A view of a Dong village during the cloth dyeing season in southwest China's Guizhou Province. /CGTN
A woman dries a piece of cloth after dyeing at a Dong village in southwest China's Guizhou Province. /CGTN
A view of a Dong village during the cloth dyeing season in southwest China's Guizhou Province. /CGTN
A view of a Dong village during the cloth dyeing season in southwest China's Guizhou Province. /CGTN
A woman washes a piece of cloth after dyeing at a Dong village in southwest China's Guizhou Province. /CGTN
A woman washes a piece of cloth at a Dong village in southwest China's Guizhou Province. /CGTN
If you visit a Dong village during the dyeing season, you'll see freshly dyed cloth hanging from the eaves and along the roadsides like colorful decorations. These fabrics, treated through repeated dyeing, beating and rinsing, gleam with a metallic sheen. Dong people believe that their cloth, dyed with natural indigo, not only provides warmth, but also has health benefits due to the medicinal properties of the indigo plant.