Are the Dai people in China and the Tai people in Thailand the same ethnic group?

The Dai people in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, and the Tai people in Thailand are the same ethnic group, and their blood relationship is relatively close. The language they use is Thai, and their culture and living habits are very similar, and there are even geographical continuity. sex. The Dai people in China and the Tai people in Thailand actually belonged to the same ethnic group in ancient times. Broadly speaking, the Dai people in China and the Tai people in Thailand, as well as many ethnic groups in other countries, all belong to the Dai-Tai people.

In ancient times, the Dai-Tai nation was believed to have originated from the Ailao people during the Han Dynasty in Chinese history. The Dai-Tai nation they established was actually the first political power in history recorded in Chinese history books. The Ailao Kingdom was later attached to the Han Dynasty, so Yongchang County was established in the Han Dynasty to rule.

Later, due to the large-scale migration of the Tai Tai people to surrounding areas, more Tai Tai ethnic tribes migrated to East and West Asia. They merged with the local indigenous people and gradually formed today's numerous tribes. The Dai-Tai people gradually formed today's Dai people in China, and today's Tai people gradually formed in Thailand. But among the many Tai and Tai ethnic groups, the country with the largest number of Tai and Tai ethnic groups is actually Thailand, and among the many Tai and Tai ethnic groups, the most successful is today’s Thailand because they established the first dynasty in Thai history in the 13th century. , and later established the Ayutthaya Dynasty, the Thonburi Dynasty and today's Bangkok Dynasty. At that time, the founder of the Thonburi Dynasty, Zheng Xin, was the son of a Chinese businessman who married a local Dai woman. It can be seen that the Thai people in Thailand and the Chinese people The Dai people have a very close blood relationship, and their beliefs are also very similar, they both believe in Buddhism.

So in fact, the Dai people in China and the Tai people in Thailand are actually the same ethnic group. Due to the influence of Thailand, the world calls them Tai people, but the Tai people are actually mixed with a large number of Mon-Khmer people. The bloodline of the Dai people in China is more pure than that of the Dai-Tai people.