The "DongKuan" in Modern Society

The Dong, one of China’s 56 ethnic groups and an important part of the Chinese nation, has resided in southwest China for a long time. Because of their unique geographic location and historical process, they have bred a very distinctive and bright ethnic culture. That extensive and profound culture of Dong nationality’s tradition is conceptualized as the "DongKuan". The Dongkuan is a kind of Unwritten law of Dong minority. A living fossil of the former national organizational structure, also the key content of Dong nationality tradition. It has an educational and accessory function when Dong Minority was structured as the harmony society, and is a legitimate guarantee from generation to generation of harmonious culture. However, in modern circumstances, Dongkuan has lost its function as customary law. Even so Dongkuan as a kind of remains, still exists in Dong society and plays a certain role. It plays a positive role in environmental protection of their living land. Therefore, this paper will try to introduced the origin, development, transmission and changes of “The Donkuan”, and explore its possible function and significance in modern society, like in field of cultural inheritance, tourism performance, ethnic education, social control and so on.