Huangdu Dong Village

Huangdu Dong Village

Huangdu Dong village is located in Tongdao County, Huaihua, Hunan Province. It is located in Huangtu Township, the center of "Baili Dong culture corridor" in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Hunan Province. It has been built into "Tongdao Huangdu Dong culture village" and is a national AAAA scenic spot.

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Huangdu Dongzhai is composed of Touzhai, panzhai, weizhai and Xinzhai. The first three stockaded villages are connected as a whole, while the new village is located on a peninsula, which is connected by the Fengyu bridge (Puxiu bridge) and the highway, and faces the other three stockaded villages across the river. Huangdu Dong village is one of the most complete places in Dong village. There are more than 500 Diaojiaolou, forming a magnificent group of Diaojiaolou. There are four drum towers and one Fengyu bridge in the village.

Introduction to scenic spots

Historical evolution

Huangdu Dong village belongs to Huangtu Township in administrative division. Huangtu township was originally located in Sanjiang County, Guangxi. It was returned to Tongdao in 1954 and belongs to the seventh district. Huangtu township was established in 1956, merged into Pingtan commune in 1958, established Huangtu commune in 1961 and changed to township in 1984. With the deepening and expansion of China's reform and opening up and the gradual implementation of the western development strategy, the wave of foreign culture and modern culture is pounding the traditional Dong culture. The traditional Dong culture is facing the challenge of foreign culture and modern culture. In line with the concept of "the nation is the world", in order to better inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the Dong nationality, in 1995, the Tongdao Dong Autonomous County Government decided to establish the Huangdu Dong culture and Art Troupe, making it a window to publicize and display the local culture of the Dong nationality. The majestic Drum Tower of Dong village, the magnificent wind and rain bridge of Dong Township, the beautiful songs of Dong nationality and the delicious food of Dong nationality have deeply attracted tourists from all walks of life. Huangdu Dongzhai has gradually become a tourism culture with the traditional culture of Dong as the carrier.

Stories and legends

It is said that the emperor of the ancient Yelang Kingdom passed by here and was infatuated with his strong national customs, so he built the "imperial capital" city. Huangdu Dong culture village is composed of four villages: Touzhai, weizhai, Xinzhai and panzhai. It has a long history and the most complete and beautiful folk customs and desires. Inside the drum tower, inside the pavilion and beside the wind and rain bridge, the music is melodious everywhere.

social customs and habits

Profound national traditional cultural characteristics: the Dong folk customs and folk customs with different styles deeply attract tourists from all walks of life, and become an important tourism resource of Dong cultural village. There are: distinctive flavor food, colorful Dong costumes, colorful national embroidery, a wide range of national arts, rich and colorful national festivals and customs.

(1) Diet custom

There are many kinds of flavor food of Dong nationality, which are characterized by Camellia oleifera, kujiu and Dongba. There is a saying that "if you don't eat acid for three days, you'll be defeated when you walk". The Dong family pickles sour grass carp all the year round. The unique flavor of sour grass carp can be pickled for three or five years, or even ten or twenty years. It is a delicious food that can only be tasted when serving guests or having a wedding.

(2) Dong Costume

Dong people wear colorful clothes, most of which are made of self grown cotton, self spinning, self weaving, self dyeing Dong clothes, fine clothes and Dong satin, which are only used for costumes and accessories. Most of the ornaments loved by Dong women are silver. During festivals, young girls wear necklaces and necklaces of several layers, with five or six pairs of hand rings, weighing more than ten jin.

(3) National embroidery

Dong Mian is the most famous ethnic embroidery. Almost everyone of the Dong girls can weave cotton, which can only be done according to the direction of the fabric yarn path, so the stripes of the pattern are mostly straight lines and geometric figures. Dong Mian's color focuses on primary color and heavy color, with sharp contrast.

(4) National Art

Dong township has always been known as the "hometown of song and dance". There is a saying that "food nourishes the body and songs nourish the heart", which shows that he attaches great importance to songs. Dong's big song once shocked Paris, France, and became famous all over the world with its unique multi part rhyme. The folk dances of Dong nationality include Lusheng dance, Doye dance, Chunniu dance, huabiandan dance and so on. Among them, Lusheng dance and Doye dance, which have obvious national characteristics and strong local color, are two wonderful flowers in the art garden of Dong nationality. Dong Lusheng, Dong Pipa song, Dong brocade, Dong PA and Da Shuliang song will be announced as the first batch of intangible heritage in Hunan Province. Dong township is known as the "hometown of national sports". People's favorite sports are: firecrackers, shuttlecock, spring cattle, horse, Lusheng, Dong chess, bird fighting, etc. These activities have a wide range of mass, and combine with cultural and entertainment activities, with music, dance, sports It is good for people's physical and mental health to enjoy beauty when they are together. At present, the traditional fireworks, horse shooting and high footed horse have been listed as national events.

Construction of scenic spots

Huangdu Dongzhai is composed of Touzhai, panzhai, weizhai and Xinzhai. The first three stockaded villages are connected as a whole, while the new village is located on a peninsula, which is connected by the Fengyu bridge (Puxiu bridge) and the highway, and faces the other three stockaded villages across the river.

1. Ethnic Architecture: Dong ethnic architecture is very characteristic, generally divided into residential buildings and public buildings. Most of the residential buildings are three story Chinese fir structure stilts, and public buildings include village gate, stage, Drum Tower, wind and rain bridge, pavilion, etc. The characteristic buildings of Huangdu Dong village are as follows:

(1) Village Gate:

There are three gates in Huangdu Dong village, which are Huangdu Dong gate, panzhai gate and Xinzhai gate. Huangdu dongzhaimen is located on Pingtan highway to the north of Puxiu bridge. Panzhai and xinzhaimen are located at the entrance of each village. In addition to the function of landscape, each village gate is also an important element of the "boundary" space of Dong villages.

(2) Drum Tower:

There are two drum towers in Huangdu Dong village, which are Touzhai Drum Tower and weizhai Drum Tower. Drum Tower is a kind of pure wood structure building, with heavy eaves and pavilions. As a public building, Dong Drum Tower has many functions. Such as collective agreement on village rules and conventions, dispute resolution, reward and punishment activities, festival activities and all kinds of happy events. In addition, it is also a place for Dong people to carry out leisure and entertainment activities and exchange information and ideas, so the drum tower is the center of Dong People's social and cultural activities.

(3) General bridge:

Located on the Pingtan River, the general repair bridge of Huangdu Dongzhai was first built in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty and then destroyed by flood. It was rebuilt in 1812 and rebuilt in 1984. In March 2007, the villagers repaired the bridge. The bridge is 57.7 meters in length and 4.2 meters in width, which is divided into 21 corridors. On both sides of the corridor, there are straight lattice windows, four columns and three bent frames. The body of the bridge is a long corridor with double eaves, which is divided into three kiosks. At both ends of the bridge, there is a bridge gate with double eaves. The bridge pavilions on both sides are triple eaves, the square plane is Xieshan style, the middle bridge pavilions have seven dense eaves, the lower three floors are square plane, and the upper four floors are octagonal zanjian gourd top. In 1988, the people's Government of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County issued a document and announced it as a county-level cultural relics protection unit. In 1989, it announced the legal protection scope and construction control zone. Now the main function is the link between the new village and the outside world and the place for villagers' leisure and entertainment.

(4) Chongyang building:

Chongyang building was first built in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. It is 6 meters high and covers an area of 30 square meters. It has two floors. The bottom floor is square, the top is double eaves, and the shape is hall style. It is a place for Dong people to rest, chat and entertainment for the elderly, reflecting the traditional virtue of respecting the elderly.

(5) Pavilion:

There is only one Pavilion in Huangdu Dong village, which is connected with panzhai gate. It is a wooden sloping roof with a fire pond in the middle. It is a place for panzhai villagers to rest and chat in their daily life.

Other projects

1. A feast

When the guests can't stay for a long time, adult men from each family will do their best to organize the banquet together. According to their own family situation, they take out their delicious food, or open a jar to take salted fish and meat, or kill chickens and ducks, or fry pigs, sheep and beef, or fry chickens, ducks and goose eggs, or fry sparrow meat and beast meat; bring their own sweet wine, pickled wine or Shaojiu, sticky rice, glutinous rice, japonica rice, Ciba, Xiaomi Ba, etc. to accompany the guests. At the beginning of the closing banquet, the parents, clan leaders and village elders first delivered a welcome speech, and then the banquet began. Generally speaking, we should drink "Zhuanzhuan wine" to express intimacy, also known as "string Cup", that is, everyone drinks the wine in the neighbor's cup, and raises the glass to the neighbor at the same time. The atmosphere of unity and friendship is extremely strong. When you eat vegetables, you have to eat "zhuanzhuanzhuancai". The dishes of a family are passed on one by one, and everyone can eat them. When the wine is half drunk, the elder of the host fills two bowls of wine and exchanges drinks with the guests, and then exchanges drinks with the guests according to the order of age. If the guests have a small amount of wine, they can declare in advance that they don't need to drink every bowl, but they need to sip a little bit to show their hospitality. During the dinner, we should also use songs to boost the fun. At the end of the banquet, we should drink the wine around. The old man of the host first took his cup and handed it to the people around him. Then he handed it down in turn and opened it into a big circle to drink together. It's an honor for the Dong people to have a banquet. It's a great honor for the Dong people to be treated like this. This custom has a long history.

2. Song and dance performance of the original Dong Nationality

Watching the wonderful performance of the art troupe of Huangdu Dong cultural village is another enjoyment

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