Brief introduction of dong nationality

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In the 6th-9th century A.D., the country in charge of ethnic minorities in today's Dong folk houses called the areas under its jurisdiction "caves" or "caves". This is an administrative unit that manages ethnic minorities, and it is numbered. Now some villages in this area are also called "caves". The name gradually became a title for them. After the founding of New China, they were collectively called "Dong people".

population distribution

By the end of 1990, the total population of the Dong people was 251.405438+00000.

Distributed in the border areas of Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi.

Historical origin

Dong nationality originated from the "falling moon" (a branch of Baiyue) in Qin and Han Dynasties. The ancestors of the ancient Dong people originally lived in Wuzhou, Guangxi, and later some people moved eastward to Guizhou and Hunan. The other part moved to Guangxi to settle down. In the 3rd century A.D. 12- 13, due to the war, some Han people in the south of the Yangtze River moved to Dong areas. /kloc-in the 0/4th century, a large number of Han farmers migrated from Jiangxi; /kloc-At the end of 0/4, he stationed troops in Dong area, and most of the soldiers were Han people in Jiangxi. Most of these immigrants and troops will be integrated into the Dong people in the future.

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Dong language belongs to the Dong Shui language branch of Zhuang Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. It is divided into two dialect areas, north and south, but there is little difference. Most people can speak Chinese now, and some places speak Chinese completely. Dong people don't have their own writing. 1958 designed a script scheme based on Latin letters, but it was not implemented. Now it's basically in Chinese.