The Historical Development of Dong Music

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, some professional musicians went deep into Dong villages, made a detailed investigation, collection and arrangement of Dong songs and Dong operas, and published albums such as Dong Da Ge and Dong Folk Songs. 1958, Liping county dong folk songs chorus sang 100 kinds of folk songs with different tunes, which played a great role in the communication and development of dong folk songs. The Dong people's great song "The Beauty of Qin Niang" was made into a color art film, which was shown nationwide. Pan Laoti, a folk singer of Dong nationality, is deeply loved by Dong people.

In 2009, Dong folk songs, together with Kunqu Opera in Jiangsu and Muqam in Xinjiang, were listed as human intangible cultural heritage by the United Nations, while Dong Pipa songs were national intangible cultural heritage. Dong folk songs have repeatedly represented China's original ecological culture in Paris, Vienna, Tokyo, new york, Norway and other places.