Follow Yuan Shanshan into the southeast of Guizhou, watch the drum tower of Dong Village, and listen to the intangible inheritance of the great song of the Dong people

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In this issue of today's headline "Journey to the Earth", follow Yuan Shanshan into Zhaoxing Dong Village, which is one of the largest Dong villages in the country and is known as the "first village in Dong Township".

In 2005, Zhaoxing Dong Village was selected as one of the "Six Most Beautiful Rural Ancient Towns in China" by China National Geographic. In 2007, it was selected as one of the "33 most tempting tourist destinations in the world" by Fashion Travel and National Geographic.

Zhaoxing Dong Village was also used as one of the sub-venues of the 2018 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which attracted worldwide attention.

The Dong village of Zhaoxing is all of the Dong people surnamed Lu, and they live in five natural areas, which are called "regiments" locally. They are named after "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith".

There are five troupes in the village, and there are five drum towers, five flower bridges, and five theater stages. The appearance, height, size and style of the five drum towers are different, and they are magnificent.

Zhaoxing Dong Village is most famous for its drum tower group, which is unique among Dong villages in the country, and has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and is known as the "hometown of drum tower culture and art".

Zhaoxing is not only the hometown of drum towers, but also the hometown of singing and dancing. The song category is particularly famous, including Dong songs, cicada songs, stepping songs, roadblock songs, pipa songs, ox leg qin songs, wine songs, love songs, mountain songs, river songs, narrative songs, children's songs and so on.

The tone of Dong song is tactful and melodious, the melody is beautiful and beautiful, especially the multi-part mixed chorus is exciting, and it is a sensation at home and abroad.

The singers of the great songs of the Dong nationality are not professionally trained, and they only express various emotions of life with their natural sensitivity to music.

Young people express their affection for the opposite sex through love songs.

When dozens of people sing in a chorus, they can give full play to the singing methods such as treble, bass, mixing, harmony, round singing, and flowering. In 2009, it was included in the "World Intangible Cultural Heritage".

This trip to the ethnic minorities in southeast Guizhou can fully understand the living customs, history and culture of the Miao and Dong peoples, and enjoy the natural scenery while also feeling the strong ethnic customs.