? Dai bamboo building is a typical building inherent in Dai nationality. The lower floor is about seven or eight feet high and has four open fences. Cattle and horses are tied to posts. There is a terrace on the upper floor near the ladder, which becomes a long big room, separated from the master bedroom by a bamboo fence as an important place to store money; The rest is a large bay with a low roof, sloping sides, eaves, floors and generally no windows. If the eaves are slightly higher, there are small windows on both sides and doors at the back. In the center of the building is a fire pit that burns day and night. The roof is covered with thatch and the floors of beams, columns, doors and windows are all made of bamboo. Building is very easy, just cut big bamboo and gather neighbors to help each other in a few days; But it is also perishable and needs to be repaired after the rainy season every year.

Dai bamboo houses are divided into housekeeper bamboo houses and common people bamboo houses.

First, official bamboo architecture

The official bamboo building is spacious and tall, square, with a triangular pyramid roof, which is quite similar to the western "Gothic" building, with sawdust at the top. The whole bamboo building is supported by 20 to 24 thick wooden columns, which are built on stone piers, and some beams are carved in the shape of dragons or bows, which is the result of Buddhist culture, especially in temples and pavilions in Myanmar. The cross beam in the house passes through the column, and the structure is simple. After climbing the wooden ladder, it is the "palm room". The master room is a guest room, with a fireplace in the middle and two or three rooms on the side, which are the bedrooms of the master, the couple and the children. The official bamboo building guest room covers an area of about 30 square meters and can accommodate 10 to 20 people. The palm room is covered with mats, which is a place for enjoying the cool and spinning for women.

Second, the people's bamboo building

Folk bamboo houses are the same as official bamboo houses, but they are smaller. The roof is covered with thatch, and wooden columns are not allowed to use the feet of stone piers, nor are they allowed to cross columns with beams, nor are they allowed to carve patterns.