The origin of the dai nationality

The dai is the result of nujiang, the lancang river shelter-forest region by people.

By people is one of the ancient human of yunnan-guizhou plateau.Around the fifth century BC, by a person in the lancang river, nujiang river shelter-forest region founded the tribal alliance countries such as light.The second century BC, the kingdom of light began to come into contact with the han dynasty, when king of light is called "by", the han dynasty began to call up to light kingdom "by the country".Before that, because by the good elephant, living environment and similar to the han dynasty in the south, the people, by the han dynasty thought is one of the more people, call for light kingdom "The Times as the" yunnan.

In the first century, located at the east side of light kingdom of dian kingdom and its suzerain (han dynasty), a large number of yunnan people (because of its absorbed the culture, also known as "the yunnan people") into by territory, by absorbing blend of yunnan people, after preliminary the embryonic form of modern dai.

The dai traditional festival

1. The water-sprinkling festival:

The dai New Year.In dai calendar in June 24 to 26 (a summer in the middle of April), feasts three or five days.Holiday early in the morning, all ages, sexes bath change clothes, to the buddhist temple 赕佛, namely to Buddha sprinkle water to welcome him, and then pour water to each other, in addition to eliminate evil disease.After playing for drama festival for water.According to legend, ancient have infernal, take seven girls.The youngest girl nong xiang, learned the secrets of kill infernal: unplug it hair strangle it.Devil into a ball of fire, where there is a fire.Girls that water phase spilt, put out fire.The legend turned down, gradually into the water-sprinkling festival.Speaking of the common from India brahmin, to bathe in the river at this time of year to wash away sin;Under the old man can't river, children for its splashed water to wash.Which is passed to the dai national minority areas of China.

Section 2. Open the door:

Lauguage is called "the depression", meaning the Buddha temple.The yunnan dai national minority traditional religious festivals.Dai calendar December 15th every year.The content and close section.Dai calendar on December 15th, into hollow in the Buddha's seat at the back of the things out of the burning, indicating that Buddha has hollow, 16 monk out of depression, the family of all ages, sexes to zang room prayer.17, held a grand "catch" activities, because this day the Buddha to the west pennant after three months to return to earth so villages every village to gong drums, hold a event, to meet the Buddha, at the same time also in zang room to Buddha confess the SINS of the year;Monks took advantage of the teachings to the young men and women propaganda.

Open Day, busy harvest is past, the weather gets colder, buddhist activities also not too much, can love affairs or young peopleTo get married, adults errands out of the way or string of family and friends.This season most is the dai national minority cultural and recreational activities.People put a spark, ignition lamp, set high, around the village, very lively.

3. The close quarter:

Lauguage is called "depression", meaning Buddha into the temple.Yunnan dai traditional religious holiday, dai calendar each year for nine years (lunar mid-july) began to 15 days, after three months.According to legend, dai calendar year 9, Buddha to the west and its parent lecture, march to return to earth.Once, as the Buddha to buddhist paradise lecture period, Buddha and thousands of people to the countryside, people trampled the crops and delay their production, people kept complaining sound carrier, the Buddha's ACTS.After that, the heart uneasy.Since then, every time the Buddha to the west pennant, kept it ACTS are concentrated, stipulated in the three months are not allowed to go anywhere, only repentance, to redeem before sin.So the seconds for "closing day".

Into depression activities experience generation lineage development, formed a fixed several activities: dai calendar September 15th in the morning, every year (temple) in the zang room, announced that the Buddha into the zang room.Christians must immediately at this time, or in bed for a seat, when the old man put GuHua, incense, candles, paper into a bag of money, to the zang room two hours after the back seat of a Buddha, zang room again drums, christians can only to sleep, old man is in zang room kept until the morning.16 all the christians into depression prayer;On the eighth day, every family to send food for the Buddha, and then qing dynasty monk read peace by historical story, touched, on the merits.Into depression activities of three months, every day, 15, 23, 30, for each of the old man to the zang room pay once, they sleep in the night before temple nate's house, by the young people to send meal to eat for the old man.After these activities xiangyan into the vulgar, closed every day on this day, people are going to have a grand 赕佛 monk offer Buddha (lent) activities, such as food, flowers, wax, monetary devotion to the Buddha.In this three months, once every seven days also "small 赕".

Close quarter began, has entered the busy farming season, in order to focus on is engaged in the production of labor, people set many ring gauge: young men and women love and marry activities;The monk must not literally go out;Into the zang pay people can't stay away from the family or in another;No one may enter the Buddha room, FoTai, take the things Buddha, etc.Open until three months later, the festival, people just back of closing day often activities all day

4. The tour field dam section:

Green spring county of yunnan province on horseback in dam area of the dai traditional folk festivals.Every day of the first lunar month on the 13th, the feast day.This is the dai national minority unique local traditional festival, lunar January 13 early in the morning when the sun shine upon dai water, good at the dai national minority of men and women in festival costumes, gathered to stockaded village center, under the big green tree of gong gong, singer carrying the fragrant air of rice wine, LiangKai throat singing a song, songs of the four seasons;People on the drums dancing traditional to twist to the whole bazi one piece of joy.Song and dance until the sun rose above the sky, will be coming to an end.At this time, an elder announced: "field dam tour start!"And revel in the song and dance people immediately formed an orderly team: bar bunting eight young man leading, the people behind blew the trumpet; and all the waySome bang the drum, to let off the firecrackers, powder shotgun, walked slowly to the tian dam cloud.According to the predetermined route after, people will get together for spring planting a lot of village regulations, in order to make sure the spring will be effected according to the seasonal.

Section 5. Districts:

Festival is also called "hot pool.Yunnan province including yuanjiang area dai national minority's traditional folk festival, held January 7th day in lunar calendar, the feast day.Dai luhya also in accident section, the content and dai Le people are basically the same, but the feast was the lunar may people.Districts section is the main purpose of the used orientation, the holiday in the morning, when the sun rises, men, women and children dressed in festive costumes, in succession to including yuanjiang hot pool along the east coast of the lawn, singing away to celebrate the holiday.The old men who wast, and shalt words, young people singing and dancing,The childChase games, enjoy happiness.People also have hot pool of hot spring bath, to eliminate the filth of the old year, clean, relaxed to meet for a year.On this day, unmarried young men and women still held by the, finding a mate.

6. Summer day

Lauguage said "depression", meaning for the summer.Time in dai calendar September 15th (in the middle of July, according to the lunar calendar), lasted for 3 months.According to legend, dai calendar in September each year, Buddha to the west and its parent lecture, 3 months to return to earth.Once, as the Buddha to buddhist paradise lecture period, Buddha and thousands of people to the countryside, people trampled the crops and delay their production, complaints from the people, the Buddha ACTS.After that, the heart uneasy.Since then, every time the Buddha to the west pennant, kept it ACTS are concentrated, stipulated in the three months are not allowed to go anywhere, only repentance, to redeem before sin.So people call it "close quarter".

7. A summer day

Lauguage referred to as "the depression", meaning the summer, from the ancient buddhist habit of the rainy season.Time in dai calendar on December 15th (about in the lunar calendar in September).Symbol of the three months of the rainy season is over, remove "closing day" since the marriage between men and women avoid, so people call it "Open Day".Avoid the upon termination, young men and women can begin to free love or wedding.Holiday, young men and women dressed in costumes to buddhist temple worshipping Buddha, with food, flower, wax, money worship.Worship, held a grand cultural rally to celebrate from the close quarter since the end of Ramadan.Main contents are setting off a spark and promotion and point kongmin light, singing and dancing.Youth will also dance with all kinds of birds, animals, fish, insects in the shape of the lantern around villages.At this time, asriceAfter harvest, so is also a harvest festival.

The dai national minority customs and taboos

Religious taboo

Heart in the dai national minority villages has village (wooden table about three or four feet high, intermediate loading soil).This is the village of heart or life.So avoid sitting, foot, or hang a horse.Dehong prefecture when offering the dai village, avoid outsiders into the village, the village people go out, will only be in and out of such as the village to complete.Into the buddhist temple must take off their shoes outside, can enter.Avoid pound on buddhist temple in the drum;Avoid touching 赕 gods and do with your, etc.Avoid touching the young monk's head;When you walk avoid stepping on the Buddha, the monk's shadow.The Buddha, monk don't live together with other people or live downstairs.Avoid outsiders into the village temple.

Marriage taboo

From into the hollow section (close) to the hollow section (opens the door) (dai calendar September 15 after 3 months) during the period of no love, no marriage, otherwise, is considered as horses and cattle don't know the season, will become the dog after death.Today, there are young men and women because of the deep love or marry her premarital pregnancy and break through the taboo custom, also must still be married to wine meat offerings, please QuanZhai people eat a meal.Otherwise would be considered violation of ghost village, village will have the disease or other disasters.

The funeral taboos

Village if anyone dies, QuanZhai people stop production, women can go out to cut, collect feed, but not back into the village, after to bury the dead, shall be placed on the edge of the wood, feed into the home.

Women's taboo

Women are not allowed to plough, otherwise his to lightning strike;To build a house, women are not allowed to stand on high;The head of the woman shall not be crossed man;Tight skirt not upwards drying;Women into the buddhist temple to provision can only go to place, avoid arbitrary starting;, women give birth, and not into the temple;Women should not join any rally to dance, not percussion instruments;In public, the man to talk, women (old exception) cannot interrupt;Home have a guest, the woman can't sit at the same table to dinner.

Living custom taboo

In dai, avoid to the floor of the mouth not to take off the shoes;After entering, avoid is used a stomping on the floor.Avoid leaning in the indoor post, also avoid hanging on Yu Zhongzhu.Dai next to the fire resistance is generally parents bed, taboo sitting at random, and do not touch the edge of the bed "holy water".Places such as simao of dai dwellings in the hall by the bed, taboo hanging mosquito nets.Avoid your nails, whistling at home and playing Musical Instruments, whistling sound and Musical Instruments can be called a ghost house.Avoid in dry land, in the garden in urine.Clothes is broken, avoid is used a pants, thought to be poor;On the other hand, was broken and repair.Clothes do not used as a pillow;Do not sit a pillow.Wear knife, to avoid edge, otherwise, think bad intention, is "assassins".The dai monthlyBelong to cowB, taboo,Belong to the horseB taboo, horse.