侗族

Dòngzú

noun

Meanings

1 Dong ethnic group, Kam people

Characters

Dong (ethnic name)

clan, ethnic group

Examples

侗族主要生活在贵州、湖南一带。

Dòngzú zhǔyào shēnghuó zài Guìzhōu, Húnán yīdài.

The Dong people live mainly in Guizhou and Hunan.

侗族大歌被列入世界非物质文化遗产。

Dòngzú dàgē bèi lièrù shìjiè fēi wùzhì wénhuà yíchǎn.

Dong grand songs are on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

我去贵州的时候看过侗族的风雨桥。

Wǒ qù Guìzhōu de shíhou kànguo Dòngzú de fēngyǔqiáo.

When I went to Guizhou I saw the Dong wind-and-rain bridges.

Tips

culture

侗族 are famous for 大歌 (polyphonic choral songs sung without a conductor) and 鼓楼 / 风雨桥 (drum towers and covered 'wind-and-rain' bridges). Their population is around 3 million, concentrated at the Guizhou-Hunan-Guangxi borders.

Stroke Order

侗 dòng

族 zú