One: Shui Dai
The Dai people in Xishuangbanna, Menglian, Ruili and other places are called "Shui Dai", and a branch of the Dai people calls itself "Lunan, Dai Lu", which means "the son of water", so it is called "Shui Dai" and also called "Bai Dai". Shui Dai lives in rivers all over Yunnan, such as Rattan River, which is very famous.
Compared with "Han Dai", Shui Dai has the following characteristics:
Clothing: Women like to wear blue or white tights and colorful "tube skirts".
Housing: living in a bamboo building, which is warm in winter and cool in summer.
Agriculture: Rice cultivation and fishery are the main areas.
Life habit: it is famous for its hydrophilicity.
Two: Huayao Dai
Compared with the Dai people in other regions, Huayao Dai has its own distinctive cultural characteristics. It is not influenced by Southern Buddhism culture, and it believes in the primitive religious worship of animism, which is the most vivid embodiment of the primitive cultural characteristics.
Colorful costume culture is the most magical and beautiful scenery; Ancient, profound, natural and harmonious folk customs have preserved the original cultural characteristics of Dai ancestors; In red river valley, where the Dai people live in compact communities of less than 700 square kilometers, people feel the magnificent blend of ancient civilization and modern civilization.
Three: Han Dai
"Han Dynasty" is close to the Han nationality and absorbs more Chinese culture, so it is called Han Dynasty, which was misrepresented as "Han Dynasty" and "Han Dynasty". It is another name given to the Dai people by Han literati, mainly referring to the Dai people in water-deficient areas. The concept of "Han (drought) Dai Yu" can be traced back to the early Qing Dynasty. The people living in Dehong/Banna call themselves "Dai", but the word "Dai" was invented after the founding of the People's Republic of China, so it was originally transliterated as "Bai Yi" (probably Yi transliteration).
In order to refer to it conveniently, the Qing people called foreigners who were geographically close to the mainland and adopted the living habits of the Han people "Han foreigners", but they were misinformed as "drought foreigners". Naturally, in contrast, people call those people who are geographically far away from the mainland and maintain more Dai characteristics "water foreigners"; In addition, the Dai people in the middle reaches of the Red River at that time were also called "flowers" because of their clothing habits.
Extended data:
There are many kinds and forms of Dai dances, which are widely spread and have their own characteristics. Generally speaking, representative programs can be divided into three categories: self-entertainment, performance and sacrifice.
1. Self-entertainment hip-hop dance includes "Ga Guang", "Elephant Foot Drum Dance", "Yela Club" and "Shouting Half Light", among which the most representative ones are "Ga Guang" and "Elephant Foot Drum Dance".
2. Performed dances include peacock dance, Elephant Dance, Fish Dance, Butterfly Dance and Hat Dance. The most representative is peacock dance.
3. Sacrifice dances include "Sacrifice and Encouragement", "Dragon Dance", "Lion Dance", "Six Gods Dance" and "Bema Dance", which were once popular in Dehong area, no longer dance.
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