They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River before flowing in other countries.

• 他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大的，湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，流到其他国家的就叫湄公河。