China in My Eyes

50 years of continued friendship

Dong people

A Dong drum tower in the Dong Village of Chengyang in Guangxi dating from the second decade of the nineteenth century.

A Dong drum tower in the Dong Village of Chengyang in Guangxi dating from the second decade of the nineteenth century.

Colin Mackerras Dong dancers and group 2018

Colin Mackerras and tour group with two Dong women in their traditional dress, 2018

Colin Mackerras with Dong performers in a private Dong house in Zhaoxing, Guangxi 2018

Colin Mackerras with Dong performers in a private Dong house in Zhaoxing, Guangxi 2018

A Traditional Dong Drum Tower

  • A traditional Dong drum tower in a village in Sanjiang, northern Guangxi, taken early in 1992. Men held meetings in towers like this.
  • The Dong live mainly in Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan. Their population in the 2010 census was 2,879,974.
  • The Dong trace their origins back to about the third century bc. They speak a Thai language and are primarily agricultural. Dong architecture features covered bridges and multistorey drum towers.

Please follow the links below to see images of Colin’s travels in areas in Guizhou.

Miao people

Dong people

Zhuang people

 

Please follow the links for more information on particular areas Colin has visited and written about.

Guangxi and Guizhou : Miao peopleDong peopleZhuang people

The Tibetans : Traditional DanceTibet

Xinjiang;  Life and Uygurs;   Mosques

YunnanHani peopleDai people;   Yi peopleYao people;


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