The sixth grade Chinese Volume II Unit 2 Oral communication

Dai is one of the ethnic minorities in China. Dai people mainly live in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County, Menglian Dai and Lahu Wa Autonomous County, Jinggu Dai and Wa Autonomous County, Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County, as well as Jingdong, Pu 'er, Simao, Tengchong, Longling, Shuangjiang and Ximeng. Scattered in most parts of Yunnan. Dai people usually like to live in big river basins, dam areas and tropical areas. Most of them live in the valley dam areas of the Nujiang River, Lancang River, Jinsha River and Red River basins. Xishuangbanna has Jinghong Dam, Menghai Dam, Mengzheba, Menglong Dam and Han Meng Dam, and Dehong has Menghuan Dam (mangshi), Mengnaba Dam (Yingjiang), Mengmao Dam (Ruili), Monti Dam (Lianghe) and Mengwan Dam (Longchuan). According to the national census in 2006, the population of Dai people in China is 654.38+260,000. Dai people have a long history and are closely related to Zhuang, Dong, Shui, Buyi, Zhandi, Maonan and Gelao. , belonging to Zhuang Dong language family. All are descendants of Baiyue nationality. It has the same sub-region, economic life, cultural customs and national characteristics, and still retains a large number of cognates and the same grammatical structure in language. The Dai nationality is a cross-border ethnic group, which is closely related to the Shan nationality in Myanmar, the main ethnic group in Laos, the main ethnic group in Thailand and Ahongdai in Assam, India. The total population of Dai (Dai and Shan) in the world exceeds 60 million. Most Dai people call themselves "Dai" and "Tai", and they are called "Shan" and "Asa".