Deang Nationality

Major Festival : Water-splashing Festival

The Door-opening and Door-closing Festivals

Deang Nationality had a large population Ancient in the Yongchang area. They are good at embroidery, construction and carving art. Deang Nationality beliefs in Hinayana Buddhism .They has own language. Since reform and opening up, many adults got cultural scientific knowledge through various of educational forms.

The Deang people’s main  food is rice, supplemented with corn, wheat and legume. They like to grow tea and to drink dense tea, which won them fame as ‘old tea peasants’, – they take great pride in their unique tea culture. When they visit relatives, propose marriage, welcome friends, and even when they ask for forgiveness, they will offer tea to show their regard. Another way of enjoying tea is to chew a kind of wet tea which helps cool in scorching summer.

The Water-splashing Festival is held mid cycle of the fourth lunar month, with a duration of three to five days.The Door-opening and Door-closing Festivals are also related to Buddhism. From the fifteenth day of the ninth month according to the Dai calendar, to the fifteenth day of the last month, the ‘Buddha’ will not go out and walk in temples; disciples will supply them with food, flowers, and money. Only after the Door opening Festival will they return to their regular way of life.