Transitions of Protection Policy and Residents’ Involvement of Zengchong Traditional Dong Village in Guizhou Province

Abstract

The number of designated World Cultural Heritage Sites concerning Minority in China has increase by years. Dong village is such a subject and appealing to more and more research both in China and Japan pay close attention to it. In this paper, we consider a traditional Dong village named Zengchong as a case study and, reviewed the procedure of the traditional inhabitants and government maintaining and managing, discussed the role of the traditional custom named ‘Kuan’ and the function of governments at all levels refer. With regard to the collaboration and gaming between local inhabitants and governments, we make clear how they work collaboratively to maintain and manage the Dong village.