Zaidang Dong Village

Zaidang Dong village is located in the northeast of Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province, 26 kilometers away from the county. There are 265 households and 1277 people in the village, all of whom are Dong nationality. The Dong people living here belong to one of the six branches of the Dong people in Rongjiang. The Dong buildings here are also very distinctive. The "Ganlan" building reflects the traditional architectural style of the Dong people.

There is a Dong Drum Tower in the village. It was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It has a magnificent appearance and a unique shape. It is a wooden tile structure with a single eaves and a peak. The building is 12 meters high. This is the famous hometown of Dong folk songs. The song of Dong nationality is a kind of polyphonic music. Its lyrics are mainly to sing love, to praise the national heroes and to reproduce the real life and history.

The customs of the Dong people in Zaidang include the thought-provoking marriage custom of "staying at the husband's home", the festival of "offering sacrifices to the SA" which has been handed down for thousands of years and bears the mark of the matriarchal clan period of the Dong people, and the "cattle washing Festival" on June 6 of the lunar calendar.

Zaidang Dong Village

Zaidang Dong village is located in the northeast of Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province, 26 kilometers away from the county. There are 265 households and 1277 people in the village, all of whom are Dong nationality. The Dong people living here belong to one of the six branches of the Dong people in Rongjiang. The Dong buildings here are also very distinctive. The "Ganlan" building reflects the traditional architectural style of the Dong people.

There is a Dong Drum Tower in the village. It was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It has a magnificent appearance and a unique shape. It is a wooden tile structure with a single eaves and a peak. The building is 12 meters high. This is the famous hometown of Dong folk songs. The song of Dong nationality is a kind of polyphonic music. Its lyrics are mainly to sing love, to praise the national heroes and to reproduce the real life and history.

The customs of the Dong people in Zaidang include the thought-provoking marriage custom of "staying at the husband's home", the festival of "offering sacrifices to the SA" which has been handed down for thousands of years and bears the mark of the matriarchal clan period of the Dong people, and the "cattle washing Festival" on June 6 of the lunar calendar.

Information summary

Zaidang Dong village is located in the northeast of the city, 26 kilometers away from the county. There are 265 households in the village, all of which are Dong nationality.

Environmental scenery

Around the village, the ancient Maple stands upright, the brook murmurs, and the rural scenery has unique charm. The Dong people living here belong to one of the six major branches of the Dong people in Rongjiang. They use bluestone slabs to inlay the tunnels in the village, which makes people feel a kind of simple and solemn charm. The Dong architecture here is also very distinctive, among which the "Ganlan" building reflects the traditional architectural style of the Dong nationality. The essential structure is about two feet high and two feet deep. Most of them are connected by three rooms. Each room is about two feet wide and has two side buildings at both ends. Covered with green tiles, the water flows in all directions. The roof was built in a pile of tiles. Or in the shape of money. The first floor is mostly a firewood shed or animal pen, and the second floor is occupied by people. There is a Dong Drum Tower in the village. It was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It has a magnificent appearance and a unique shape. It is a wooden tile structure with a single eaves and a peak. The building is 12 meters high. In the center of the bottom floor of the drum tower is a round fire pond with a diameter of 1.8 meters. There are benches all around. The top of the tower is octagonal zanjian. A cormorant is carved on the top of the gourd treasure. The wind eaves are painted with colorful patterns such as Double Dragons robbing treasure, character stories, cattle, horses, insects and fish. There are flower windows around the bottom floor of the drum tower, and there are various kinds of flowers and birds carved on the panes. Zaidang Fengyu bridge is also very spectacular and beautiful. It was first built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795) and rebuilt in the 36th year of the Republic of China (1947). It is a pavilion style seven Bay Bridge with a length of 17.4 meters and a width of 3 meters. A bridge corridor is built on the top of the bridge. It is suspended on the top of the mountain and covered with green tiles.

local customs and practices

There are not only typical Dong Ganlan wooden building, rare Dong octagonal Drum Tower and unique Dong wedding custom. It is also the famous hometown of Dong People's songs. The song of Dong nationality is a kind of polyphonic music. Its lyrics are mainly to sing love, to praise the national heroes and to reproduce the real life and history. The song is rich, vigorous and powerful, the rhythm is free, the priority is orderly, the height is coordinated, the harmony is perfect, sometimes low back to euphemism, sometimes majestic, which is the treasure of the world music palace. Dong folk songs have a long history and many kinds. Since they were performed in Paris in the mid-1980s, they have made a sensation in the world music world.

The customs of the Dong people in Zaidang are very interesting and thought-provoking, such as the marriage custom of "staying at the husband's home"; the festival of "sacrificing to Sa" which has been handed down for thousands of years and bears the mark of the matriarchal clan period of the Dong people; and the "cattle washing Festival" on the sixth of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, when the Dong people thank the cattle.

Features

Zaidang Drum Tower

The Drum Tower of Zaidang Dong village was built in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. It is a wooden tile structure building with single eaves and Xieshan peak. The building is 12 meters high, with 4 warp columns, 3 meters apart, 8 columns high and 8 eaves columns 4 meters high. In the center of the bottom floor of the drum tower is a round fire pond with a diameter of 1.8 meters. There are benches all around. The top of the tower is octagonal zanjian. A cormorant is carved on the top of the gourd treasure. The wind eaves are painted with colorful patterns such as Double Dragons robbing treasure, character stories, cattle, horses, insects and fish. The eaves of the whole drum tower are full of flying angles and exquisite shapes, which is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Dong people.

Fengyu Bridge

Zaidang Fengyu bridge was first built in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty (1736-1795). It was rebuilt in 1947. It is a pavilion style seven Bay Bridge with a length of 17.4 meters and a width of 3 meters. On the top of the bridge, there is a bridge corridor, hanging on the top of the mountain, covered with green tiles. There are Banqiao railings along the corridor, benches inside the railings, and a double eaves bridge tower on the top of the corridor.

Song of Dong Nationality

The customs of Zaidang Dong people are known as "the sea of songs". The music of Zaidang Dong People's big songs is extremely beautiful and has a long history. It has been recorded as early as the Song Dynasty. It is characterized by multi voice chorus, which denies the prejudice of western music circles that "there is no multi voice chorus in Chinese folk", and is known as "Oriental magic sound". The main songs of the Dong nationality are male and female choruses, generally 30 or 40 people, and sometimes up to 200 or 300 people. All the songs are about the beautiful natural scenery and the working life of the Dong people, expressing the Dong People's love for nature and life. Dong's big song once showed its elegant demeanor at CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2001.

Dong ethnic customs

The customs of the Dong nationality are very interesting: the thought-provoking marriage custom of "staying at the husband's home"; the festival of "offering sacrifices to the SA" which has been handed down for thousands of years and bears the mark of the matriarchal clan period of the Dong nationality; and the "cattle washing Festival" on the sixth of the sixth month of the lunar calendar when the Dong people thank the cattle.

Here, I would like to add the introduction of "SAMA". In ancient times, the Dong nationality was a matriarchal clan. "SAMA" was the goddess of the Dong nationality, and has been worshipped by the people of the Dong village. In Zaidang Dong village, there is a legend about "SAMA". In ancient times, there were many bandits and bandits around the village, and the village did not have any defense equipment. There was only a Fengyu bridge (flower bridge) in the east of the village, which was a place for villagers to rest in their spare time. But Zaidang Dong village has been safe and sound. Once the robbers came to attack the village and stopped in front of the Fengyu bridge in the east of the village. After a while, they all left. Later, someone asked why the robbers did not enter the village. They said: "before our team arrived at the Fengyu bridge in the east of the village, we saw rows of female soldiers on the Fengyu bridge, full of bows and arrows, aiming at us. The first female general was really brave. We found it hard to take it and left But the villagers recalled the situation on the Fengyu bridge at that time. The top of the bridge was covered with frogs. They stood in rows, very neat. After the robbers left, they didn't know when the frogs would disappear. At this time, the village elders thought of "SAMA" to protect the village. The female general at the head was SAMA. From then on, as long as the villagers meet the frogs in the village, they will release them, and they will politely say "walk slowly". In order to thank SAMA for protecting the villagers, there will be Sama Festival every year, which is different every year. It is decided by the village elders and is the most solemn festival in the village. So far, there are still some tombs of SAMA in the village. Every time there are activities in the village, Sama will be sacrificed first. In front of SAMA's mausoleum, three guns will be fired, Sama tea will be drunk, and three collective shouts will be made for SAMA's protection. At the same time, they will perform for the actors.

Self help guide

1. Transportation Guide: Zaidang Dong village is 26 kilometers away from the county. It's hard to drive a 6 km mountain road vehicle. It's better to go by off-road vehicle or charter a car in the county for 150 yuan / day. By the way, you can go to Dali Dong village. You can also take a bus to Fengdeng in Rongjiang, and walk from Fengdeng to Zaidang 4 km mountain road. It only takes one hour, and the scenery along the way is good.

2. Accommodation guide: there is accommodation in Dong village, but the conditions are poor. It is recommended to return to Rongjiang county.

3. Food Guide: the food is not very good, but the price is very cheap, 5-10 yuan / person.

Correction: the food in Dong village is the usual food of farmers, because the economic situation is not good, so the food is not very good. But in terms of money, most of them are given by tourists themselves. They charge as much as they give. There is no fixed price. If tourists give money in advance, farmers will prepare more. In other words, the money you pay is the money for your meal, and the farmers will not make your money at all.

Address: Zhima Township, Rongjiang County, Qiandongnan Prefecture

Longitude: 108.64700317383

Latitude: 26.000999450684

Tour time: 2-3 hours

Traffic information: take a minibus in Rongjiang, 4-5 yuan per person, get off at Fengdeng primary school and walk in. Many children in Fengdeng village charge 5-10 yuan to lead the way to Zaidang

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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