A Study On The Traditional Monks' Education In Dai Nationality In Yunnan Province

Theravada Buddhism is popular in Southeast Asia’s countries and regions, has also spread to China’s Yunnan Xishuangbanna and Dehong etc., where the Dai national religion, after a long-term development, social life of Dai almost have been influenced by Buddhism. The influence of Buddhism on the political and economic aspects of the Dai nationality is very big, and its main effect is in the aspect of the education of the Dai nationality. In history, the content and process of education of Dai society basically is to be borne by the temple, including character, culture, morals, law, art, medicine, calendar and construction of education, has almost replaced the secular education, once became the only education in the Dai society. Direction of the development of education is from the temple to regulate, visible in the Dai area of Buddhist temples bear the task of Dai nationality education: Dai people are educated in the Buddhist temple, Dai text learning, master national culture. Therefore, in the eyes of the Dai man in a Buddhist education, there is a monk’s life experience, is recognized as the educated, the culture of the people.They in Buddhist temple not only to learn cultural knowledge, and to comply with the Buddhist precepts, which for their future is enlightening and instructive. Therefore, it can be said that monks education is the Dai People’s initial social education which people gradually understand the ethics, be social, Dai man must pass through the ’rite of passage’.Now, the Dai society has undergone tremendous changes, monk of the temple education although there are, but its subject status has changed, from the new China established on the eve of the subject of education change is now on the national education as a supplement. After liberation, under the guidance of the party’s policy, the national education has developed rapidly and has a certain scale, which has become the main structure of the Dai education. However, the Dai society in the past glory of the temple monk education and did not disappear, still with its unique influence exists, but also actively undertake the task of the Dai culture heritage. The boy to the temple to accept the education of the customs still exist in the Dai society, that is, today’s Dai area both modern school education and traditional temple monk education. The reason why there are hundreds of years old Yunnan region of the monastery education, is bound to have its existence value and social cultural influence, and the influence of external Buddhism culture is inseparable.Mining Dai Temple Buddhist Education of ancient culture, be beneficial to the development of national education and the monks and nuns education, with the historical tradition is to properly handle the relationship between two kinds of education, and make positive contribution for the Dai area of education and culture. This paper focuses on the Dai people in Yunnan Province this unique national education, ancient and fresh, Dai people. This is Dai society rare a gift Buddha left, is very valuable. So now Yunnan Dai society of the monastery and education are still shining, timeless, participation and replenishing the education of Dai.