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 New house of Dai people beside old house |
Mangang Village is belonging to Man'en Villager's Committee, and the Committee is one of the thirteen committees of Mengzhe Country, Menghai County of Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture of Dai people. It is close to No. 214 national highway that is from the town of Menghai County to Daluo (a national frontier port between China and Burma). In 2001, there were 842 households, 4219 persons in the Villagers' Committee. The Villagers' Committee is mainly engaged in cultivation, and the villagers mainly grow ripe, sugarcane and tea. In 2001, the average net income was 1563.26 Yuan. |
 Director an vice director of Man'en Villager's Committee |
| Mangang Village is located in flatland, with fertile soil and convenient traffic, and its economic development is better than that of Heilongtan Village of Dai people. Five years ago, the villagers already put up house with reinforced concrete. But in Heilongtan Village, when we went to investigate, their fresh house still is made from brick and lumber. |
 Woman's leader of Mangang and his grandson |
The distance between Mangang and the government of Mengzhe Country is 22km, and there is 10km from it to Menghai's County seat. In 2001, there were 95 households, 501 persons in Mangang Village. All the villagers are Dai people. The history of Mangang Village can date from 800 years ago . Manduan Temple, which belonged to the same village formerly as Mangang Village, is a famous old temple in Xishuangbanna. |
 Stupa in Mangang's temple |
Because of locating in the center of Dai area, Mangang is keeping the trditional Dai custom and habits. At the same time, women of Mangang Village have more opportunities to join in the non-agricultural activities, such as to sell barbecue near the travel site, and there are more women left their home and went out to work than that of Heilongtan Village. |
 Women of Mangang's Longbatou (koradji) family |
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