Where the Dong people live together, there must be a bridge wherever there is a river. Most of the bridges are built on the traffic thoroughfares in front of and at the end of the village, including wooden bridges, stone arch bridges, stone slab bridges, bamboo raft bridges, etc. Among them, the long-corridor wooden bridge named "Wind and Rain Bridge" or "Flower Bridge" is famous both at home and abroad for its unique artistic structure and superb architectural skills.
The grand view of the Fengyu Bridge Collection in Sanjiang, Guangxi includes 108 Fengyu Bridges of different sizes and styles. Among them, Chengyang Yongji Bridge and Baituan Bridge are listed as national cultural relics protection units.
Both Fengyu Bridge and Drum Tower were designed and built by Dong craftsmen. They do not use nails or iron, but are all connected with mortise and tenon joints. They are extremely strong and can last for two or three hundred years without damage. In the Dong mountainous areas, there are many pavilions for people to rest, called "wind and rain pavilions", and the buildings are also very exquisite and elegant.
The Dong people have three treasures - Drum Tower, Da Ge, and Fengyu Bridge. The Dong song of Chengyang Bazhai has melodious tunes, elegant melody, unique multi-part harmony and extremely high singing skills, so it is known as the "sound of nature". In 2006, the "Dong Song" was included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage of China, and in 2009 it was included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
The Dong Nationality Song Festival is the most solemn festival of the Dong people. The Dong Nationality Song Festival not only sings Dong nationality songs, but also displays all forms of ethnic folk art on the stage. The festival content is rich and colorful. Its main content is to sing about nature, labor, love and human friendship. It is a harmonious sound between man and nature and between man and man. Singing about our wonderful life and our distinguished guests from afar.
The food culture of the Dong people is also very unique. Most of the Dong people eat four meals a day, two rice and two tea. They make various kinds of rice into white rice, flowered rice, glutinous rice cake, etc. They do not use chopsticks when eating, but use their hands to knead the rice into balls and eat it, which is called "eating kneaded rice". .
The Dong people are fond of sour taste, and there has been a saying since ancient times that "Dong people cannot live without sour food". They claim: "If you don't eat sour food for three days, you will be defeated and run away."
The Dong people respect their chefs. At many banquets, guests and chefs sing folk songs to express their gratitude to each other.
In addition to glutinous rice, Dong’s special delicacies also include Dong sour meat, sour fish, Sanjiang Camellia oleifera, beef belly, Dong red meat, etc.
Are you ready for this Qingming Festival? ? Come to Sanjiang Dui Folk Song. Without you, we might lose.