A STUDY ON THE ORDER OF SPACE WHICH HAS CREATED DWELLINGS OF DAI LUE PEOPLE AS DEFINED BY THEIR BEHAVIOR IN THE RITUAL : In the case of Man-Long village and Man-cha village in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province, China

This study has been carried out to investigate the spatial order, which forms the basis of dwellings of Dai Lue people in Yunnan, China, together with its change in recent years. The spatial order which creates dwellings of Dai Lue people can be explained by the spatial concept included in their way of behavior and the way of recognizing space . In this study. we have continued to search the non-daily life of Dai Lue people such as their ritual in marriage and funeral. The spatial order is well observed in non-daily life and has generated the dwelling style which has long been inherited. In daily life, the space concept has been changing whereas it is well preserved in ritual behaviors and space recognizing. The constitution of dwellings and its change can be illustrated by people's behaviors in ritual. With the increase of dwelling space, new space concept generates in marriage ritual. In conclusion, we consider the dwellings of Dai Lue people has been constructed taking principally non-daily life into consideration.