Place Spirit of the Dong's Residential Building

The Dong is good atGanlanarchitecture singing,and its art song art which are symbolized by drum towers、large- scaled songs、porch bridges are famous home abroad. In grand ceremony days,the performance of large- scaled songs can't be done without drum tower,it praises Dong's goddess welcomes friends in front of drum tower,so songs are called large- scaled songs of drum tower;The porch bridge stresses harmony of nature,so one of Dong 's porch bridges is called Batuanpeilong Bridgewhich is an important national culture relics unit. It gains laudatory name as a style with strongest most vivid artistic conception highest artistry. The United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization( UNESCO) divided human heritage into three forms: nature,material non- material.However,for Dongs,their three civilization heritage of drum towers、large- scaled songs、porch bridges can't be separated as one's whole life; they believe that these ethnic treasures stand for existence of life show Dong's living wisdom: advocating harmonious relationship intergrowth among nature- human- gods- residence. Therefore,the architectural meaning( Phyllis) and the place spirit( Schultz) possessed by Dong's residential building have been displayed; from this,people can see hope for human's spiritual home,and enhance faith to walk out existence dilemma mire of ecological environment.