What are the reasons for the recommendation of the Dai

The Dai recommended reasons are: the long history of the Dai, colorful language and culture, Dai's characteristic diet.

1, the introduction of the Dai:

The Dai is one of the unique ethnic minorities in Yunnan, China, which is both ancient and unique, with a very distinct personality. The current population of the Dai is about 1,025,000, and they mainly live in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, while a few of them are scattered in other nearby states and counties.

2. Language and writing of the Dai people:

The language of the Dai people is divided into three dialects, namely, Dancing language in Xishuangbanna area, Dena language in Dehong area and Dailian language in Menglian and other places. The Dai people also have their own unique scripts, which can be Dai Dance, Dai Na, Dai Lian and Dai Duan according to the different areas of use.

3. Diet of the Dai People:

The staple food of the Dai people is mainly rice. Dehong area eat round-grained rice, Xishuangbanna and other places love to eat glutinous rice, usually now pounded now eat. The Dai's famous fragrant bamboo rice, also known as bamboo tube rice, that is, the glutinous rice in a fragrant bamboo tube, soaked in water for 15 minutes, and then baked by fire. When eating, pounding the bamboo tube to make it soft, the bamboo film on the inner wall of the bamboo tube will be attached to the rice, a knife cut in half, the fragrant bamboo rice will be out of the bamboo and out of the rich aroma, the rice is soft and delicate.

Dai artistic characteristics:

1, Dai theater:

The Dai have a traditional Dai theater, the former Xishuangbanna there is a form of dance and singing opera words, which is the prototype of the Dai theater. Its plot is relatively simple, mainly showing the hunter with a knife and the disguised dragon, phoenix, tortoise and crane to fight. The development and perfection of Dai opera is mainly in the area of Dehong, so Dai opera is also known as "Western Yunnan Dai opera".

2, paper-cutting:

Yunnan Dai area of paper-cutting, generally used for embroidery samples and decorative lintels, lanterns, flags and offerings, etc., the theme is mostly geometric patterns and flowers, birds and animals. Patterns are mostly characterized by a full ground pattern to support the center of the main flower, the knife is bold and powerful, the composition is full and complete, with distinctive local characteristics.

The paper-cutting of Dai women is mostly based on animals and plants. Most of the works are white elephants, peacocks, tigers, golden chickens, cranes, etc. There are also lotus, camellia, chrysanthemums and other flowers as the theme of the paper-cutting.