Dong
culture / culture-dong
トン族
Dong is an ethnic minority distributed across southern China, including Qiandongnan, Guizhou Province, and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Their practices include immediately cooking stomach and small-intestine contents from newly slaughtered livestock, without fermentation or salting, in dishes called (niubie) and (yangbie). Fermented and acid-pickled foods called (yansuan), including (baisuan) and (hongsuan), coexist in the region, but niubie and yangbie are separate, unfermented practices, not examples of those foods. Shared eating with Miao people is often mentioned.
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貴州省・肇興(Zhaoxing)侗寨の路地で天秤棒を担いで歩く人物と、木造家屋が並ぶ集落の生活風景。個人が特定できる構図ではない。
現地観測写っているもの: 該当なし（民族・生活文化）部位・状態: 集落の生活風景
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The Dong (「侗族」) are an ethnic minority centered in the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou. They have a distinctive practice of cooking 「牛瘪」 (niubie), contents of a newly slaughtered animal’s stomach and small intestine, immediately without fermentation or salting. Fermented and acid-pickled foods called 「腌酸」 (yansuan), including 「白酸」 (baisuan) and 「红酸」 (hongsuan), also occur in the region, but niubie is classified as a separate practice of immediate cooking, not an instance of fermentation. A local-history column from a prefectural broadcaster says niubie is consumed chiefly by Dong and Miao people, is prevalent in Qiandongnan counties including Liping, Congjiang, Rongjiang, and Jinping, and also occurs in parts of Guangxi.
Another article republished on a news portal is itself titled 「侗族美食牛瘪」 (in translation: "Dong delicacy niubie") and describes its prevalence in areas inhabited by Dong and Miao people: Liping, Congjiang, Rongjiang, and Jinping, as well as Sanjiang and Rongshui in Guangxi. Both articles frequently mention shared eating with Miao people, but this entry records the practice among Dong people only and does not provide a separate account for the Miao.
Sources for this overview
旮旮角角贵州史丨古已有之的“牛瘪”食俗，你可知最早出现在什么时候？
Checked for this overview: Confirmed the description of which peoples consume niubie and its prevalence in Qiandongnan counties.
Checked for this overview: Confirmed the description of niubie as Dong food and its prevalence in Guangxi.
Other names: 侗族 (zh)
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Niúbiě →is documented in→ Dong
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Culture (1)
Scope: Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou.
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dish-niubie —is_documented_in→ culture-dong