Dai people have traditional Dai dramas. There used to be a form of musical words in Xishuangbanna, which is the embryonic form of Dai opera. Its plot is relatively simple, mainly showing the disguised struggle between knife hunters and dragons, phoenixes, turtles and cranes. The development and perfection of Dai opera is mainly in Dehong area. Therefore, Dai drama is also called "Dai drama in western Yunnan". Produced in Zhanxi and Ganya of Yingjiang River in Dehong at the beginning of19th century.

2. Dai costumes

Women traditionally wear short sleeves and skirts. Dai women in Xishuangbanna wear white or scarlet underwear with small waist, wide hem and various tube skirts. Women in Dehong, mangshi and other places wear light-colored big-breasted jackets, trousers and small waists before marriage, and change them into double-breasted jackets and black skirts after marriage.

Dai men wear collarless double-breasted or large-breasted small sleeve jackets, long-sleeved trousers, blankets when it is cold, and white or green cloth on their heads. The custom of male tattoos is very common, which not only shows courage, but also can ward off evil spirits, protect the body and decorate the body.

3. Dai people's diet

The Dai people's staple food is rice. Dehong area eats japonica rice, Xishuangbanna and other places love glutinous rice. Dai people also eat insects. There are many kinds of insects in the hot and humid areas of Dai nationality. Insects that are often eaten are cicadas, bamboo worms, Okubo, soft-shelled turtles and ant eggs.

Dai people have the custom of eating flowers. There are more than 30 kinds of wild flowers commonly eaten, such as Panzhihua, Li Tang, Rhododendron, Huangfanhua, Beet Flower, Banana Flower, Bitter Cauliflower Flower, Erythrina Flower, Plantago Flower, Solanum, Bitter Thorn Flower, Pentium Flower and a kind of flower called "Mo Xie" in Dai language.

4. Dai folk houses

Gan Lan architecture is the characteristic of Dai folk houses. Dai bamboo houses in Xishuangbanna and Dehong Ruili have unique styles. The building is nearly square, with two floors. People live on the upper floor, about 7 feet from the ground, and there is no wall on the lower floor, which is used for raising livestock and stacking things. The top is double oblique and covered with woven "grass rafts". Climb the stairs, there is a corridor, there is a drying platform, you can dry things, you can also enjoy the cool.

5. Dai festivals

Songkran Festival is a traditional festival of Dai people. Dai language is called "Sanggan Bimai" or "Lenghe Sanggan Language", which means June New Year. The time is in late June or early July of Dai calendar (mid-April of Gregorian calendar). It was held on 10 day after Tomb-Sweeping Day, symbolizing "the best day". Festivals usually last for three days. Two days ago, it was to send the old and welcome the new.

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In 5 1 year, Meng Daguang, a country allied with the Dai people, belonged to the Han Dynasty. After taichu calendar Law was introduced into Dai areas in Han Dynasty, Dai ancestors' understanding of the laws governing the movement of the sun, the moon and the stars was further improved.

In 69 AD, the Han Dynasty annexed Meng Daguang (Ailao Country) and established Yongchang County. Taichu calendar is widely spread in Dai areas, gradually integrated into the life and production of Dai people, and is regarded as a part of their national culture by Dai people. Taichu calendar in the Han Dynasty was also absorbed by the Dai people in the south of Meng Daguang (Yongchang County).

In the 7th century A.D., the calendar of the kingdom in the early days created a divination calendar. In 832 AD, Si State was captured by Meng Shelong (translated into Nanzhao State in Chinese), and Si people wandered around and gradually merged with the border ethnic groups in the southern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to form a Burmese-speaking nation.

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