This paper analysed deeply the relationship among Dai minority settlements and natural, social cultural environmentand economic environment, and put forward that scientific protecion and coordination of the relaionship between settlements andenvironments are the basis of the sustainable development of minority areas.

The Dai People are one of the nationalities with long history.

Though the Dai people call for a free marriage in the community, the premarital sexual relations are strictly prohibited.

On the Present Situation of Water-sprinkling Festival Dragon Boat Race of Dai Nationality in Xishuangbanna State;

A Preliminary Study of the Religious Factors in the Rice Culture of the Dai Nationality;

Discussion on geographical influence on the formation and development of Dai nationality s traditional sports;

Landscape characteristics of Buddhist temple of the Dai Nationality in Xishuangbanna,Yunnan Province;

The Traditional Ecological View of the Dai Nationality——from the Perspective of Heidegger;

This article takes the Dai nationality s dwelling houses for example, analysing and comparing the background elements which cause these different spatial forms so as to enlighten the architecture creation in the future.