Dai people live in Yunnan province.

Dai people in China call themselves Dai Lu, Dai Na, Dai Ya, Dai Zhan and Dai Duan. Xishuangbanna and other places call themselves "Dai Lu", Dehong and other places call themselves "Dai Na", Xinping and Yuanjiang in the middle and upper reaches of the Red River call themselves "Dai Ya", Ruili, Longchuan and Gengma border areas call themselves "Dai Tension", and Mangjing and Mangna in Lancang are the branch of Dai Tension. Han people call Dai Lu Shui Dai, Dai Na Han Dai and Dai Ya Hua Yao Dai.

after the second world war, governments of various countries named the Dai people in their respective territories. Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia were called Thai, Laos Lao, Myanmar Shan, China Dai and India Ahom, but they all called themselves Tai.

The Dai people regard peacocks and elephants as mascots, and their folk stories are rich and colorful. The Dai people like to live by the water, love cleanliness and frequent bathing, and women like to wash their hair, so they are known as the "water nation". In the past, the Dai people generally believed in Buddhism and primitive religion spread to the south.

Extended information:

The main technologies of the Dai nationality are as follows:

1. Medicine

According to the Dai medicine theory, there are four kinds of substances in nature, namely "Wayota" (wind), "Diezhuo Tower" (fire) and "Aporta".

It is considered that health is a sign of relative dynamic balance and coordination among the four towers of human body, and it also shows that this dynamic balance and coordination relationship can be maintained between the four towers of human body and the four towers of the outside world.

Second, papermaking

The Dai people in Mantuan Village, Mengding Town, Gengma County also have the technology of manual papermaking. Women are the main labor and technical experts in manual papermaking in Mangduan. Every process in the workshop is done by women. The raw material for papermaking is bark. The process includes soaking, stirring plant ash, cooking, washing, tamping, papermaking, drying, polishing, uncovering, etc.

Third, pottery

The Dai people are the people who make and use the most black pottery. Xishuangbanna and Pu 'er Town are the main producing areas of black pottery. Because black pottery has good air permeability, it can not only prevent water from deteriorating, but also keep the water cool in Redai village for a long time.

It is also used as a dripping device for praying for good luck. There is usually a small hole at the foot of the column in the Buddhist temple of the Dai temple. According to the dripping situation, divination is performed. If there is bad luck, please ask the Buddha to recite the scriptures for it. The raw material of black pottery is a kind of black soil unique to Dai township, which is made by mixing with certain sand and soil, soaking thoroughly, beating and kneading.

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