Villagers perform the Grand Song of the Dong ethnic group during a local festival at Xiaohuang village in Congjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province.
Home to a rich Dong ethnic culture, Liping county in Guizhou province is among the most characteristic, well preserved and outright enchanting rural areas of China.
Xiaohuang village is located in the hilly Congjiang county of southwestern China's Guizhou province, and is some four hours by road from Guiyang, the provincial capital. Xiaohuang is home to the ethnic Dong group, members of which call their abode the "village of songs", owing to the dage (polyphonic folk songs) played there.
The Grand Song of the Dong Ethnic Festival opened on Monday with hundreds of Dong ethnic singers harmonizing during the opening performance in Congjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province.
Some 1,300 singers from the Dong ethnic group beautifully harmonize during their performance of the Grand Song at a competition held in Xiaohuang village.
The 2018 China (Qiandongnan) International Folk Song Choral Festival was held in Liping county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, on July 28.
