What are the customs and characteristics of the Dong people?

The customs and characteristics of the Dong people are as follows:

Most Dong people wear self-spun, self-woven and self-dyed Dong cloth. They like blue, purple, white and blue. Men's clothing is the same as that of the Han nationality near the town, but slightly different in remote mountainous areas. They are wearing collarless jackets, trousers and a handkerchief worn by their right hands. Some have hairs on their heads. Women's clothing varies from place to place, such as trousers, clothes with shoulder pads, silver beads and braids; People with knee-length clothes, hem cuffs and trousers with piping or lace, and hair hanging in their arms.

Wearing a big coat, a big trouser leg, a Cambodian belt, a Baotou handkerchief and a bun; There are double-breasted clothes, chest linings, pleated skirts, waist-binding, foot-binding or leggings, and a bun inserted into the silver spine; Wide sleeves, big breasts, embroidered dragon and phoenix flowers, long skirts over the knees, combing hair; And Hanfu. Generally like to wear silver ornaments.

Dong people's diet is mainly rice, Pingba area is mainly japonica rice, and mountainous areas eat more glutinous rice. Generally like to eat Chili and sour. Self-processed "fermented fish" and "fermented meat" will not go bad after being stored for more than ten years.

It is the hospitality habit of Dong people to entertain guests with camellia oleifera. The villages of the Dong nationality are surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the southern region is the most distinctive. There are many ancient trees at the end of the village, and the stream crosses the "wind and rain bridge". There are four fish ponds in the village. According to the surname, the Drum Tower stands among them. A "fenced" room, where people live upstairs and livestock and sundries are raised downstairs.

Dong memorial:

The Dong people have more than 100 festivals a year, and there are 84 festivals in the Dong area in southeastern Guizhou alone. There are festivals celebrated all over the country, and there are also festivals with one village and one surname.

The biggest festivals are Spring Festival, Living Road Festival, Nianwei Festival, March 3rd, Wanglin Festival, Niushen Festival, Lusheng Festival, Fireworks Festival, Foggeliang Festival, Forty-eight Village Song Festival and Bull Running Festival.

The content of festivals is extensive, involving seasons, production, ancestor worship, beliefs, surnames, heroes, love, entertainment, sports and so on.

With the blending of national cultures, Dong people also have Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and other traditional Han festivals.