What are the characteristics of Dai folk culture?

1 faith

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. Rules

Since ancient times, the Dai people have been a nation that pays attention to etiquette. When foreigners arrive at the Dai family, the host will take the initiative to greet them, serve tea and water, and entertain them for dinner. No matter men, women and children, they always smile at their guests, speak softly and never shout, swear or swear.

3. Marriage customs

Chasing yellow chickens is a way for young men and women in Xishuangbanna to seek love by eating rumors, that is, girls take yellow chickens to the market to sell. If the buyer is a girl's lover, the girl will take the initiative to take out the stool and let him sit next to it. Through conversation, if the two sides love each other, they will carry chickens and stools to pour out their feelings in the Woods; If the buyer is not the girl's lover, the girl will double the asking price.

Extended data:

Wear taboo:

1, house taboo

The wood used by Dai people to build houses is forbidden to have two forks, otherwise it will catch fire when it thunders; Three forks can only cut two strands of wood, otherwise there will be ghosts. If you change the fireplace at home, you must change the stairs. If you change the stairs, you must also change the fireplace.

The stairs can only be seven, nine and eleven, or you will die. It is forbidden to have beams on the stairs, otherwise ghosts will enter the house. The side of the stairs can only be empty, otherwise it will be fined like the call collar.

2, taboo into the house

Dai people are forbidden to sit on the threshold, thinking that the threshold is the only way for people and ghosts to pass. Dai people are used to living upstairs, but the bedroom upstairs is separated from the living room by a wall. There is no partition in the bedroom to divide it into small rooms. Several generations live in it, separated by mosquito nets, with a certain interval between them, and people who are not members of their own family (blood relatives) are not allowed to enter the inner room. At the same time, outsiders are forbidden to peek, because it will offend the "family god."

3. Gender taboo

Men can't touch women's hoes, farm tools and looms. Men are forbidden to cross the pig trough, otherwise they will lose their charm; Women are forbidden to touch men's weapons and hunting gear, and cannot enter men's clubs. Women are forbidden to climb on the beams to take things; It is forbidden to hold a broom over a man's head; Don't walk past the pillow where men sleep.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dai people