The method and singing occasion are different from ordinary folk songs. It is a chorus type that leads the crowd and sings in harmony with high and low voices. It belongs to folk polyphonic music songs, which is very popular among Chinese and foreign folk. It is extremely rare in music. The Dong song is not only a musical art form, but also plays a very important role in the inheritance and cohesion of Dong people's culture and spirit. It is a direct embodiment of Dong culture. [1-2]
Dong songs were historically distributed throughout the southern Dong dialect area, and were mainly popular in the four counties of Liping, Congjiang, Rongjiang, Guizhou, and Sanjiang, Guangxi, in the second dialect area of ??the southern Dong dialect. , its central area is in the south of Liping County and the north of Congjiang County bordering it, including today's Yongcong Sanlong, Yandong, Koujiang, Shuangjiang, Zhaoxing, Shuikou, and Long'e in Liping County, Xiaohuang, and Xiang in Congjiang County. Dong, Guping, Gaozeng, Guandong, Luoxiang and other towns are commonly called "Liu Dong", "Nine Dong", "Ten Dong", "Four-legged Niu", "Thousand Three" and "Two Thousand Nine" among the people. "wait. Some villages in Rongjiang, Guizhou and Sanjiang, Guangxi belong to the fringe areas where big songs spread. Representative repertoires of Dong songs include "Cicada's Song", "The Mountain is So Beautiful", "Pretending to Be Silly", "Squirrel Song", etc.
The Dong people have three treasures - Drum Tower, Da Ge, and Wind and Rain Bridge. In terms of national literature and art, Dong Township has always been known as the "Hometown of Folk Songs". It still inherits the ancient custom of "walking and singing and sitting at night". Its folk music includes big songs, pipa songs, Dong operas, Dong songs, Duoye and Lusheng songs. Most loved. In particular, the songs of the Dong people are famous all over the world for their magical multi-part rhyme.