Achang live mainly in the Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in Yunnan Province in the western region of the Longchuan County, Lianghe Luxi County and City, Tengchong County, Baoshan district, Longling County also has a small amount of the distribution. Achang have their own language, but no text. Achang language families scattered and divided into two dialects Lianghe, Achang most of the people will speak Chinese, Dai, 000 people spread of Achang will speak Burmese and Jingpo language, they have a lot of people who know 56 kinds of language. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: 000 Achang spreading knife-forging skills.

　　Achang enclave located in the hills of the mountain Gaoligongshan Yu Mo, Pingba Valley, mainly engaged in agriculture, known for rice cultivation, rice varieties, good quality and Lianghe region, "the public mA" variety, which claims to have in the past, "Rice King. " Achang made of iron is also of great renown, "household knife Caesar" with the world. Traditional festivals into major depression (closed), the depression (open), diesel-burning white section, Songkran, the Torch Festival, Waterloo Festival Luo, water the flowers section, the section seed, Chang Xin Festival, will Street.

　　Each of the slack season, or a variety of festive gatherings are Achang young love, Life as looking for a good time. At this point every time, regardless of young men go, to be Xiecha gourd flute in the back of the neck collar, or other in his waist, while in the village, next to the stockade, or a Street driven on the road, as long as encounter Beloved girl, then blowing nice music, communicating girl please stop for a while, and then spoke up funny. If the girl is also at this time without their love, but also intends to have known, it is clever response. An implicit understanding young man, offered to send her home, the girl was "sent to the stockade will be the first, not on the way to send" A-phase, the young man happily blown flute with folk songs, accompanying her to go home, pure love This will be the beginning.

　　Achang generally monogamous, family with a clear color of the male line. Most young men and women free love, we often talk about Fung was quoted Chuixiao Achang young men and women make a major way, but they are not blowing Xiao, but got up-sheng. Achang evening bonfire is young men and women to make another one of the main ways that local known as the "string girl." Achang compared with the love of freedom, but to go through a formal marriage must be approved by the parents. Achang men and women met in love and in the process, the two sides will each other gifts. This is the way each other a special game, but also a symbol of friendship between the two sides at the same time there are relatively fixed and procedures, it is young men and women to form a bridge between couples. When the young man in Duige, entertainment, gathering places, such as a Chinese girl, with Di Yan on the way, the other party to accept his cigarette case. If the woman to accept his cigarette case. If the woman's husband received the cigarette case, it means that the woman had intended to start on the young man. Then, over ten and a half months after the young girl will be sent to a grasshopper Zhuiyou yesterday fabric flowers and a pack of cigarettes. These things with paper, then color line Kunhao to the young man. If the color line is the end of the live hostage, said the girl on a boys love the heart of a young man and is willing to continue exchanges and deepen feelings. If the color line is Sikou end, that young girls do not want to continue to work with the exchanges, said the refusal. Choi received a young girl with live lines formed after the deduction of the gift, to know the love of her heart, I would have to produce their own hands a security Yinzan girl rebates, strings 2 Shuanshang a sparkling beads of color ant yesterday Flower, together with the bracelets, Silver Chain, silver, and other deductions, with pretty good paper to the girl that he is sincerely in love with the girl. Her husband received a gift, do so with the young man Life as to form, they will use their own hands Achang of textile cloth Duijin clothes to a young man, and that the other get married. If the girl to go back this time, and do not want to get married young, you buy a pillow to the store return, said an apology, please find another target man, who Achang above each other gifts for the process known as the craft, including Xiang Song, in return, and then Gift, ceremony and so on back in four phases.

　　When boys and girls to be affiliated, and the completion of the above-mentioned each other gifts in the process, they may agree on the wedding day, the wedding was held.

　　Achang young men and women get married at the wedding, first of all to please the bride's uncle sitting in the first, and before Shangyi Pan brain mixing with the cold dish, the banquet after the bride's uncle sent to a treaty with 4.5 kilograms of pig's tail after Legs, known as the Out of meat, said the bride must never forget the upbringing of her ex. Achang history has been robbed and Taohun marriage customs. General robbed by the marriage of two reasons: First, the deep love between men and women, but her parents do not agree, the two men who had no choice but to agree on aggressive about getting married, creating a fait accompli, forcing the woman's parents agreed to; second set after her marriage to go back , The man can not be reconciled, they robbed and forced her into submission. Taohun generally occurred in the two parents do not agree, both lovers had no choice but to flee in order to fight for the freedom of marriage. Home bride theft, a door on setting off firecrackers, Baitang immediately, so that high-girl wrapped in Baotou. Early the next morning or night to get her distant relatives who lives of men and women, sometimes hide in forests in the mountains, at home with her parents until the end of the talks, both can go home. As a result of the two sides to end to form relatives, so no matter what the original, the man in the third day after the bride theft still hire a matchmaker to the woman's parents Yueqin sum. Yue Qin sum ceremony to be held in the woman's home, her family will not be responsible for the reception, up to the man in charge of family honor, and paid the woman's family said that the pay-off. As a result, in addition to the man, please lobbyists, they also have to please a man cook to cook. Time to negotiate a general 3-6 days.

　　During this period, men and women should be carried out on behalf of the intense bargaining. But once an agreement, both sides Jiwangbujiu live in harmony and frequently see each other, Qinruyijia. Due to the above-mentioned practices change of time and changes in the concept is now basically extinct. In addition, according to marry young and old Achang order, such as unmarried eldest son, second son of Women and will not be able to get married, Weijia sister, brother and sister can not get married before the older sister. As brothers and sisters Gejie before marriage would be held "across the ceremony" a number Gejie and give the money to apologize for Gejie and respect.

　　Achang simple dress, simple, beautiful, men wearing blue, white or black Duijin T-shirt, black trousers, short trousers and wide. Baotou hi wrapped around a white man, married a black Baotou change is that some middle-aged and elderly also like wearing a hat, the young and middle-aged beat Yao Liuchu always a few Baotou-centimeter-long spike in the head back down. If the fair go out or participate in the festival gatherings, like the hatchback a "tube Pago" (satchel) and a Caesar household knife. Women's clothing, there's age and marital status, unmarried women, usually a multi-colored or Dajin Duijin T-shirt, black pants, outside the Department of Wei Yao, wearing a black Baotou, women generally wear red or blue T-shirt and Duijin Tongqun, calf Puttee wrapped with black Buguo Baotou, about as much as meters, Baotou still hanging on the left side of the top 45 small Hydrangea colorful, distinctive. Every time out, women have a well-dressed, took out their collection of a variety of jewelry, wear big earrings, bracelets carved a large silver collar, and also the chest and four silver buttons on his waist line Silver Chain be a long, shiny silver walking, eye-catching style.

　　Achang to eating rice, rice flour made from common Ersi, Vermicelli as a staple food, eating only when in boiling water like a little hot, remove with a can of food seasoning. Women do Achang city tofu, soybean meal, used for jelly made fresh peas. The main feeding of meat from the pigs and cattle, pork used to make fire Vermicelli fresh pork, pig slaughter soon after the straw by straw or pig skin to burn yellow, scraping washed, then chopped Banshang vinegar, garlic, chili and so on and file Vermicelli together with the expected consumption. Rice fish is the main source of day-to-day eating fish, eat more when they will use fried fish or fried, plus water and acid can be steamed or cooked chili on the table. Flower Valley, to hot and sour fish (fish will Zaiyang Add field, after the take-cooked fish, fish, said Gu Hua) most unique. Pickled vegetables, stewed tofu, tempeh perennial must-have, a lot of meals.

　　Achang taboo in the first day to kill and hurt livestock animals, women have children under the age of days, the taboo of other men entered the home hospital. Tang Shang free home leave about all sorts of things, put a knife avoid firing. Huotang Achang by the attention, to burn incense and festivals, the first New Year ritual Huotang. Huotang pot on the foot stone or wood or tripod head, Ji Yong, or sitting at the foot pedal, to avoid Huotang spat, not from across the Huotang. Achang other people's threshold for more than a square timber, the station free, free ride, knifed Ji Yong, the concept of the threshold of the door on behalf of the family financial situation and quality of wind Rending the rise. Achang in the bedroom is on both sides of the Church, the old home on the left, the other to the right of abode, anti-elderly men married into the bedroom of the younger generation. Unmarried men can live upstairs rooms or rooms, free women live upstairs, men downstairs, women upstairs bogey, bogey women's cross-step tool for farm tools.