摘要
DongTHE Dong people live mainly in Guizhou and Hunan provinces though they can also be found in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as well as Jiangsu, Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces. In addition to agriculture, they make their living by growing timber trees, which are then logged and sold. Trees are so important in their lives that they have a unique custom of planting 18 fir trees when a child is born. When the child reaches the age of 18 and gets married, the matured fir trees are felled and used to build houses for the bride and groom
DongTHE Dong people live mainly in Guizhou and Hunan provinces though they can also be found in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as well as Jiangsu, Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces. In addition to agriculture, they make their living by growing timber trees, which are then logged and sold. Trees are so important in their lives that they have a unique custom of planting 18 fir trees when a child is born. When the child reaches the age of 18 and gets married, the matured fir trees are felled and used to build houses for the bride and groom
