What are the customs and customs of Zhaoxing Dong Village?

The cultural characteristics of Zhaoxing Dong Village are still very distinct. What is a strong national culture and customs? When you visit Zhaoxing Dong Village, you can experience this different custom. Let's take a look at the customs of Zhaoxing Dong Village!

Food eaten by Dong people

In the minds of Dong people, glutinous rice is the most fragrant, sweet wine is the most mellow, sauerkraut is the most fragrant, tobacco leaves are the coolest, wine songs are the coolest, and banquets are the most jubilant. Dong people's diet is mainly rice, and they generally like to eat Chili and sour taste. It is the hospitality habit of Dong people to entertain guests with camellia oleifera. Dong adult men generally like to drink, and most of them drink their own brewed rice wine, which is not high in degree, light and mellow.

Dong people are generally used to cooking all day in the morning and taking them up the mountain to eat. The tea that Dong people drink refers to camellia oleifera, which is a thick soup made of tea, popcorn, fried peanuts, crisp soybeans, glutinous rice, meat, pig water, salt, chopped green onion and tea oil. It can not only quench thirst, but also satisfy hunger.

Dong nationality clothing

Men wear double-breasted jackets, some of which have no collars on the right and are covered with headscarves. Women wear big-breasted, collarless and buttonless clothes, commonly known as "wrist-buttoned clothes", and wear skirts or trousers. Get used to girding your waist, Baotou Pa. Use four colors: black, cyan (blue), deep purple and white. Black and cyan are mostly used in spring, autumn and winter, white is mostly used in summer, and purple is mostly used in festivals.

Women's skirts are divided into seasons, and more black is used. Pay attention to color matching, generally with one color as the main color, analogy color as the vice, and then decorate with contrast color. Prioritize, bright and quiet colors, soft and exquisite.

Dong architecture-drum tower

Drum Tower is the symbol of Dong nationality and the center of political and cultural activities in Dong villages. Generally, every village has a Drum Tower. There are five clans in Zhaoxing Dong Village: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith. Every clan has a Drum Tower, so the five Drum Towers in the village have been listed as the largest in the world by Guinness World Headquarters in Shanghai. Overseas Chinese, also known as Yufeng Bridge. It can not only gather gas but also keep out wind and water, which is a blessing bridge in the hearts of Dong people.

The whole stockade belongs to the Dong nationality surnamed Lu and is divided into five natural areas, which are called "Rentuan, Yituan, Lituan, Zhituan and Xintuan" locally.

What's your special experience in Dong embroidery?

Dong women in their 30 s and 50 s can basically embroider and sew clothes by themselves. So we walked in the street and saw the local people wearing colorful clothes, which were probably made by themselves (it is estimated that ordinary ethnic clothing stores rarely make them by hand). However, it is said that young Dong women do not want to inherit, but exist as a cultural symbol.

Beat rice cakes

Making Ciba is a custom handed down by the Dong people, and every household will do it during the Chinese New Year. It is very festive in my hometown to mash steamed glutinous rice, then knead it into a circle and flatten it.

Experience batik

To experience batik, you need to go to the museum. You need to make an appointment in advance when there are many people. There will be some exhibits in the museum for you to visit. The whole batik process is complicated, so most people just experience the painting process.