The twin towers in Damenglong Town refer to Manfeilong Tower (white tower) and Tablan (black tower). Legend has it that the Damenglong Black Pagoda borrowed Sakyamuni's right foot and brought valuable wealth to the Dai people here; and the Manfeilong White Pagoda borrowed Sakyamuni's left foot to bring precious wealth to the Dai people here. Endless joy. Tablan (Black Pagoda) Tablan is one of the representative pagodas in Xishuangbanna, also known as the Damenglong Black Pagoda. It was built in 784 AD and rebuilt in 1202 (the second year of Jiatai in the Southern Song Dynasty). The existing pagoda system was completed in 1992 Years of restoration. On November 21, 2002, it was announced by the Jinghong Municipal Government as the second batch of municipal cultural relics protection units.
Tablan is composed of a main tower and four sub-towers. It is a solid tower with a brick and earth structure covered with white ash. It is divided into four parts: the tower base, the tower base, the tower body, and the tower brake. The main tower has a square base, a round gourd body, and a conical spire, and is about 15 meters high. There are patterns carved on the edge of each floor of the base. There are lotus columns supported by turtles, snakes, peacocks and giant crabs at each of the four corners, and a gourd-shaped sub-tower about 3 meters high. There is a Buddhist niche at the bottom of the tower, and the tower rises from the bottom. Shrink layer by layer. The brake seat has a bell-like roof, the brake body has a lotus and a phase wheel, the brake rod is decorated with a round silver piece engraved with floral patterns, and the spire is decorated with gems. The entire tower is exquisitely crafted and has important historical significance. Manlong Fei Pagoda (White Pagoda) Manfei Long White Pagoda was built in 1201 (565 Dai calendar year). The bamboo shoots pagoda consists of a mother tower and eight sub-towers. The mother tower is 16.29 meters high with a wall surrounding the mother tower. It is equipped with a copper "sky flute". Upright and steep. Eight small towers are arranged in eight corners, with a total height of 8.3 meters. There is a copper Buddha symbol hanging on the top. When the wind blows, the Zimu Pagoda makes a "ding-dong-dang" sound. In 1988, the Manfeilong White Pagoda was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in China by the State Council. The Water-Splashing Festival is the New Year in the Dai calendar and is a festival that showcases the Dai customs. It takes place from April 17th to 20th in the Gregorian calendar every year and lasts for three to four days. The first two days are for seeing off the old, and the last two are for welcoming the new. During the festival, water splashing, dragon boat racing, waving, lifting and throwing bags are indispensable and important activities. On the day of water splashing, people first go to the Buddhist temple to bathe the Buddha before they can splash water on each other.
The Ga Tangpa Festival is a festival for the Hani people to commemorate their ancestors. "Ga Tangpa" in Hani language means "renewal of all things" or "commemorating ancestor Tangpa". During the festival, the Hani people put on festive costumes, kill pigs and chickens, pound glutinous rice cakes, sacrifice to their ancestors, entertain relatives and friends, and celebrate the New Year. Young men and women go up to the mountains in groups to pick wild flowers and fruits. Men, regardless of age, must make a top, and everyone goes to an open field to start a top-playing competition.
The Lahu Kuoye Festival is the most solemn festival of the Lahu people. On the day of the Lahu Kuoye Festival (the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year every year), the whole village is cleaned up, and men, women, old and young all wear festive clothes. They dress up in costumes, kill pigs and chickens, pound glutinous rice cakes, swing, play tops and dance songs to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Bayeux Culture Bayeux Culture is so named because it is preserved in the Bayeux Scriptures made of bay leaves.
Beiye culture includes three aspects: Beiye Sutra, sutras written on cotton paper, and the traditional culture of the Dai people that survives among the people.
The Dai people are the only one among the ethnic groups in Xishuangbanna who have their own written language, which is called "Dai Luwen". The carrier of the Dai people's writing is still in use today. In addition to folk writing on modern paper, the main people who copy Buddhist scriptures are "Baye". Bay leaves are taken from the leaves of a plant called Corypha umbraculifera. They are made through a special production process. The engraved scriptures are tied into a book with a rope and can be preserved for hundreds of years. Wordless Culture The Hani people do not have a traditional written language. In the 1950s, the Chinese government created a set of pinyin script for them, which is still being used on a trial basis today. Their culture is passed down from generation to generation through oral transmission or traditional customs. Slow-wheel pottery making technique The slow-wheel pottery making technique of the Dai people is the original traditional hand-made pottery technique in Yunnan. Its characteristic is that the slow wheel is hand-made, and the surface of the utensils is stamped with patterned wooden paddles. The main tools for production include wheels, wooden bats, bamboo scrapers, stone balls, etc. The main technical processes include pounding soil, sifting soil, mixing sand, seeping water, installing turntable, making blanks, beating blanks, drying, preparing pottery for firing, firing pottery, etc. link. The materials used are soil and sand to improve the molding performance.
The traditional pottery making of the Dai people is a representative of China's primitive pottery art. On May 20, 2006, the slow-wheel pottery making technique of the Dai people was approved by the State Council and included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.