Are the Blang people descendants of the Dai people?

The Brown people are not descendants of the Dai people.

The Blang people are one of the oldest ethnic groups in Yunnan. Their ancestors first lived in the Baoshan area on the west bank of the Lancang River. Because they refused to accept the rule of the Ailao people (ancestors of the Dai people), they gradually moved south to Zhenkang. In the deep mountains around , Fengqing and Lincang.

The ancestors of the Blang nationality were once called "Puziman", "Puzi", "Puzi", "Pu", "Puman", "Puren" and other names by the Central Plains Dynasty. The distribution is wider. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, "Pu people" were ruled by the Nanzhao and Dali regimes; in the Ming Dynasty, Shunning Prefecture was established, with Pu Rentou people serving as the local magistrates. Later, some Pu people who originally lived in southern Yunnan developed into today's Blang ethnic group.

After the founding of New China, according to the wishes of this ethnic group, they were collectively called the Brown ethnic group. Before liberation, the Bulang people who lived on the Brown Mountains still retained the remnants of primitive communes to varying degrees; the Bulang people living in the Pingba area had entered the stage of feudal landlord economic development due to the influence of the Han and Dai people who had relatively rapid economic and cultural development. . The area where the Blang people live has a mild climate and rich products. They are mainly engaged in agricultural production and are good at planting tea trees. They are the famous origin of Pu'er tea. The Brown people of Brown Mountain practice a system of joint names for mother and son. The child is named after 3 days after birth, with the mother's name attached to the child's name.