The dry-railing architecture is the characteristic of Dai people's residence. Dai bamboo houses in Xishuangbanna and Dehong Ruili have unique styles. The building is nearly square, with two floors, the upper floor is occupied by people, about 7 feet from the ground, the lower floor has no wall, and it is used for raising livestock and stacking things. The top is double inclined and covered with woven "grass rafts".

Climb the stairs, with corridors and drying platforms, where you can hang things and enjoy the cool. Dai people in most areas of Dehong live in bungalows, with bamboo as the wall or adobe as the wall, covered with thatch, mostly quadrangles.

The Dai bamboo building in Yishan, Chuxiong, has a wide and gentle roof, and its main function is ventilation, sun protection and cool, followed by rain protection. Houses are overhead and people live upstairs, which can avoid the hot summer heat and moisture on the ground and prevent insects from invading;

The beams and columns are connected with each other inside and outside, which is seamless and very firm, and can prevent earthquake worries; There are only a few pillars downstairs. If the river overflows, the bamboo building will be safe under normal circumstances. In Yishan Dai area, bamboo houses are built in every family, and most of them are the main residences of Dai people.

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The Dai people are the people who make and use black pottery the most. Xishuangbanna and Pu 'er Zhenyuan are the main producing areas of black pottery. Because black pottery has good air permeability, it will not deteriorate for a long time in the hot Dai township, and it can keep the cool feeling of water.

It is also used as a dripping device for praying for good luck. There is usually a small hole at the foot of the column in the Buddhist temple of the Dai temple. According to the dripping situation, divination is performed. If there is bad luck, please ask the Buddha to recite the scriptures for it. The raw material of black pottery is a kind of black soil unique to Dai township, which is made by mixing with certain sand and soil, soaking thoroughly, beating and kneading.

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