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Xishuangbanna, which is known as “the kingdom of plants”, is also a flourishing place of rice production. Clever and skillful Dai women make use of rice to cook various...

Bamboo Houses in Green Trees On the level grounds beside rivers and lakes in Xishuangbanna, Dai bamboo houses, exquisite and unique, are half concealed and half revealed in the...

Clean and Nice-looking Wells Water is holy and auspicious. Most agricultural people possess a respectful feeling to water, which is especially obvious for the Dai people. In the Water-splashing...

Interesting Placenames in Dai There are innumerable placenames in Dai like “Xishuangbanna”. But their meanings are different from the literal Chinese characters, and we cannot interpret them superficially without...

The Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna is located in southwestern China; where over a dozen of ethnic minorities live together, including Dai, Hani, Bulang, Jinuo, Lahu, Yao, etc. During...

A water-loving people: Dai Dai is one of the 56 nationalities in China, with a population of 1,075,128, mainly residing in Yunnan Province: Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture of Dai Minority,...

Intoxicating love songs in the county of waterfalls Among all the natural sceneries all over China, the waterfalls in Guizhou province are most famous; and among the waterfalls in...

The Zhabai Song Festival and June 6th Festival are two significant celebrations among the Buyi ethnic group in China. The Zhabai Song Festival, celebrated in the Xingyi area of...

The Buyi Opera with Nuo (a kind of drama) Flavor The operas played by the Buyi people include the Buyi Opera, the Ground Opera, the Stool Opera and so...

Famous Wax-dyeing Craft The wax-dyeing craft of the Buyi people has been famous for a long time. Even in Song Dynasty, records had it that wax-dyeing cloth was produced...