The Dong village of Zhaoxing has a history of nearly 2000 years. Now it’s the home of over 4000 Dong people and over 800 families. It’s long been called “The 1st Village on the Land of Dong” (the current version of the title is inscribed by Mr. Feng Jicai, a famous Chinese novelist and scholar) thanks to its large population and strong ethnic customs.

The village is built on mountain and by water, with two rivers converging here and flowing through it smoothly. Along the river are rows of railed leg-suspended houses high and low, forming crisscross streets and lanes.

The randomly distributed bell towers, flower decorated bridge, opera stage, and Sa altar form a centralized exhibition of the architectural symbol and spiritual life of the Dong people, among which the five bell towers representing five family branches are built in one single vill age, making it the only one on this land.