The basic characteristics of dai culture are its own culture, rice cultivation, the good work, metallurgical, textile, yi, pottery art tattoo adorn tooth residence, bar, also absorb foreign culture, especially the central plains and Indian culture, and with their original rich ethnic culture. Has formed a broad mass base of our national culture. Dai "don't steal, don't cheat, don't rob, don't play, not scold, no noise, harmony, aged respected, hospitality, convenience, help and love each other, honest, honest and good innocence" as the moral standards, the love of labor, love the natural and ecological protection as important life quality, through etiquette rules, laws, regulations and various cultural and artistic forms to inspire people to consciously maintain and educate. Dai people think there will be a forest, have water will have a field, fields will have food, food can someone's life, the thought of social historical development and production of dai, life and dai people's survival played an important role in promoting and security. Culture is the core of dai is dai in human civilization contribution

The basic characteristic of Dai culture is that its own culture is the backbone, rice cultivation, He is good at craftsmanship, metallurgy, textiles and pottery, stilt housing, tattoos and tooth decoration. At the same time, he also absorbs foreign culture, especially the culture of the Central Plains and India, and combines it with his own rich original national culture. A set of national culture with a very broad mass base has been formed. The Dai people regard "not stealing, not cheating, not robbing, not hitting, not scolding, not making trouble, living in harmony, respecting the old and caring for the young, being hospitable, being convenient, helping and loving each other, being honest, honest, and kind" as the principles of life. Moral standards regard love of labor, love of nature, and protection of ecology as very important qualities of life, and educate and inspire people to consciously maintain and abide by them through etiquette, laws, regulations, and various cultural and artistic forms.

The Dai people believe that only with forests can there be water, with water can there be fields, with fields can there be food, and with food can there be human life. This idea has great influence on the social and historical development, production, and life of the Dai people as well as the Dai people. The people's survival has played a very important role in promoting and ensuring the survival. With colorful scenery, there are more extase dai flavors. Dai people like to eat delicious food, accordingly, with glutinous rice yellow rice, rice, BaBa glutinous rice, dry, meter, such food has distinguishing feature quite. One of the most representative is sweet bamboo meal.

Perfume is in xishuangbanna bamboo meal a itself will be like green bamboo scent, as well as the degree of bamboo. The first approach is : put bamboo according to two bamboo cut down in the end, a hole in the bamboo, washed into the fragrant rice, add some bamboo in water, then use bamboo charcoal in plug hole, baking. The water is to the bamboo, bamboo after drying will burst, the fragrant rice inside bamboo is ripe. Then, if you can see a bamboo pry14 thin white incense stick tight in the film, a day of white rice sausage "demonstrated in front of the soft rice, glittering and translucent a scent , let people born fluid, appetite is big.

Dai dishes of, can let you drool. The fish, pork, beef, bamboo rat chop, bag, steamed brain acid, and bitter bamboo, leather, fry blast bees, cricket, Fried cicadas lichen etc, Fried enumerate. Do the fish, you must first to scale, and then clean dig cheeks again, from fish fish on the operation of the stomach and into the miscellaneous, chopped spring onion, ginger, garlic, chili seasoning salt, again with minced lemongrass washed into the hindquarters, grass, put the fish in two, three washed citronella, grass and bamboo charcoal in the clamping, barbecue, and bake until seven or eight matured, wipe again, continue to bake the lard, fish is done. This fish, fragrance and brittle and spicy, a bit of pickles, a group PenXiangDe glutinous rice, the taste is wonderful,!

Dai people suffering bamboo is a favorite vegetables. The most exquisite, bamboo hardship for "people call this secret" the seasoning. Can use the fish, prawns, crabs, simpler, the most common is made with tomatoes in south. When eating with burn well with "the bitter bamboo secret." This is the bamboo shoots and hard and bitter sweet and sour, hot, and the taste is bitter, but the dai people eat bamboo shoots is very special, they are more bitter more love barrier effect. Rice culture is the core of Dai culture and the Dai's contribution to human civilization

Shuangbanna has gorgeous scenery and fascinating Dai-style delicacies. Dai people like to eat glutinous food, so yellow rice, rice cakes, glutinous rice cakes, dried rice, rice noodles and other foods made from glutinous rice are all quite unique. The most representative one is fragrant bamboo rice.

Fragrant bamboo rice is made from a bamboo in Xishuangbanna that emits fragrance and is as thick as a bamboo shoot. The method is: first cut the fragrant bamboo into two sections, dig a hole in the bamboo section at one end, put the washed glutinous rice into the fragrant bamboo, add some water, then plug the hole with bamboo leaves, and put Grilled over hot coals. After the water in the bamboo is dried, the bamboo tube will burst naturally and the fragrant bamboo rice inside will be cooked. At this time, as long as you break open the bamboo slices, you can see a thin white fragrant film tightly adhered to the glutinous rice, and a white glutinous rice "sausage" is displayed in front of you. The crystal soft rice grains are filled with fragrance, which makes your mouth full. Produces fluid and stimulates appetite.

Speaking of Dai cuisine, it will make you salivate. Roasted fish, roasted bamboo rat, minced pork and beef, steamed brain slices, sour beef skin, roasted bamboo shoots, fried bees, fried crickets, fried cicadas, fried moss, etc., the list goes on and on. To make roasted fish, first remove the scales and dig out the gills, then wash them clean, then cut the fish into slices from its back, remove the tripe, chop the coriander, onion, ginger, garlic, pepper and other condiments and add salt. , then put it into the belly of the fish together with the washed lemongrass leaves, close the fish, tie it tightly with two or three washed lemongrass leaves, then clamp it with bamboo slices, grill it on the charcoal, and grill it until seven or When eight is done, smear it with lard and continue roasting for a while, the fish is ready. The fish at this time is rich in fragrance, crispy and spicy. With some homemade pickles and a ball of fragrant glutinous rice, the taste is really wonderful!

Bitter bamboo shoots are a favorite vegetarian dish of the Dai people. The most important thing to eat when eating bitter bamboo shoots is the seasoning. People call this seasoning "Nanmi". It can be made with fish, shrimp, and crab. It is relatively simple. The most common one is Nanbi made with tomatoes. When eating, just dip the cooked bitter bamboo shoots in "Nanmi" and you can eat it. The bitter bamboo shoots at this time are bitter, fragrant, spicy and sour. The main taste is bitter, but the Dai people are very special about eating bamboo shoots. The more bitter they are, the more they love them