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: