Dong people

The Dong people are an ethnic group. They form one of the officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, and are famed for their carpentry skills and unique architecture, in particular a form of covered bridge known as the "wind and rain bridge" . Many of the people are also farmers. Their cuisine prominently features foods and sticky rice.

They live mostly in Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi provinces of China.

Language

The Dong language is a language. When written, the Dong people sometimes use Chinese characters to represent the sounds of Dong words. A new orthography based on the Latin alphabet was developed in 1958, but it is not used very much, due to a lack of printed material and trained teachers.

The Ethnologue distinguishes two Dong dialects with the codes for the southern dialect and for the northern.

Notable Dong people

* , gold medalist in the 10 meter synchronized platform diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece
*Wu Hongfei , singer for the Chinese rock band Happy Avenue
*Su Yu , the first four-star general of the People's Liberation Army
* (向旭）Nick:*浮砂 Fusha The youngest musican for [

Listening

*, April 2008