Brief introduction of the Dai nationality: a brief introduction to the characteristics and customs of the Dai nationality.

1. Introduction to Dai language, Dai language (Roman alphabet: Dai lang

Brief introduction of the Dai nationality: a brief introduction to the characteristics and customs of the Dai nationality.

1. Introduction to Dai language, Dai language (Roman alphabet: Dai language), also known as Thai language (Thai language:? , Roman alphabet: Thai), Shan nationality (Roman alphabet: Shan nationality), etc. The national language is Dai (Thai), which belongs to Zhuang-Dai branch of Zhuang-Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family.

2. Dai people regard peacocks and elephants as mascots, and folk stories are rich and colorful. Dai people like to live by water, love cleanliness, often take a bath, and women like to wash their hair, so they have a nation with water. In the past, Dai people generally believed in Buddhism, and primitive religion spread to the south.

3. Dai people are distributed in China, India, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand and other countries. In 2000, there were 1 159000 Dai people in China. Mainly living in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture and Gengma and Menglian Autonomous County. The rest are distributed in more than 30 counties including Jingdong, Jinggu, Pu 'er, Lancang, Xinping, Yuanjiang and Jinping. The border Dai area borders Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

4. A brief introduction to the characteristics and customs of the Dai people. The prominent feature of Dai family and marriage in history is class infidelity. There is a strict hierarchical marriage between chiefs, and polygamy is prevalent. Tusi also abused farmers' wives and daughters at will by virtue of his power. Most farmers have a patriarchal monogamous family, and parents and unmarried children are family members.

5. Young men and women are quite free in social activities before marriage and can fall in love freely. Unmarried young people string together a lot on festivals or grand occasions? Very popular. It is a popular custom to invite unwelcome children home. When Dai people hold a wedding, there must be a grand tie-up? During the ceremony, the old man tied the white cotton thread on the wrists of the bride and groom, symbolizing that their souls are tied together, wishing the newlyweds mutual respect and a long life together.

6. Burial is very common, but there are obvious class differences. The graves of the nobility and the poor are strictly separated. After the monks and buddhas died, they were cremated first, and then their ashes were buried in a crock behind the temple.

7. Dai costumes, men wear collarless double-breasted or large-breasted small sleeve tops, long-sleeved trousers, blankets covered in cold weather, and white or blue cloth for Baotou. The custom of male tattoos is very common, which not only shows courage, but also can ward off evil spirits, protect the body and decorate the body. Boys will be asked to get tattoos when they are about 1 1 years old. Tattoos are mostly tigers, leopards, lions, dragons, snakes and eagles. Most parts are limbs, chest, abdomen and back. Generally, it takes two days to write a leg and seven to eight days to write a whole body.

8. Women traditionally wear short sleeves and skirts. Dai women in Xishuangbanna wear white or scarlet underwear with small waist, wide hem and various tube skirts. Women in Dehong, mangshi and other places wear light-colored big-breasted jackets, trousers and small waists before marriage, and change them into double-breasted jackets and black skirts after marriage. Dai taboo: 1. It is forbidden for outsiders to ride horses, drive cattle, carry loads, and enter the stockade unkempt; When entering the Dai bamboo house, you should take off your shoes outside the door and walk gently inside. You can't sit above or across the fireplace, enter the owner's inner room, or sit on the threshold; The tripod on the fireplace can't move, and the fire can't be pushed. 2. Don't whistle and cut your nails at home; Don't use clothes as pillows, and don't sit on pillows; When hanging clothes, the coat should be hung at a high place, and the pants and skirts should be hung at a low place; Take off your shoes when entering the Buddhist temple, and avoid touching the head, Buddha statue, spear, banner and other Buddhist sacred objects of the young monk. No outsiders are allowed to peep in the bedroom. In the past, it was stipulated that if the host found an outsider spying on the host's bedroom, the man would be the host's door-to-door son-in-law, otherwise he would have to work hard in the host's home for three years, and even the female guests would have to serve in the host's home for three years. Therefore, tourists should never peek at the master's bedroom because of mystery, whether they are visiting or being guests. Although the past customs have been broken, peeking into the bedroom is always unpopular.