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Thai customs and habits

1, clothing:?

Thai (Dai) clothing, men wear collarless double-breasted or large-breasted small sleeve coat, long-sleeved trousers and blankets when it is cold, mostly white or green cloth. Women traditionally wear short sleeves and skirts. ?

2, diet:?

The staple food of Thailand (Dai) is mainly rice. Dehong area eats japonica rice, Xishuangbanna and other places like to eat glutinous rice, which is usually eaten immediately. The famous Thai fragrant bamboo rice, also called bamboo rice, is made by putting glutinous rice in a fragrant bamboo tube, soaking it in water for 15 minutes and baking it with fire. Thais also eat insects. Thailand is humid and hot, and there are many kinds of insects. Insects that are often eaten are cicadas, bamboo worms, Okubo, soft-shelled turtles and ant eggs. ?

3. architecture:?

Gan Lan architecture is the characteristic of Thai (Dai) folk houses. Thai bamboo houses in Xishuangbanna and Dehong Ruili have their own styles. The building is nearly square, with two floors. People live on the upper floor, about 7 feet from the ground, and there is no wall on the lower floor, which is used for raising livestock and stacking things. The top is double oblique and covered with woven "grass rafts". ?

Extended data?

The historical development of Thai (Dai) people;

Dai, also known as Tai and Shan, has a national language of Dai (Thai), which belongs to Zhuang-Dai branch of Zhuang-Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the economic and cultural exchanges between Han and Dai became closer, especially a large number of Han people moved to the frontier. The advanced production technology and cultural science in the mainland were widely spread in the Dai areas, which quickly promoted the social and economic development of the Dai people. ?

The Dai region is located in the frontier and bears the brunt of imperialist invasion. Imperialism not only carries out economic aggression, but also plunders resources and dumps a lot of goods. In order to defend the territory of the motherland, at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century, the Dai people waged many armed struggles with the Han nationality, Jingpo nationality, Wa nationality and other nationalities, and opposed the aggression of British and French imperialism. ?

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the Dai people, together with the people of the whole country, participated in the armed struggle against Japanese fascism and made contributions to defending the sacred territory of the motherland's frontier. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression-China-Yunnan-Myanmar Highway is the most important channel for China to receive foreign aid materials, which is called "the artery of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China". Dai people have participated in the emergency repair of Yunnan-Myanmar highway many times, ensuring the smooth flow of the highway. ?

1944 The anti-Japanese war in western Yunnan turned into a big counter-offensive, and finally1945 65438+1October 20th drove the Japanese invaders out of Wan Ding, and finally won the anti-Japanese war in western Yunnan. The anti-Japanese war in western Yunnan is known as "a model of adowa defending the enemy and a precedent of recovering lost territory", which laid an important foundation for the victory of the national anti-Japanese war. ?

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