Dai mainly living in Yunnan Dehong Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture and the rest in Xinping County of Yuxi City and Yuanjiang County, Lincang City and County of Gengma Shuangjiang County, Honghe Autonomous Prefecture of Jinping County and the city of Pu'er and Jinggu County Menglian County. "Dai" means love of freedom, peace, Dai has its own language (see below rolling picture), the Dai people use it to record a wealth of historical legends, religious and literary classic poetry. Dai's distinctive ethnic characteristics, prominent people in general love song and dance, dance vivid image, feeling fine, and more action for the animal form of analog and landscaping. Extremely popular "Pavaner", "as encouraged by the foot", in particular, "Pavaner" Taiyazhitang the board, then it's a beautiful dance, the delicate feelings of this beautiful peacock to simulate a vivid animal and To beautify the personification of the people into the realm of poetry in general, make the city the audience and dumped it. Dai who not only sing and dance, and created a splendid culture, especially in the Dai Li, Dai-shi narrative medicine and the most well-known. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: Pavaner Dai Dai opera, Songkran Dai Dai handmade paper-making techniques, Kazakhstan Zhang Dai Dai slow round of ceramic art.

　　Dai's traditional festivals have a "closed section", "open section" and the "Songkran", "closed section" in mid-July, the agricultural season is at this time, the Buddhist festival, most of them also during this period of time in order to focus on Good production, at the same time, held a grand "Dan Buddha", to food, flowers, silver coins, banknotes and so offer the Buddha. "Closed section" continued for three months or so, in mid-October to "open section" so far. Dai is the biggest festival of Songkran, the time each year in April. According to the timing calculations, the solar calendar of April, which is equivalent to flood the Dai Li. Dai Li is the new year Songkran festival, in accordance with the traditions and customs of the day early in the morning, people have to take flowers and green leaves to the Buddhist temple to worship, Tam Bicheng water to welcome home for the statue. Even though these, the mass began splashing each other and saw groups of young men and women, with copper bowl, basin water, poured out of the streets, chasing play, throwing Feng Renbian, from head to foot, full-body wet Turner.

　　Dai young men and women to marry, the implementation of the general's wife home from the customs, that is, men and women to come home, so the main wedding ceremony to be held in the woman's home. Wedding to be held that day, the man sent home to her family and friends to attend the wedding of a particularly large number of people. They accompanied the groom, as the foot all the way beating drums and gongs Mans, the jubilation came to the woman, also along the Ming pistol birds and setting off firecrackers in order to increase the festive atmosphere and drive out demons from the first wedding at the entrance of her home to start: to spread A Hua Tan, placed above a small altar, placing flowers on the table and wine. The bride and groom dressed in beautiful national costumes, sitting side-by-side pre-Hua Tan, monks chanted Buddhist scripts. Finished, the monks were using color silk beam in the bride and groom's wrists as a sign of blessing. Then, the man went to the woman's home, which required a few points: First, to the door, the door has been shut down Penny, the man takes off firecrackers, Fu Li Qian, the only door open to allow the adoption of the man; Second, Deng Zhulou , The man who was the woman's floor, stop, the man needed money to Fu Li Deng Lou; third, into the house, the bride was hidden, sees the bride. Fu Li to be the man the money and toast, a series of pleading, after several twists and turns, before the bride was sent out. The system includes a process groom's means test, full of joy and festive atmosphere.

　　Next is the thread-tying ceremony to be held: in the Zhulou put together a room tables, the top two placed with banana leaf cone-shaped hat made of, placed below the chicken cooked a male and female. It also put on the table there is the man to the woman's gift, such as clothing, Tongqun, silver Kudai, bracelets and so on. In addition placed glutinous rice, brown sugar, banana, salt, white lines and so on. Thread-tying ceremony began, the bride and groom at the wedding table row to kneel to receive the blessings of the elderly guests and congratulations. Zhu Hunren followed by the message addressed to the President, the people have to take the right hand is stretched out on the table, Dishou listen to the message. After the message, the bride and groom each table off a mass of glutinous rice, wine, dipped in a dip, then chicken, salt and white lines and other objects, even take each point three points after the two-rice Back on the desktop.

　　At this time, Zhu Hunren on the table to take a long white lines were tied to the wrists of the bride and groom, the newlyweds wish good fortune and happiness, the son of Health will plow, the launching of the Health and the girl will be weaving, planting Yang Shuan-line ... ..., dedicated to a chicken on the table Zhuhun Ren and the other boys show chickens to eat at, they wish to find an early favorite girl, but also to the well-being tied to line the rest of the East-West All Newly married couples on the edge of the mosquito net, have been able to eat for three days. Ji Shuan-beam line, they start to guests. At the Dai flavor dishes with more features, including a wrist Health is a stew of blood feeding blood to the auspicious symbol of marriage. During the meeting,. The bride and groom to be attentive to propose a toast to the guests, guests will also put forward a wide range of issues, it is necessary to answer the bride and groom, the bride and groom requested some performances, and so on, from time to time making everyone laugh, and the atmosphere was warm and active.

　　Before dawn the next day, the bridegroom to the parents to return home to his wife back home in the evening before. On the third day, the mother picked the man cold rice, and other things to the woman home to identify relatives and friends were sent to a cold rice noodle. On the fifth day after marriage, the bride and groom and the man came out cold rice at home relatives to identify, as well as relatives and friends were cool to send a piece of rice, friends and relatives also presented gifts to the bride. This entire wedding is the end. After the marriage, the man generally the woman who lives in the three years before they can return to the man who lives Xie Qi, the man who lives in three years, can return to the woman who lives in the so-called "three years, over the past three years." Until the couple built their own housing, economic independence only after the parents left the two sides set up their own small family. With the development of the times, now married after wedding the bridegroom built their own homes, have set up their own small family of many.

　　Dai since ancient times is a ritual about the nation and the people from the Dai Jia, the owner will take the initiative to say hello, pouring tea, dinner meals. Both men, women and children, the guests are always smiling, soft-spoken words, not shout, do not curse, no bad language. From the woman in front of the guests walked to skirt Gongyao light go together; guests downstairs, not from the location of the guests walked upstairs. Each household is equipped with several sets of clean bedding for the hospitality. Some of Dai village, the road also has a special guest at the reception, "Sara room." Dai Jia to the guests, will be masters of the "water" and "thread-tying" courtesy. The arrival of guests, small entrance divination have Daijia post with Baptist holding a silver bowl of water petal, leaf tree branches thrown to the guests who gently. Zhu Lou took to the seat after the old Tao Mi give guests on the wrist line tied to the guests wish Jixiangruyi, peace and happiness. Dai went to the village of Dai in the distance the guests are warm and friendly reception by moving left an unforgettable impression.

　　Dai traditional dress, men wear Duijin Dajin or collarless shirt, trousers fat tube, a small number of people Tongqun wearing a dark-colored, white, blue, light blue, yellow cloth Baotou; Dai women in general like to wear Zhaixiu EC and short skirt, wearing a white top Feise or underwear, is outside the tight jacket, collar Zhaixiu Park, Tai Jin, also Duijin, polygoni orientalis, light yellow, light green, white, sky blue and other colors . Now with more than Georgette, silk, Dacron material, such as sewing. Zhaixiu shirt with his arms tightly set, almost no gap, there are also many people like to use sewing clothing color, if not closer look, but also do not see sleeves, Yi Jin is just around the waist, tightly muffle body And then a silver shirt and a belt line I Skirts Commission, under a long skirt to the ankles of the EC, small and slim waist, generous lap. This outfit, displayed in the chest Dai women, waist, hip, "measurements" of the United States, together with the fabric used by the soft, crisp color, whether to walk or do something, give a Enuoduozi, elegant chic feel. Xishuangbanna on women to wear white, light green or crimson color Zhaixiu tight shirt, under a variety of patterns and Jiaomian length of the Tongqun, beam silver belt, women are very particular about the hair, high-comb hair and hair in the plug Is made up of flowers; also useful for large linen of Baotou.

　　Dai to eating rice and glutinous rice. Dehong Dai staple of japonica rice, the Xishuangbanna Dai glutinous rice is the staple food. Chung is usually eat now, that the civil: japonica rice and rice to be only now are eating Chung before losing its original color and flavor, so do not eat or rarely eat rice overnight, Yong Shounie food habits. Table of all dishes and snacks are mainly sour, such as Suan Sun, peas acid powder, acid meat and wild fruit acid; like to eat pickled cabbage stem, was said to Chang Shi Dai sour dishes, is not to eat the rice digestible food, Sour and help to digest food. There are day-to- day meat of pigs, cattle, chickens and ducks do not eat meat or deprivation, living in Dai's like eating dog meat, good for chicken, chicken, a hi fish, shrimp, crab, snail, moss, and other aquatic products. With moss into the dish, Dai is a unique flavor dishes. Cooking fish, more fish into acid or roasted fish Xiangmao Cao, also cut into fish mix (that is, with grilled fish into a mud after the game, such as coriander and the big tune into), frozen fish, fish, fire, Bai Zhi albus, and so on. Eat crabs, generally shell crab with crab meat sauce hacked get food, Dai said that crab sauce to "crab Nam microphone cloth." Dai hot and humid areas, insects and a large variety of insects with the production of raw materials for the flavor of dishes and snacks, Dai is the food constituted an important part. Regular consumption of insects are cicadas, bamboo worms, spiders, turtles fields, such as ant eggs. Dai people alcohol, but wine is not high degree, is home to brew, sweet flavor. Tea is a local specialty, but do not drink the Dai added spice of large-leaved tea. Drink only in the fire Shangluechaozhi coke, brewing and drinking slightly paste flavor. Betel nut chewing, mixed with tobacco, lime, continued all day. Typical foods are Gourou Tang pot, Thelephora pork, pickled eggs, dry albus, and so on.

　　Dai taboo on horseback outside, Ganniu, Tiaodan and disheveled hair into a stockade; into the Daijiazhulou make shoes off outside the door and walk inside the house to light; Huotang can not sit across the top of the Huotang or not Into the room with the master, can not sit threshold; Huotang can not move on the tripod, can not foot the fire; whistle taboo at home, Jian Zhijia; when the clothes are not allowed to use a pillow or pillow to sit; Shai Yifu, the T-shirt to the sun Height, pants and skirts in the sun to be low; into the Buddhist temple to shoes, the young monk's first touch taboo, Buddha, Ge Mao, a series Qifan, and other Buddhist relics. Dai believed in Buddhism, in the Dai areas, buildings can be seen a sophisticated, chic style.