Arm movements, waist movements, footwork movements, body movements, turns, forelimbs, T-steps, repetitions, forelimb undulations, side undulations, front undulations, jumps and hand dances.

Dai dance is an ancient folk dance of Dai people, and it is also the favorite dance of Dai people. Popular in the whole Dai area, represented by peacock dance in Ruili County and Meng Ding in Gengma County, there are also many professional artists who dance peacock dance for a living.

They imitate peacocks: flying down the mountain, walking in the forest, drinking spring water, chasing and playing, dragging their wings, flapping their wings, spreading their wings, climbing branches, resting branches, opening the screen, flying, and so on. Jump out of colorful dance movements and sculptural dance styles. Their dance has strict procedures and requirements, fixed footwork and state, and even every movement is accompanied by fixed drum language.

Dai people mainly live in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County and Menglian Dai and Lahu Wa Autonomous County, and are scattered in more than 30 counties such as Lincang, Lancang, Xinping, Yuanjiang, Jinping, Huaping, Dayao and Luquan.

Geographical features

Dai area is called "plant kingdom" and "animal kingdom" because of its beautiful mountains and rivers, rich resources and dense forests. Valley area is fertile, convenient for irrigation, hot climate and abundant rainfall, which is suitable for crop planting and cash crop planting. For a long time, Xishuangbanna has enjoyed the reputation of "granary in southern Yunnan"; Dehong area "mangshi millet, mixed rice" is famous in the whole province; Most Dai areas are grain production bases and cash crop production areas in our province.

A long history

As early as the first century BC, there were records of Dai people in China history books. The Han Dynasty called the Dai people "Ailao", while the Sui and Tang Dynasties called them "Ailao", "Wu Man" and "Bai Man". Song Yan called the Dai people "golden teeth" and "white clothes"; In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, "golden teeth" continued to be used, while "white clothes" were written as "white clothes" or "Boyi". Since the Qing dynasty, it has been called "putting clothes on".

Lang.

Dai language belongs to the East Asian language family and has its own characters. In the past, Dai language had different forms, all of which evolved from Sanskrit letters.