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With beautiful and simple clothes, a Dongs' person can be recognized easily.
Girls are with flowery handkerchief on head, flowery leg wrappings and shoes
decorate themselves. A big embroidered flower spit brilliant , which is
called 'flower light', besides hundreds of all kinds flowers embroidered
around over.
Countless villages of Dong ethnic minority nationality spread in green
valleys, where fir trees are luxuriantly green and rivers surge forward,
from Liping, Rongjiang, Congjiang, Jinping, Tianzhu, Zhenyuan, Jianhe
county in Guizhou Province to Xinhuang, Tongdao, Shuining, and other counties
in Hunan Province
Dongs' villages are built around water and mountains. Terrace peaks rising one higher than another. Storied buildings around riverbank or slopes are called 'diao jiao lou', which is constructed by fir-wood. A drum tower is specific, and every village has one or more. The drum tower is used to have a meeting or entertainment, especially on festival, the Dongs' people gather there to sing and dance. Design in shape of birds, flowers, dragon and phoenix show grandeur and majesty, which make tower is greatly outstanding. Kinds of bridges are main drag for traffic. Wind-and-Ring bridges is famous for its character construct and high skill. Chengyang Wind and Ring Bridge is most famous. It is 165 meters long and 10 meters wide,15 to 20 high above; and tile roof on the bridge. Five kiosks are built in shape of multi-angle tower; handrail and pews are set on the bridge. Many tenons in holes link up none a nail the miraculous construction, which is Dongs' masterpiece.
Do not argue on going first on his way.
Embroidery, weave, carve, paper-cut and paper chisel are with vivid character. Bamboo and wood weave produces are elegant and useful with high value. Poesy is winning hearts. The poesy narrate original of the world, describe heroes sing high prize of the truly love.
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