First of all, most areas have the habit of eclipsing three meals. Of course, there are also some places that have the habit of eating four meals during the solar eclipse. Dong is a member of 56 ethnic families in China, with a population of about 3 million. Dong people mainly live at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, said: "A hundred flowers blossom, the dragon crosses five streams, when the moon is sad, and the wind blows the west." We can appreciate the traditional culture of Dong people from poems.

Secondly, the four traditional dishes of Dong people refer to red meat, burdock, grilled fish and frozen fish. These four dishes have been handed down from ancient times. They are still used as food for families to celebrate festivals, celebrate and entertain guests. It tastes delicious and has a certain Dong cultural connotation. Dong nationality is a nation that loves beauty and is good at creating beauty. The local people have the habit of having two teas and two meals. Two teas refer to camellia oleifera unique to Dong people. Camellia oleifera is a thin soup made of tea, fried rice flower, fried peanuts (or crisp soybeans), glutinous rice, meat or pig water, salt and chopped green onion. (Spinach and Artemisia in some places) can quench thirst and satisfy hunger, so it is often called "eating camellia oleifera".

Three, seventy-two Zhai Dong family's four dishes, now constantly respected, in some towns, also entered the restaurant menu, deeply favored by foreign guests. These four dishes are original, using local materials, local fire and various seasonings made by Dong people. They are really fresh. The four famous traditional dishes of the Dong nationality have been handed down from generation to generation, which have both the food culture and wisdom of the Dong nationality. It is the most intuitive expression of minority cultures such as Dong nationality. Together, it constitutes the national culture with a long history in China.

In ancient times, the Dong people belonged to the "Luoyue" among the "Baiyue" ethnic groups in southern China. Academic circles generally believe that Dong people migrated from Nancangwu, Guangxi. Local residents called their leaders "Tongshan leaders" or "Tongshan leaders", so they called Dong people "Tongshan people" and later renamed them "Dong people" and "Dong people".