Dai people live in tropical and subtropical areas, where the climate is warm, and Dai people's clothing is elegant and beautiful, which is not only practical, but also has strong decorative significance. Dai men's wear is not much different, generally simple and generous.

Generally speaking, Dai men's wear is a collarless double-breasted or large-breasted small sleeve coat, with wide waist and clean trousers and no pockets. Most of them are wrapped in white cyan cloth, and some wear woolen hats. They like to wear blankets in cold weather and often go barefoot all the year round.

Dai people are distributed in China, India, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand and other countries. In 2000, there were 1 159000 Dai people in China. Mainly living in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture and Gengma and Menglian Autonomous County. The rest are scattered in more than 30 counties including Jingdong, Jinggu, Ninger, Lancang, Xinping, Yuanjiang and Jinping. The border Dai area borders Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.