Living habits of Dai people

Dai people's living habits have four points:

1, dental implants, tooth dyeing and tattoos are the customs of the Dai people. Young men and women, in particular, like to wear gold and silver as a complete set on their teeth. Girls have been dyeing their teeth since they were teenagers. They dye their teeth black with pot bottom ash or Chinese herbal medicine, thinking that the darker the teeth, the more beautiful they are. Tattoos are mainly for young men. Patterns include geometric patterns, birds and animals, flowers, text symbols and so on. Men who don't get tattoos will be looked down upon by girls. ?

2. The man wears a small sleeve coat with no bad collar or big collar, long-sleeved trousers, a blanket when it is cold, and a white cloth or green cloth on his head. Women wear white or scarlet underwear, small waist and wide hem, and various dresses. ?

3. They live in a bamboo building with a "dry fence", which has two floors, the upper floor is inhabited by people, and the lower floor has no wall for raising livestock and stacking things. Monogamy has the characteristics of hierarchical endogamy. ?

4. The Dai people mainly grow rice, with relatively complete farming system and sophisticated farming techniques. "Pu 'er tea" is well-known at home and abroad, with advanced tea-making equipment. In recent years, it has also successfully developed subtropical cash crops such as rubber. Rice is the main diet, and japonica rice is also eaten in Dehong area. Xishuangbanna and other areas like to eat glutinous rice, like to drink, like to eat hot and sour.

Brief introduction of Dai nationality:

1, Dai (Roman alphabet: Dai), also known as Thai (Thai: Roman alphabet: Thai), Shan (Roman alphabet: Shan), 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 the water, love cleanliness, often take a bath, and women like to wash their hair, so they have the reputation of "water nation". In the past, Dai people generally believed in Buddhism, and primitive religion spread to the south.