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Dong Minority

Dong people mainly live in the cities of county level in Guizhou Province, Hunan Province, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. To be specific, they are Tianzhu, Jinping, Liping, Congjiang, Rongjiang, Jianhe, Sansui, Zhenyuan, Tongren, Jiangkou and Yuping Dong Autonomous County in Guizhou Province, Tongdao, Xinhuang, Zhijiang and Jingzhou Autonomous Regions as well as Suining, Huitong, and Qianyang etc, in Hunan Province, and Sanjiang, Longsheng, Rongshui, Luocheng, and Huanjiang in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Besides, there are still tens of thousands of people residing in cities of Hubei Province, such as Enshi, Xuan’en, and Xianfeng, etc.

Dong Nationality has its own spoken language which belongs to Zhuang-Dong Language family of Sino-Tibetan system. Dong language has no characters or written form at the very beginning. In 1950s Dong Characters were invented. Now most Dong people can understand and use Chinese.

Agriculture and forestry are the major industries of Dong people. They are good at planting Yugeng rice and raising fish in paddy field. Fir is a famous production of local forestry. Dong people have their own language but most of them have mastered Chinese. Dong Nationality did not have written language at the very beginning. It was not until 1958 that it invented pinyin based on Latin letters. Dong people have their own civil opera—Dong Opera.

Panpipe and dizi of Dong nationality are two traditional Chinese musical instruments. Dong people also boast of architecture. Each stockade village has unique design. It is constructed without using any nail or mortise, displaying the extract of Chinese ancient constructions such as pavilions and terraces.

 

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