What are the daily necessities of the Dai ethnic group

A pot for steaming rice, a stone for rubbing your back when bathing, a bamboo bench for cooling, a vase for Buddha, a small bamboo basket for grocery shopping, and an olive head oil ...... for mother-level women

The others are pretty much the same as everyone else's.

In terms of diet, the Dai people like to eat bamboo rice and drink Pu'er tea; In terms of food selection, there are many insects in the area where the Dai people live, so they use insects as raw materials to make various flavor dishes and snacks, and insects are an important part of the food composition of the Dai people.

Dai (Roman alphabet: dai), also known as Tai (Thai: Roman alphabet: thai), Shan (Roman alphabet: shan), etc., the national language is Dai (Thai), belonging to the Zhuang Dai branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family Zhuang Dong language family.

The Dai people are found in China, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and other countries. In 2000, there were 10,000 Dai people in China. They mainly live in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture and Gengma and Menglian Autonomous Counties in Yunnan Province.

The rest are scattered in more than 30 counties of Jingdong, Jinggu, Pu'er, Lancang, Xinping, Yuanjiang and Jinping. The border Dai region borders Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam.

The script used by the Dai people is Dai script, which is a pinyin script whose characters are Dai characters. Dai has a variety of dialects, among which there are four types of Dai spoken in China, namely Dai (Xishuangbanna Dai), Jinping Dai, Dai (Dehong Dai), Dai Band, and Thai, Lao, etc. outside China.

After the improvement in the 50s of the 20th century, two Dai languages, Xishuangbanna and Dehong, were used in China.

Dai bamboo weaving, batik, Dai brocade, paper-cutting, all kinds of handicrafts, such as: wood carving, inner painting pot.

They are the traditional handicrafts of the Dai people, with a long history, simple shape, beautiful and practical.

They love bamboo, use bamboo, and are good at making handicrafts.

The bamboo handicrafts of the Dai nationality can be called the best art.

Dai crafts include bamboo weaving and paper-cutting! ❤

1. Dai costumes.

2. Silver jewelry.

3. Dai paper-cutting.

4. All kinds of small utensils (sewing boxes, lunch boxes, dustpans, etc.) and handicrafts (English: art craft) handicraft products made of bamboo. That is, the product made by processing raw materials or semi-finished products by hand or machine, is a general term for a group of valuable artworks.

Handicrafts are the best in life, but they have created a value higher than life. It is the crystallization of the people's wisdom, fully embodies the creativity and artistry of mankind, and is a priceless treasure of mankind.

The Dai nationality, also known as the "Dai Tai Nation" or "Thai Lao Nationality", is one of the ethnic minorities in China and one of the most populous ethnic groups in the world.

The Dai Tai people originated from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in China, and have established political power on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau many times, and then gradually migrated to the Indochina Peninsula and the South Asian subcontinent due to the squeeze of the Central Plains Dynasty and other ethnic groups, distributed in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, China and other countries, with a total population of about 66 million, and about 1.26 million in China.

The customs of the Dai people.

It is taboo for outsiders to ride horses, drive cattle, carry burdens, and enter the stockade with unkempt hair; When entering the Dai bamboo building, you should take off your shoes outside the door, and walk lightly in the house; You cannot sit above or over the fire, enter the master's inner chamber, or sit on the threshold; You can't move the tripod on the fire, and you can't step on the fire with your feet; taboo whistle and nail clipping at home; It is forbidden to use clothes as pillows or sit on pillows; When drying clothes, the top should be dried at a high place, and the pants and skirts should be dried at a low place; When entering the Buddhist temple, you must take off your shoes, and it is taboo to touch the head of the little monk, the Buddha statue, the spear, the flag and a series of Buddhist holy objects.

Extended Materials. The major festivals of the Dai people are the Dai New Year – Songkran Festival, Closing Door Festival, and Opening Door Festival. "Songkran Festival" is a traditional festival for the Dai people to send the old and welcome the new, and the time is in the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar. The main activities during the festival are ancestor worship, sand piling, splashing water, bag throwing, dragon boat racing, setting off sparks, singing and dancing carnival, etc.

The Dai people generally believe in Theravada Buddhism, and many festivals are related to Buddhist activities. The Songkran Festival, held in June of the Dai calendar every year, is the grandest festival, when the Buddha is worshipped, and a feast is held, and the monks and relatives and friends are invited to congratulate each other by splashing water. During the Songkran Festival, in addition to the wine and dishes, there are also many Dai snacks.

The more important festivals are also related to the door festival and the door opening festival, both of which are Hinayana Buddhist festivals.