entertainment, sports and so on.
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