Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture Ethnic Relations And Its Development

Dai is an ethnic minority group with a long history, whose ancestry had been living in Southwest China since the ancient times.Dai minority had made a great contribution to our motherland and is an important member of this family. At the present time, many scholars have made a great deal of research on Dai ethnic minority group in Xishuangbana Dai Antonymous Region from different perspectives. In addition, the research on the ethnic relations between Dai and other ethnic groups is so fruitful that can be worth referring to. In this thesis, I am trying to make a simple summarization about the achievements of the research of the previous scholars and meanwhile put forward some premature opinion of my own.This thesis can be divided into seven parts, they are as follows.The first part is the preface. In this part, I have made a general introduction of Dai ethnic minority in Xishuangbana Dai Antonymous Region, such as the important position, the unbalanced social and economic developments, and the abundant natural resources. Meanwhile, I have also talked about the characteristics of the ethnic relations between Dai ethnic minority group and other ethnic ones, which contain the location, the sense of the same origins and cognitions and so on.The second part introduced the history of the ethnic relations of Dai ethnic minority group and the characteristics of ethnic relations in history.The third part introduced the ethnic relations between the foundingof new China and the establishment of Xishuangbanna Dai Antonymous Region. The new style of ethnic policies of the communist of China had gradually accepted.The fourth part introduced the ethnic relations in Xishuangbanna Dai Antonymous Region in early socialist constructions. During this period, the Socialist Democratic Revolution had been under way according to the actual conditions of the area.The fifth part introduced the ethnic relations in Xishuangbanna Dai Antonymous Region during the Culture Revolution. During this time, the developments of the ethnic relations had been aberrant and blocked.The sixth part introduced the ethnic relations in after the revolution and opening-up policies and the new terms of socialist constructions. In this period, the ethnic policies of our Party had restarted to been carried out and the ethnic relations had a chance to develop as well.The last part is some thoughts of my own on the further developments of the ethnic relations in Xishuangbanna Dai Antonymous Region.In general, I feel it not enough to the researching, digging and analysis of the matirals because of the limits of myself. Finally, I am very thankful to hear your suggestions and criticism.