Xishuangbanna, known as Menglu in ancient times, is a branch of the ancient Yue people. The Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty and before were under the jurisdiction of Yongchang County. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, 12 Dai tribes in Xishuangbanna, known as Mengling State, were honored as "Heavenly Kings" in Jingdezhen.
In the 3th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (116), the leader of the Dai nationality, Payazhen, unified Mengling and established the "Jinglong Jindian State" in Jinghong, which was under the jurisdiction of Dali, a local political power in the Southern Song Dynasty. Paya Zhen served as the "Lord of * * *" and accepted the title of feudal dynasty. Later, when the fourth son of Paya Zhen ascended the throne, he was awarded the title of "King of Jiulong River (Lancang River)" by China.
in the 16th year of the Republic of China (1927), seven counties, including Cheche, Fohai, Five Blessingg (Nanqiao), Xiangming, Puwen, Lushan (Liushun) and Zhenyue, and Linjiang Administrative District were established, belonging to Pu 'er Road.
On January 23, 1953, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Region was formally established, with its capital in Yunjinghong. The autonomous region was led by Pu 'er Commissioner's Office (renamed Simao Commissioner's Office after 1955) entrusted by Yunnan Provincial People's Government.
In August p>1973, with the approval of the State Council, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture was directly led by the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the Yunnan Provincial Revolutionary Committee. Since then, Xishuangbanna Prefecture and Simao District have been separated and started to exercise the functions and powers of the autonomous prefecture.
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Cultural customs in Xishuangbanna:
1. Language and writing
Dai language belongs to the Zhuang-Dai branch of the Zhuang-Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language, and the Dai language in Xishuangbanna is Dai (Xishuangbanna Dai language), based on Indian Sanskrit.
2. Intangible culture
As of May 218, 11 projects were listed as the first batch of national protection lists by the State Council, 17 projects were listed as provincial protection lists and 62 people were listed as state protection lists.
3. Literature and Art
Poetry and stories and legends occupy an extremely important position in Dai literature and art. Dai poetry includes three main parts: ancient ballads, love songs and long narrative poems. Ancient ballads can be roughly divided into labor songs, production songs, ritual songs, blessing song, custom songs and children's songs.
4, clothing
Dai clothing, men wear a collarless double-breasted or big-breasted small sleeve blouse, long-sleeved trousers, blankets in cold weather, and mostly white cloth or green cloth. The custom of male tattoos is very common, which not only shows courage, but also can exorcise evil spirits to protect the body and decorate the body. When a boy is about 11 years old, he asks someone to get a tattoo. Most of the tattoos are tiger, leopard, lion, dragon, snake and eagle.
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