Dressed men: Generally speaking, they wear simple and generous clothes, such as a collarless double-breasted or big-breasted small sleeve blouse, wide-waisted trousers with no pockets and plain trousers, and most of them are covered with white and cyan cloth. Some of them wear woolen hats, and they like to wear blankets in cold weather, and they are often barefoot all the year round. This kind of clothing is light and comfortable when farming, and makes the wearer look handsome when dancing. It retains the characteristics of ancient times, such as "the clothes are facing the chest", "the head is wrapped with a cloth towel, and the Dai men usually don't wear ornaments, and occasionally they find a shiny silver bracelet on their wrists. Gold teeth and silver teeth are their hobbies. They usually pull out the good front teeth and replace them with false teeth made of gold or silver. In the past, there was a custom of tattooing, in which characters or designs such as liger, Kirin and peacock were written on the chest, back, abdomen and limbs to show courage or pray for good luck. Women: Dai women pay attention to clothes, pursue light, beautiful and elegant costumes, and coordinate the colors of clothes, which are excellent. It is a remarkable feature of Dai costumes that young women are put on their heads. Dai women wear various kinds of tight underwear, light-colored big-breasted or narrow-sleeved shirts, and colorful skirts with various patterns. Dai women like to tie their long hair in a bun and insert combs, hairpins or flowers on the bun for decoration. Dai women like to wear jewelry, which is usually made of gold and silver, mostly hollow and engraved with exquisite patterns and patterns. Tie a delicate silver belt around Xiao Man's waist. It is said that this silver belt is very precious and passed down from generation to generation by her mother. In fact, this is a token. If a girl gives a silver belt to a young man, it means that she has fallen in love with him. Such costumes make them beautiful and graceful. There is a gift table in the spacious bamboo house, with banana leaves, one male and one female chicken, red cloth, white cloth and so on. The officiating person sits in the first place and gives a congratulatory message to the bride and groom kneeling in front of him. The two newlyweds grabbed a lump of glutinous rice from the table, dipped it in wine, and raised their hands around to show their memory and memorial to their ancestors. Rice and glutinous rice are the staple foods. Usually, it is eaten immediately. People believe that japonica rice and rice need to be eaten immediately without losing their original color and fragrance, so they don't eat overnight rice or rarely eat it, and they are used to pinching rice with their hands. All dishes and snacks are mainly sour, such as sour bamboo shoots, sour pea powder, sour meat and wild sour fruit; I like to eat dried sauerkraut. It is said that the reason why Dai people often eat sour dishes is because they often eat sticky rice food that is not easy to digest, and sour food helps digestion. Wedding ceremony custom of Dai nationality
On the wedding day, there were many people sent by relatives and friends from the man's family to the woman's house to attend the wedding. Accompanied by the groom, they beat the elephant's foot drum and the Tang drum all the way to the woman's house, beaming, and set off firecrackers and birds' nests along the way to increase the festive atmosphere and drive away evil spirits. The wedding begins at the door of the woman's house: a carpet is laid on the floor, and a small altar is placed on it, with flowers and fruit wine on the table. The bride and groom, dressed in beautiful national costumes, sat side by side in front of the tapestry and asked the monk to chant Buddhist scriptures. After reading, the monk tied colored silk thread on the wrists of the bride and groom respectively to show his blessing. Then, the man has to walk into the woman's
house, which needs to go through several checkpoints: first, when he arrives at the door, the bamboo door has been closed, and the man has to set off firecrackers and pay a gift before the door is opened for the man to pass; Second, when climbing the bamboo building, the man was stopped by the woman's people, and the man had to pay a gift to climb the building; Third, after entering the house, the bride was hidden and could not see the bride. The man had to pay a gift and propose a toast. After several entreaties and twists and turns, the bride was sent out. This series of processes contains the meaning of testing the groom, full of joy and festive atmosphere.
Dai wedding is ancient and simple. According to local customs, the wedding must be held on the bamboo floor of the woman's house. The ceremony of tying thread is the main content of Dai wedding. There is a wedding table in the spacious bamboo house. The table is covered with banana leaves, with a hat made of banana leaves on it and a male and female chicken on the bottom. There are also red cloth, white cloth and banana leaf boxes on the table. The officiant sits at the head of the wedding table, and relatives and friends sit around the table near the officiant. The bride and groom knelt opposite the wedding ceremony, ready to accept the baptism of "tying the thread" ceremony. After the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom grabbed a lump of glutinous rice from the table, dipped it in wine and dusted it around. After that, raise your hand and bow to show your memory and sacrifice to your ancestors. Then, the officiant picked up a long white line (red line in some places) from the table, bypassed the shoulders of the bride and groom, and put both ends of the line on the table. Then, with short white lines, they are tied to the wrists of the newlyweds respectively. It means that their souls and hearts are tied together, loving each other and never separating. At the same time, the old people who are sitting have also picked up the white thread and repeatedly tied it to the new person's wrist. And wish them happiness after marriage. Giving birth to a son can plow fields and build houses; Give birth to a girl who can weave and transplant rice? After tying the thread, one chicken on the table was dedicated to the old man who gave a toast, and the other was shared by the young man, wishing them to find their beloved aunt as soon as possible. At the other end of the bamboo building, the host decorated a sumptuous meal to entertain the guests who came to the wedding ceremony. The bride and groom toasted the guests politely. At this time, guests often ask various questions for the bride and groom to answer on the spot. Humorous questions and answers sometimes cause laughter and the atmosphere is extremely warm. At the wedding reception, Zanha (singer) will be invited to sing. "Zanha" includes men and women, most of whom are eloquent, familiar with their own culture and good at expressing their feelings. When "Zanha" sings wonderfully, people burst out "Oh! Oh! Oh! " Cheers, the wedding to a climax. Dai people often say that a wedding without Zanha is not lively and the wine is not good. Therefore, the wedding is an opportunity for men and women to show their talents. When people eat and drink, they listen to Zanha's singing, and when they sing to a wonderful place, people will burst into cheers of "water, water, water". Listen, this is the song of Zanha: Today is the time for the Phoenix to dance,/Today is the time for proud as a peacock,/On auspicious days,/all the guests are the most respected. /Welcome, ladies and gentlemen,/I want to sing the best and most beautiful songs. /First of all, I wish the newlyweds,/They are good children in the world,/As beautiful as bananas,/As strange as coconuts. After Zanha sang, the wedding guests danced with the bride and groom. In the sound of drums and elephant feet, people gather in the courtyard or square to dance all night. The banquet occasion is not only a celebration for the newlyweds, but also a good opportunity for the unmarried men and women among the guests to fall in love. At the banquet table, young people always sit with their sweethearts and have a heart-to-heart talk over wine. The combination of a couple, another couple is quietly gestating. At this time of next year, I wonder how many young people will be married as partners. At dawn the next day, the groom will return to his parents' home and not to his wife's home until evening. On the third day, the man's parents came to the woman's house to recognize relatives with cold rice noodles and other things, and sent a piece of cold rice noodles to relatives and friends respectively. On the fifth day after marriage, the bride and groom went to the man's house to recognize their relatives with cold rice noodles, and at the same time, they also sent a piece of cold rice noodles to their relatives and friends, and relatives and friends also gave gifts to the bride. At this point, the whole wedding is over. After marriage, the man usually has to live in the woman's house for three years, and then he can return to the man's house with his wife. After living in the man's house for three years, he can return to the woman's house, which is called "three years to go, three years to come". It was not until the couple built their own houses and became financially independent that they left their parents to set up their own small family. With the development of the times, many brides and grooms now build their own houses and set up their own small families after marriage.