This article analyses the material and cultural f orms of the traditional Dai village in Xishuangbanna and the cultural connotatio ns of the elements which form its material form.

• 本文分析了西双版纳地区傣族传统村寨的物质形态和文化形态 ,探讨了物质形态构成要素所蕴含的文化内涵 ,将傣族传统村寨的特征概括为“水之村寨、越人之村寨、神灵之村寨和佛之村寨”。