The Blang people are an ancient indigenous ethnic group with a long history in southwest China. The Pu people living in Shidian call themselves "Wu" and he calls himself "Hua Puman". Moved from Rilao (today's Baoshan) to Mengdi (today's Shidian), and now mainly lives in Mulaoyuan and Pailang townships. The Bulang people belong to the Austro-Asiatic language family, the Bulang branch of the Mon-Khmer language family. They have no written language, speak Chinese, and have an extremely rich oral culture. They still retain the most distinctive national language, costumes, songs and dances, and customs. Culture and Art The culture and art of the Blang people are rich and colorful. There is rich oral literature among the people, and there are many beautiful and moving story poems and lyrical narrative poems with a wide range of themes. The songs and dances are greatly influenced by the songs and dances of the Dai people, and the dances are accompanied by musical instruments such as foot drums, cymbals and small sanxian. The Brown people in the Brown Mountain area are good at dancing the "Knife Dance" with vigorous and powerful dance movements. Boys and girls love to dance the "circle dance". The Blang people of Mojiang are very popular in "dance singing" during festivals or weddings. The songs and dances of the Blang people are greatly influenced by the songs and dances of the Dai people. Its folk songs are divided into three types: "La", "Zai" and "Su": "La" is a narrative song similar to rap, which is mostly sung indoors at weddings; "Zai" is a traditional folk song similar to folk songs; "Suo" is A lyrical duet song with strong melody and improvised lyrics. The Blang folk songs in Xishuangbanna are divided into four categories: "Dui", "Zai", "Suo" and "Su". The tunes are almost unchanged and the content is improvised and sung. National Marriage Customs Marriage among the Blang people is clan exogamy and monogamy. Innocent boys and girls are relatively free to fall in love and marry, but they are also subject to interference from their parents. The Blang people have the habit of living with their wives. When boys and girls of the Blang people reach the age of fourteen or fifteen, they have to hold the "painted teeth" coming of age ceremony. At that time, young men and women gather together, use iron pots to burn the black smoke of the red tree, and dye each other's teeth for the opposite sex. Dyeing your teeth means you have reached adulthood and can openly participate in social activities in the village. "Stringing girls" is a traditional way of love among the Brown people. Young people of the Brown ethnic group are very free in love and marriage and are supported by their families and society. Whenever the moon rises, the young men put on new clothes, hold the three-stringed instrument in their arms, and go together to the girl's bamboo house, competing to impress the girl they like with their witty words and passionate singing. The girls who dressed up also lit the fire pit early, opened the door, invited the boys in, and expressed their love for their sweethearts in clever ways such as antiphonal singing, passing cigarettes, and serving tea. The girls in Brown Mountain can be visited in groups or individually at night. It is a common form for young men and women to exchange ideas, culture and emotions. When a man and a woman are deeply in love, the man will propose to the woman. In many places in the Brown Mountains, flowers are used as matchmakers when proposing. The young man presented the flowers picked from the mountain to the girl. When the girl confirmed that the young man truly loved her, he picked the most beautiful one from the bouquet and put it on her head to express her consent to the marriage. Brown weddings are also unusual. A couple's wedding ceremony must be held two to three times. For the first time, after the engagement, the girl was taken to the groom's house for a thread-tying ceremony. After that, the groom and the bride went back to their respective homes. Although the groom had to stay at his father-in-law's house every night, he still returned to his own home to work and live during the day. It was not until the second wedding was held that the bride officially married into her husband's family as a daughter-in-law. The third wedding ceremony is usually held after the baby is born. This time, pigs and cows must be killed, a wedding banquet will be held, and all the relatives and friends in the village will be entertained. National Costumes: The Blang people dress simply, and the clothes of the Blang people are similar in different places. Men wear collarless shorts, wide black trousers, and wrap their heads with black or white cloth. Women's clothing is similar to that of the Dai people. They wear tight-fitting collarless shorts, red, green or black striped skirts, and their hair is tied into a bun and a large bun. The clothing of the Bulang women in Jingdong is basically the same as that of the local Han people. In the past, Blang men had the custom of tattooing their limbs, chest and abdomen with various patterns. Women like to wear large earrings, silver bracelets and other decorations. Girls love wild flowers or self-made colorful flowers, which dye their cheeks red. Men generally wear black or cyan wide trousers, a collarless top and a turban. Both men and women like to drink, stain their teeth, and smoke. Ethnic diet: Rice is the staple food, supplemented by corn, wheat, soybeans, peas and other miscellaneous grains. He likes spicy and sour food, and is also fond of tobacco and alcohol. Women have the habit of chewing betel nut, and their teeth are dyed black as a beauty. Like to use gong pot or earthen pot to stew rice into rice. He is especially good at cooking rice in bamboo tubes. When cooking, he selects a section of fresh bamboo, fills it with rice and an appropriate amount of water, and cooks it over fire. He cuts the bamboo tube open and holds half of it, using the bamboo tube as a bowl. The rice is dipped in bamboo flesh and has the fragrance of Hsinchu and the aroma of being roasted over charcoal fire. It is very delicious. The most common meats are cattle, sheep, pigs, and chicken, and they also often prey on game and insects. The cooking techniques of the dishes are mostly boiled and cold. Many game, fish, shrimp, crab, cicada, insects and other foods are generally cooked by pounding, frying, steaming and other methods. Such as: pounded crab, fried flower spider, cicada sauce, etc. They also often pickle sour foods, such as sour bamboo shoots, sour meat, sour fish, etc. The preparation method is roughly the same as that of other local ethnic groups such as the Dai people, but the Blang people often put a layer of rice on top when pickling sauerkraut. I like drinking, and mostly make my own wine. Among them, jade wine is the most famous. This kind of wine is filtered with the leaves of a plant called "Rubus" and turns green, which is very similar to the color of emerald, hence its name. The Brown people have a bold character. Among their friends, there is a saying "If you have wine, you must drink it. If you drink wine, you must drink it." The custom of "you must be drunk". Drinking tea is another hobby of the Blang people, and they are good at making tea. Bamboo tube tea and sour tea are unique to the Blang people. Folks often use sour tea as gifts for relatives and friends.

Women of the Blang ethnic group living in the Blang Mountain of Xishuangbanna, especially pregnant women, are fond of eating local red soil. It is said that the red soil has the effects of antivomiting, removing fishy smell, and refreshing people.