Most Dai people have the habit of eating two meals at a time, with rice and glutinous rice as their staple food. Dehong Dai's staple food is japonica rice, and Xishuangbanna Dai's staple food is glutinous rice. Usually eaten immediately. People think that japonica rice and glutinous rice will lose their original color and fragrance only if they are eaten immediately, so they don't eat overnight meals or seldom eat them, and they are used to kneading rice with their hands.

Dehong eats japonica rice, and Xishuangbanna and other places love glutinous rice. Like sour and baked aquatic food, addicted to alcohol, like chewing and rejecting ham.

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Brief introduction of Dai nationality

Dai language (Roman alphabet: Dai), also known as Thai (Thai:? , Roman alphabet: Thai), Shan nationality (Roman alphabet: Shan nationality), etc. The national language is Dai (Thai), which belongs to Zhuang-Dai branch of Zhuang-Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family.

Dai people regard peacocks and elephants as mascots, and folk stories are rich and colorful. Dai people like to live by the water, love cleanliness, often take a bath, and women like to wash their hair, so they have the reputation of "water nation". In the past, Dai people generally believed in Buddhism, and primitive religion spread to the south.

Dai people are distributed in China, India, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand and other countries. In 2000, there were 1 159000 Dai people in China. Mainly living in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture and Gengma and Menglian Autonomous County. The rest are distributed in more than 30 counties including Jingdong, Jinggu, Pu 'er, Lancang, Xinping, Yuanjiang and Jinping. The border Dai area borders Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.