What are the specialties of the Dai people?

The specialties of the Dai people include: Dai Tongba, blood exhaust, small-grain coffee, tropical fruits, Pu'er tea, Banna carpets, Dai slow-wheeled pottery, wooden bowls, and so on

1, Dai Tongba

Tongba is a cross-body bag woven with various colors of handwired and cotton threads. The bag is more than 30 centimeters long and 20 centimeters wide. The front, back and side of the bag is woven with flowers, birds and animals or geometric patterns, the bottom of the bag is decorated with colorful spikes, bright colors, fine workmanship, small bag shape, distinctive ethnic characteristics, is a popular souvenir goods for tourists.

2, blood exhaust

Xishuangbanna's tropical rainforest grows a multitude of exotic herbs. The "holy medicine of blood circulation" is one of them. Also known as "Kirin's Exhaustion", it is mainly used for treating diseases such as bruises, injuries, blood stasis and pain, rheumatism and numbness, and gynecological disorders, and it is also the main raw material for the preparation of the medicine "Qiribi San".

3, small-grain coffee

Small-grain coffee is an important coffee varieties of Xishuangbanna, rich mellow, there is a unique sweetness, is not comparable to the coffee produced in tropical Africa. In Banna's Tropical Crops Research Institute can buy processed small-grain coffee, is a gift to friends and relatives of the best products.

4, tropical fruits

Superior natural conditions make Xishuangbanna abound in a variety of tropical fruits, such as mango, lychee, longan, pineapple, pomelo, pineapple honey, passion fruit, popcorn, watermelon, papaya, guava, mysterious fruits, small grain coffee? Mystic Fruit is a kind of fruit that will change one's sense of taste, the ripe Mystic Fruit is somewhat like cherries, with a slightly sweet flavor, but miraculously, after eating it, any acidic food will feel sweet; Small Grain Coffee is a coffee variety from Xishuangbanna, and it's unique sweet aroma is not found in coffees produced in other tropical countries.

5, Pu-erh tea

Famous green tea, mainly produced in Banna, Simao area, ancient times was a pilgrimage offerings. Selection of Yunnan large-leaf tea leaves as raw materials refined, brewed tea color clear yellow, drink the mouth full of fragrance.

6, Banna carpet

Banna carpet is wool hand-woven, with a rich and unique national style. Banna carpet selection of high-quality wool as raw materials, carefully woven, unique patterns, colorful. And the textile technology is excellent, the texture is tight, durable.

7, Dai slow-wheeled pottery

Slow-wheeled pottery is one of the oldest pottery skills passed down in China. Unlike the automatic billeting machine in Jingdezhen, the inheritors always turn the wheel under their feet slowly and methodically, kneading and modeling by hand, and each work is full of the philosophy of life of the old craftsmen. The pottery is yellow in color and decorated with fish, elephants and other unique Dai motifs, making it unique.

8, wooden bowls

Menba people live in the place, there is a very rich bamboo and wood resources, they are particularly good at bamboo rattan weaving process. Bamboo square box, bamboo hats, rattan basket, bamboo baskets and other products strong and durable, exquisite craftsmanship. Especially their production of traditional handicrafts: wooden bowls, unique, eye-catching.