The bamboo weaving art of the Dai people

The Dai people living in Dehong, Xishuangbanna and other places in Yunnan Province have formed a bond with bamboo.

Here, there is a strong ethnic style of bamboo buildings, using mostly bamboo. Bamboo buildings are ventilated and airy, cool and moisture-proof, and are very suitable for living in a hot and rainy climate. The bamboo building is covered with bright yellow bamboo mats, furnished with bamboo stools, bamboo gabion tables, bamboo buckets, bamboo lunch boxes, bamboo basins, bamboo bowls, bamboo spoons, bamboo spinning wheels ....... Abounding bamboo utensils are small, exquisite and ancient. Bamboo weaving, is the characteristic art of the Dai people.

Shape such as Kongming hat-style bamboo buildings, beams and pillars are made of dragon bamboo; floor, fence, is made of bamboo; stairs are made of small-leaf dragon bamboo.

If you go to the Dai family guests, the host first invited you to sit on a bamboo chair, with a small bamboo tube filled with fragrant roasted tea, placed on the bamboo table, please taste.

When you eat, you will see that the food is served in bamboo baskets and tubes, and the food is served with bamboo chopsticks. You may even come across a hospitable host who will make you a "bamboo tube rice".

At night, if you spend the night in Daijia, the host must invite you to lie on the bamboo couch. At this time, the dragon bamboo outside the bamboo building swaying in the wind, issued a burst of rhythmic soothing thumping sound, so that you gradually enter the dreamland.

The Dai people are closely linked to bamboo, and the Dai people not only plant bamboo and love bamboo, but also cannot live without bamboo. Bamboo weaving is a unique folk handicraft of the Dai people with a long history. Dai bamboo weaving is not only rich in raw materials, but also has a group of skillful craftsmen. They inherited the traditional bamboo weaving craft and combined it with the bamboo weaving craft in foreign countries to make many bamboo weaving utensils with unique styles.

These bamboo handicrafts are: flat pads, fish cages, dining tables, coffee tables, baskets and other large, medium and small more than 30 varieties.

The Dai bamboo handicrafts can be regarded as the best art, with excellent selection of materials, ingenious ideas and strict workmanship. Especially, the "flat pad" tied on the waist of Dai compatriots has a beautiful shape and is small and exquisite, which is a must-have product for the Dai people in their daily life.

The Dai bamboo weaving, with strong national characteristics, fully demonstrates the wisdom and artistic talent of the Dai people.