Deang principal place of residence in the western part of Luxi City, Yunnan Province and the town of Kangxian Lincang area, and Yingjiang, Ruili, Longchuan, Baoshan, Lianghe, Longling, Gengma counties also have a small amount of the distribution. Deang have their own language, non-native language, Chinese General.

　　Deang most of the non-traditional festivals and Buddhism-related activities, such as Songkran, diesel-burning white, and so on holiday, all Jingfo. Songkran with the Songkran Dai also has a similar, more than in the Gregorian calendar to be held around mid-April. Deang a popular gift-basket of love, that is, young men will be all kinds of bamboo basket given to their respective Italian girl, the most beautiful, of course, only to give to their favorite girls to express themselves The love that sound out each other's reactions. As a result, each girl will often receive several baskets, but what girl in love who? That depends on the day of Songkran the back of the girl who only gave her a bamboo basket. To this day, all the girls back a basket of delicate beauty, but who's this? This will help the bad guys, they eyes Zheng Yuan, a fixed basket of the girls who carefully to identify the back of a sweetheart on their own whether or not her only gift baskets. Valentine's right right after each other, they enjoy each other in water, play in order to express their excitement and joy. Deang young men and women in love freedom, young women in the choice of target on a certain autonomy. This nation is no strict hierarchy within marriage, as long as the other party is willing to, they can marry rich and the poor. Deang marriage has always been to promote autonomy, less bride price, widow remarry without discrimination.

　　Deang dress very rich has its own characteristics, men blue, black coat and wide-Tai Jin and short pants, black wrap, white turban, the two ends of the towel decorated with colored Rongqiu. More women wear black or navy jacket and Duijin dress, with black Baotou, on the side of Yi Jin set two red cloth, with 45 pair of big silver box for buttons, woven dress on the color bar Pattern. Young men and women both like to wear silver collar, earphones, earring jewelry, and so on. Deang in costumes, most notably the woman's body behind the waist. Deang according to the human habit of adult women, all wearing the waist on a number of waist hoop. Most of the waist with rattan hoop into nothing, and some of the first part of rattan is nothing, it is the latter part of the silver spiral. Goto ring width varying thickness, painted red, black, green color, and so on, some of the top pattern is also engraved with a variety of patterns or wrapped in silver paper, aluminum skin, this is a unique customary Deang ancestors of the Tang Dynasty -- - Vast tribal people "bamboo rattan wrapped around the waist," decorated for the continuation of the practice. Deang believe that the girls who wear the "hoop waist," the more, do more sophisticated, more capable smart that she and ingenuity. As a result, adult women carry the hoop and back to more than proud of.

　　Deang grown-up men, in public eyes on a girl came up to look for opportunities to get in a word, in conversation skillfully know the names of the girl, who lives where. When night fell, the young girl came to Zhulou the back door, blew the gourd flute. Girl secretly hiding in the building out of it, if that's not her favorite, it would not open the door. A young man blowing a girl no movement on the left and Zhi Qu. If the girl is like, the girl opened the door quickly, the young Huo Tangbian the house down. Huotang young man sitting on the right side, the girls are young men sitting in the back, and to maintain a certain distance from each other talk and laugh, Duige to crow, the young man through contact with serious consideration to the girl's advice, determined that the girl he wanted to pursue, Will continue to string girl. Several times through the series, the young man feel that the time has come, to the girl on the bracelet, necklace, the girl accepted, it means that they determine the relationship.

　　A few days later, the girl's hand-woven, "Mori group" - red, black woven cotton growth-foot, three feet wide, two decorative balls of the cable Blanket - in the name of the young man who hinted that young man can come to the pro - A. The parents of a young man found his son with partner Sen, immediately ask, please go to a matchmaker Yueqin. Yue Qin day, the woman's family also asked to sit with a matchmaker. The man at home matchmaking to the woman's parents, a banana, a bag of tea leaves, dried salted fish of the two, as a ceremony to open the door. The agreement of the woman's parents, family man should be the same gift to the girl. These gifts but also to the woman's village chiefs, elders, chiefs made as the elderly agree that gift. To marry him for three nights in a row, but simply to repeat the fourth day of gift-giving ceremony to the end of the night, this set of formal marriage.

　　Deang tea's long history and rich experience, advanced technology, people of all ethnic groups in border areas that reputation that they are "ancient tea farmers." Families have cultivated a habit of surrounding residential villages or in the vicinity of a number cultivation of tea, the pluck of the major tea for their own consumption, and sometimes bring other people into the market and trading. Deang can not do without tea, weddings and funerals, visiting relatives and friends, to have tea as gifts, "Italy to the tea," tea has become the most common social and indispensable gifts. If there is a dispute between the groups, the party at fault, a demand for understanding the other side, Yexian to send a pack of tea leaves to the other side. Deang good strong tea to drink, and be good at famous tea plantations, which have been referred to as "ancient tea farmers." Tea in the nation's social life in a wide range of uses, they have tea with special feelings. Deang middle-aged men and women are good drinking strong tea, from the ancient legend of the time on the way. Speaking of Deang of strong tea to drink, then it is a well-deserved reputation, they put a lot of tea can accommodate 100 ml of the water tank of water decoction, to be dark brown tea, the tea into will often call them " Bovine eye Cup "in that drink.

　　Outsiders drink tea that is often several times the water to infiltrate it. Deang Changyin people because of strong tea, with the passage of time will have a tea addiction, tea addiction attack when body weakness will make people, especially in the long way to go when the road is difficult, but as long as the cook a can of tea glasses, the spirit of the Dousou Up. It is often said that Deang do things can not be separated from tea leaves, they often tea as a gift, it showed that "the intention to tea." If Jiubie to visit friends and relatives, a gift is a pack of tea, the guests have come, the host always boil water to simmer tea reception, the young men to marry him, please go to a matchmaker when the Shuoqin, first of all taken to the woman's home is also a pack of two , Three catties heavy tea. If so, happy thing to invite friends and family here, to send a small bandage line of the Red Cross has said that for the tea. If there is a dispute between the masses, as a result of a party at fault, asked for understanding the other side, Yexian to send a pack of tea leaves to the other side, when the fault of one party take the initiative to send a tea, and then the other must be right to forgive, which is Deang Family rituals and customs, tea, but do not send money to send, it is considered to be Deang do not understand the "ceremony" would not be understanding, and even to do bad things. If the dispute between themselves and the need to solve the headman requested mediation, should also be wrapped a small tea and smoke grass as a small cross into "x" shape to the headman, and then their representations. As the Deang tea in the social life is of special significance and a wide range of uses, so accustomed to every household in residential or around the village on the slopes attached to a number of tea cultivation, harvesting for their own back-rub dry. In addition to the dry tea, Deang also produced a wet tea (tea acid), the history books as the "Valley (sell) tea," Cook them to pick the fresh tea leaves into large bamboo tube with pressed sealed, so that after the saccharification Consumption. Wet tea decoction do not have to eat, remove the tube from the mouth to chew, hard Chawei Micro, slightly sweet taste. This tea can Jieshu heat, hot weather in the region, people like chewing acid tea.

　　Before and after the Spring Festival is a family to marry a great season. Wedding ceremony in both men and women selected the date for the evening. After breakfast one day, the man sent home two matchmaker, plus a girl next to the woman home of the bride and groom to the same, the Walled Village of unmarried young men and women also organized the previous day team, accompanied by song. In the woman's home game to be held Duige. The woman's parents to send girls to the same song duet team of young, Song of the team with the girl while the woman village Duige young man. A bride home, just set foot on the stairs, the groom's mother would flap her flowers to let go. The first three are for spreading petals of different colors, and the fourth is spreading out of colorful petals. The bride million spent in flying in on the stairs, the groom's mother, quickly led the bride into the bridal chamber. A short break, holding the groom put the flowers are tall bamboo tea tray, led the bride to the old Walled kowtow. Elderly people wish newlyweds "old old age, and Zaisunmantang." The Wedding Banquet followed by the beginning of the evening Duige. To three nights, three in the evening to escort the bride from her parents accompany her to sleep on the floor in the new house. Three days later, to escort the girl to return, the bride and groom can be in the same room. In the ten days after the wedding, the bride to give parents-in-law sooner or later face, feet. On the third day, accompanied by the bride and groom return home, with married men before the family were invited for a good number of small bamboo basket, fitted with a number of gift to the woman's relatives.

　 Deang to the vast majority of rice-eating, with miscellaneous parts of potato and corn. Braised and food are steaming, good at producing food products, such as: pea flour, tofu, noodles, rice cakes, Baba, glutinous rice balls and so on. A wide range of vegetables, bamboo shoots and vegetables is a constant one of the four seasons, with the exception of fresh food, more processed into Suansun or dry edible bamboo shoots. Other edible vegetables, are used to cooking in the stew when Suan Sun allocation. Suansun a wide range of uses, even in the stewed chicken, fish Chaorou or should increase kamphaeng Suansun seasoning. By the impact of many of the local Han Chinese-style pickles, fermented bean curd Deang is also a common side dishes on the table.