傣族英文介绍

1、傣族英文介绍The Ethnic Minority Of Dai梅若雨 0HomelandThe Dai is one of the 56 official ethnic minorities in China, with a population of about mil-lion, mainly live in Dai Autonomous Region and Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Region in Xishuangbanna, known asHistoryThe history of contact between the Dai and Han

2、 peoples dates back to 109 ., when Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty (206 up Yizhou Prefecture in southwestern Yi (the name used to signify the minority areas of what are now Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces). The Dais in subsequent years sent tribute to the Han court in Luoyang, and among the e

3、missaries were musicians and acrobats. The Han court gave gold seals to the Dai ambassadors and their chieftain was given the titleIn the 12th century, a Dai chieftain named Bazhen unified all the tribes and established the Mengle local regime with Jinghong as the capital, and called it thefine-bree

4、d horses. It recognized the Chinese imperial court as its sovereign. When Bazhen ascended throne, he was given aDuring the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Dai area was subordinate to Yunnan Province and the system of appointing hereditary headmen from among the ethnicminorities was instituted; this sy

5、stem was consolidated during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).ReligionDai people mostly believe in Hinayana, a sect of Buddhism. There were many Buddhist temples in the countryside, and it was a common practice, especially in Xishuangbanna, to send young boys to the temples to learn the Buddhism scriptu

6、res. Some of them later become monks, while most of them return to secular life.Dai Cultural IdentityThe Dai enjoy a rich and colorful culture, the Bai Yue culture, whose designation today is shortened to Bai Ye to distinguish it from the original anthropological culture of the ancient Bai folk. The

7、 ancient Bai Yue culture was in the forefront of social development in many respects when the Dai first began to organize themselves into communities in China. The Dai also have their own calendar, they have books in Dai script for calculating solar and lunar eclipses, and their historical documents

8、 span a rich variety of literary works, from poetry and fables to ancient stories and legends. FestivalsImportant Dai festivals are the Door-closing Festival ,the Dooropening Festival and the Water-splashing Festival, all of which are related to Buddhism.The Door-closing and Door-opening FestivalsTh

9、e Door-closing and Door-opening Festivals are the two longest and grandest periods-one in mid-September and the other in mid-June. People worship Buddha by sacrificing food, flowers, clothes and other wealth. They also take advantage of the holidays to preach Buddhist teachings and have a good time.

10、The Water-splashing FestivalThe Water-splashing Festival is the New Year of the Dai ethnic minority. On the 24th to 26th day of the sixth month of the Dai calendar,.races in the hope of chasing away all the illnesses and bad fortune of the past year and bringing about good weather and bumper harvest

11、s.Arts:The Dai people are quite good at singing and dancing. Their achievements in music are well-known among all the ethnic groups. Their folk and traditional musical instruments include the elephant-foot drum, bronze gong, clarinet, and the bottle gourd silk.Xishuangbanna is the home of the peacoc

12、k, which the Dai people revere as a symbol of good fortune, happiness, beauty and kindness. Thus the Peacock Dance is their most popular folk dance. Performers in clothes with peacock patterns imitate peacocks with lively, flexible and graceful movements in a dance that is a popular part of the Wate

13、r-splashing Festival.MarriageThe marriage of the Dais was characterized by intermarriage on strictly equal social and economic status. Polygamy was common among chieftains, who also humiliated the wives and daughters of peasants at will. The patriarchal monogamous nuclear family was the common form among peasants. Premarital social contact between young men and women was quite free, especially during festivals. It was common for the gr