Where are the Dai people in Yunnan?

Dai people in China mainly live in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County, Menglian Dai and Lahu Wa Autonomous County and Lincang area, with a few scattered in other nearby counties. Dai people usually like to live in big river basins, dam areas and tropical areas. The population of Dai people in China is about 6.5438+0.5 million, and the vast majority of Dai people believe in Buddhism and spread to the south.

According to their distribution areas, the Dai people in China call themselves Dai Lu, Dai Na, Dai Ya, Dai Zhan and Dai Duan. Xishuangbanna and other places call themselves "Dai Lu", Dehong and other places call themselves "Dai Na", Xinping and Yuanjiang in the middle and upper reaches of the Red River call themselves "Dai Ya", Ruili, Longchuan and Gengma border areas call themselves "Dai tension", and Mangjing and Mangna in Lancang are branches of Dai tension. Han people call Dai Lu Shui Dai, Dai Na Handai and Dai Ya Huayaodai.

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Traditional culture of Dai nationality: Dai nationality has a history of 1300 years, mainly distributed in Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture and Dehong Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. Dai people have their own language and religious beliefs. Dai is not only a "water nation", but also a nation with rich national culture.

Dai murals: murals are a bright pearl in the treasure house of Dai art and the crystallization of the wisdom of Dai people. Most of the Dai murals are Buddhist temple murals, which vividly show the rich and colorful life of the Dai people through Buddhist themes, reflect the Dai people's living habits, customs and class relations to a certain extent, and have high artistic value.

The characteristics of Dai Buddhist temple murals are: breaking the restrictions of time, space and place in composition, and showing the ins and outs of a complete story in a single picture. At the same time, the composition is appropriate and the focus is clear. In character modeling, it not only maintains the accuracy of the structure, but also exaggerates the art, which has distinctive national characteristics.

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