Colorful Dong Culture

Among all the nationalities of China, the Dong group enjoys one of the best reputations for architecture.Since ancient times, a saying has been popular with the Dong: drum tower is built before the village.With the drum tower as an important landmark, some villages even have three or four. They look magnificent. Their unique style is regarded as a masterpiece of the architectural arts, absorbing the essence of traditional pavilions and towers and breaking through the staid, conventional form of drum towers.The corridor-style bridge, also typical of the Dong, is built over green waters.The wooden bridge, with no use for nails, can provide shelter against the wind and rain and usually a serene view.he Dong also enjoy singing. At the 1986 Paris International Art Festival, the Dong chorus, with their unique singing style and melodious rhymes, caused a sensation in international musical circles.Their soulful singing is said to be the most important discovery in Chinese music history and a miracle o ic, proving the incredible variety of Chinese folk music.he folk songs incorporate all the traditional elements of Dong family life, including their love and sacrifice.The Dong, with an official population of 2,514,014, are settled in the area where Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi provinces meet. The Dong language was influenced by Mandarin and a script based on the Latin alphabets was designed in 1958. Most Dong people can speak Mandarin Chinese.