侗族英语介绍

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侗族英语介绍

侗族英语介绍:

The Dong ethnic minority lives primarily in the border

regions between Guizhou, Hunan and Hubei Provinces, and it

was during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), that this minority

separated from the mixed minority 'Bai Yue', naming

themselves Dong. Now their population is 2,960,293. Their

language is a branch of Zhuang-Dong Group of the

Sino-Tibetan phylum though many of them also speak

Chinese.

Economy and Crafts:

The Dong people work on agriculture, forestry and the

industrial arts. The women are adept at spinning and

embroidering and on the brocade; they like to embroider

patterns of animals, plants, wares, and even legends. Most of

their clothes are self made in color of blue, black, white and

purple. They are also skilled in the arts of painting, engraving

and the casting of ornate silver work.

Religion:

The Dong people's beliefs remain original, believing all

things have spirits and gods - of land, water, ox, and the spirit of ancestors, etc. Every time there is natural disaster or disease,

the Dong people will think devils are responsible and ask a

wizard to ward them off.

Food:

The staple food of the Dong ethnic minority is rice, millet,

corn, wheat sorghum and glutinous rice. Oil tea is their

favorite drink, which can also be their breakfast, whose

ingredients include peanuts, sesame, soybean, tea leaves, and

so on. A custom related to it is that, a guest is usually treated

to a bowl of oil tea and a single chopstick; when he finishes

drinking and does not return the chopstick, hosts will consider

the bowl is not enough and replenish the bowl. Dong people

also like pickled and acidic foods.

Festivals:

Like the Han, the Dong has New Year's Day, Mid Autumn

Day, and Dragon Boat Festivals along with their own, unique

festivals: