The beautiful border port city Ruili is located in the west of Yunnan Province and belongs to the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture. Ruili is known as the "Natural Forest Park" and the "Kingdom of Animals and Plants" and is the most suitable place for human habitation. Then, when traveling to Ruili, you need to pay attention to the following points:
1. Do not step over other people’s feet when walking. It is believed that the person who is stepped over will be unlucky;
2. In many areas, people usually Meals still follow the tradition of dividing meals into portions for both men and women. No tables, chairs or tableware are needed. All meals are wrapped in banana leaves. When eating, each person has one portion, and avoid wrapping the leaves inside out;
3. Sudden tapping or touching someone's head or shoulders from behind will be considered as bullying;
4. When riding a horse to a Jingpo village, you must dismount outside the village gate;
5. Women cannot move and misappropriate men's knives and guns at will. It is considered unlucky to be touched by a woman;
6. When entering a Jingpo family, you must sit at the place designated by the owner and do not sit for a long time. You can't sit upright, let alone wander around. Outsiders are not allowed to enter the master's bedroom;
Extended information:
National customs;
Ga Yang : Ga Yang is a traditional folk collective dance of the Dai people. The dance movements reproduce labor scenes such as spring plowing, weeding, and harvesting, and express the joy of labor and the joy of the harvest of the Dai people. It is usually danced during festivals such as the Water-Splashing Festival and during "Putting", which is the Dai people's name for going to the market and various festivals
Pack-dropping: It is a spontaneous organization of unmarried young men and women of the Dai people during the Spring Festival. It is an entertainment activity and a way of conveying love. During the event, the girls threw their own love tokens, flower bags, into the sky and chose their sweethearts among you and me, which reflected the spirit of free love and the longing for future life. The flower bag becomes the messenger of love.
Elephant Foot Dance: The Dai people are good at singing and dancing, and their Elephant Foot Dance has distinctive national characteristics. There are three types of encouragement: long encouragement, short encouragement and big encouragement. Accompanied by drums and gongs, performers tap the drum surface with their fingers, palms, fists and feet. During the performance, the big drum sound is loud and deep, shaking the heaven and earth, and the scene is spectacular. Encouragement is a dance that everyone of the Dai people loves to hear and can dance.