Chinese Dong Minority Discovery in Longsheng on Guilin Tours

The Dong village lies in the trench valley. The scenery of Yinshui Dong Village is fascinating with luxuriantly green forest. The long history of the village traced back to as early as Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty. At that time, Wu Family of Dong Nationality moved into Longshong and exploited the mountain to stay living there. With the building of several generations, the village developed as an uneven but well-arranged Dong Village. At the end of village is a well-known worship temple, the burning joss sticks there has never been stopped. In Qianlong reign of Ming Dynasty (1737), Wu Jingyin (the 82nd castellan of Yinshui Village), the leader of Dong Nationality, led Dong people uprising, getting the answer from Zhuang, Miao and Yao Nationalities of Longsheng County. With greater strength and impetus of the uprising army, Guilin Government of Guangxi was terrified and gathered encircled and suppressed the uprising army with Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi Qing Armies in the 4th year of Qianlong Reign. Wu Jingyin Uprising army had been suppressed in the 6th year of Qianlong Reign By Qing Armies and the Yinshui Village had met with the catastrophe. Wu Family moved to an alien land. With the development of tourism and the encouragement of policies of Longsheng People’s Government, Wu Jingmin, the 101st castellan of Family, backed this village, rebuilt Yinshui Dong Village. Yinshui Dong Village has become a window to exhibit Dong custom. There are thousands of tourists who go here to appreciate “Thousand-year Songs Singing” and respectfully listen to the young castellan pouring out vicissitudes history of Dong Family. Please learn more at http://www.chinafacttours.com/guilin/index.html


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