Songs guard culture of Dong ethnic group

Hu Guanmei, the representative inheritor of the Grand Song of Dong, teaches children to perform Dong songs in a drum tower in Rongjiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture in Guizhou province. [Photo by Yang Chengli/For chinadaily.com.cn]

Surrounded by mountains, Zaidang village in Rongjiang county of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture in Guizhou province has been inhabited by Dong ethnic people for generations. Nourished by nature, the people there are characterized by a simple and easygoing temperament.