The Meng system and Meng culture h ave embodied the whole history of the Thais from the tribal society up to the mo dern times in southwest China.

• 从部落社会一直延续到近代,"勐制"与"勐文化"浓缩了西南泰的历史,从政治到经济、军事到思想、宗教到非宗教,"勐"的概念渗透傣泰民族社会生活的方方面面。