The majority of De 'ang people live on rice, and some areas are mixed with corn and potatoes. They are all eaten by steaming and stewing, and they are good at making various foods, such as pea powder, tofu, rice flour, rice cakes, Baba, jiaozi and so on. There are many kinds of vegetables, and bamboo shoots are one of the vegetables that can be eaten all year round. Except fresh, most of them are processed into sour bamboo shoots or dried bamboo shoots.

Other vegetables are cooked with sour bamboo shoots, or with oil, lobster sauce and salt. Sour bamboo shoots are widely used, even when stewing chicken, frying meat or cooking fish, they should be seasoned with sour bamboo shoots. Influenced by the local Han nationality, many Chinese kimchi and rancid brine are also common side dishes on the dining table of De 'ang nationality.

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De 'ang, also known as "Benglong", is a mountainous minority in the border area between China and Myanmar. Its national language belongs to the Waan branch of the Mon-Khmer language family of South Asian language family, which is divided into three dialects: Bulai, Rumai and Ruojin. Do not have their own written language. Due to the long-term coexistence with Dai, Han and Jingpo, many people speak Dai, Chinese and Jingpo.

De 'ang nationality mainly lives in the border area between People's Republic of China (PRC) and Myanmar. It is a typical ethnic group with large dispersion and small settlements, and its distribution range is very wide. China is mainly distributed in 9 counties and cities of Dehong, Baoshan and Lincang in Yunnan Province, and Myanmar is in Shan and Kachin States.

According to the statistics of the sixth national census in 20 10, the total population of De 'ang ethnic group is 20556.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Deang Nationality