A Guizhou cultural delegation performed a grand chorus of the Dong ethnic group in Milan, Italy, on April 21.

The performance served as one part of the Southwest China's province cultural promotion event in Europe in April. Milan was the first stop of the program in Italy.

The Guizhou cultural delegation performs a grand chorus of the Dong ethnic group in Milan, Italy, on April 21. [Photo/news.gog.cn]

A Milan local said the performance was enchanting and he had never heard such incredibly beautiful sound.

Tracing back 2,500 years, the grand chorus is an indispensable part of the culture of the Dong ethnic group. Adopting simplified Chinese characters only in the last few centuries, the people of Dong did not have a writing system until then. Infusing a musical twist on traditional folklore, they used songs as a way of communicating and passing down stories from generation to generation.

Singing a Dong grand chorus in Italy is one part of Guizhou's cultural promotion event in Europe. [Photo/news.gog.cn]

A Milan local is impressed by the Dong grand chorus. [Photo/news.gog.cn]