What are the characteristics of the Dai people?

In terms of religion, the Dai people in the frontier generally believe in Southern Buddhism, belonging to Hinayana Buddhism, while retaining the remnants of primitive worship of ghosts and gods. Dai people in mainland China worship "Dragon God" and "Dragon Tree", and religious professionals "Bo Meng" and "Shi Niang" perform divination and cure diseases on behalf of others. In Jinggu and other areas, there are also people who believe in Buddhism in the upper class.

2. Clothing:

Women traditionally wear short sleeves and skirts. 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.

Step 3 prescribe diet

The Dai people's staple food is rice. Dehong area eats japonica rice, Xishuangbanna and other places like to eat glutinous rice, which is usually eaten immediately. The famous fragrant bamboo rice of Dai people is also called bamboo rice. Migrant workers often eat in the wild. They can eat bananas with glutinous rice balls in Ye Sheng, plus salt, pepper, sour meat, roast chicken, glutinous rice and pine. Meat includes pigs, cows, chickens and ducks. They don't eat or eat less mutton. They are good at roast chicken and roast chicken, and like to eat fish, shrimp, crab, snails, moss and other aquatic products. The vegetables we often eat are cabbage, radish, bamboo shoots and beans.

4. Architecture

Column 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.