1, the distribution area is relatively wide, and the population is mainly distributed in some developing countries:

There are about 66 million Dai people in the world.

Mainly distributed in southwest China, northeast India, northwest Vietnam, northwest Cambodia, north-central Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and other regions and countries.

In addition, there are Dai communities in Europe and America.

2. Eating habits: Most Dai people have the habit of eating two meals, with rice and glutinous rice as the staple food.

3. Unique Dai costumes: Dai women's costumes are colorful and beautiful; Generally, I like to wear short sleeves and skirts to fully show my slender figure.

Dai men generally wear collarless double-breasted or large-breasted small sleeve shirts and long-sleeved trousers, with white cloth, blue cloth or crepe as the head, and some wear hats, which looks chic.

4. Have your own language: the language is divided into three major dialects, namely Siam, Lanna and Thai, and several sub-dialects. Every dialect has a common grammatical structure, and the pronunciation gap between adjacent dialects is very small. With the widening of spatial distance, dialects can be easily communicated anywhere.

There are seven languages, including Siam, Lancang, Lanna, Terminal, Tense, Nizi and Ahong, which are all evolved from Indian Sanskrit letters. They are all written from left to right, and there are line breaks from top to bottom, but there are differences in form and structure.

5. Dai architecture is greatly influenced by social environment and ideological customs, and the main buildings in different regions are also different:

Dai architecture is influenced by natural environment such as climate, altitude, topography and building materials, and social environment such as population, economy, religion, politics, science and technology and ideology. It mainly includes elegant and dexterous dry-fence architecture represented by Dai folk houses in Xishuangbanna, thick and sturdy flat-topped earth palm houses represented by Dai folk houses in Yuanjiang and Honghe, and elegant and rich Buddhist temple architecture.

6, unique folk customs, have their own traditional festivals:

The Buddhist Bath Festival ("Shuanlan" in Dai language), also known as the Water Splashing Festival, originated from a ceremony of Brahmanism in ancient India and was later absorbed by Buddhism. It was introduced into Dai areas with Buddhism from the end of12nd century to the beginning of13rd century.

With the increasing influence of Buddhism in Dai areas, the Buddha Bathing Festival has become a custom of Dai people and has been circulating for hundreds of years.