Ethnic Chapter - Dai Nationality A must-read summary of Dai knowledge points in the tour guide exam ☆☆☆Origin: It has the same origin as "Baiyue" with the Zhuang, Shui and Buyi people.
Life: The earliest rice cultivation and pear farming, a complete farming system.
"Pu'er tea" is famous both at home and abroad.
Religion: Theravada Buddhism.
Marriage and love: "Going to the village", "losing the bag", and getting married.
Dance: Women's dance "Peacock Dance", men's dance "Elephant Foot Dance".
Music: The tune is "Zanha" (meaning singer in Dai language) with a recitation style.
Diet: Insects are used as raw materials, moss is used in vegetables, and they like to chew betel nuts.
Clothing: Holding a flat-bone flower umbrella, there is a custom of having braces, teeth and tattoos.
Residential buildings: stilt style.
Festivals: Water-Splashing Festival, Close-Door Festival, Open-Door Festival, Buddha Bathing Festival.
Pu'er tea bag throwing: a social activity for Dai youth to express their love.
National intangible cultural heritage peacock dance and elephant foot dance.
Moss vegetables, insect vegetables.
Thousand-column style: two floors, with people living on the upper floor and no walls on the lower floor.
Water Splashing Festival: National Intangible Cultural Heritage.