It is a cheerful, warm and exciting activity held by Dai people in Xishuangbanna during the "Beijing Bimai" (celebrating the New Year). Every year, when celebrating the Dai New Year, all localities should arrange a day for large-scale water splashing activities that all participants can participate in. Sprinkling holy water with each other means eliminating pollution to ward off evil spirits, eliminating disasters and taking refuge, wishing each other good luck, peace and happiness, and commemorating seven girls in folklore who are kind-hearted and put righteousness above family interests in order to eliminate human disasters.
According to folklore, where the Dai people live, the weather is favorable, the people are healthy and happy, peacocks and elephants flock together, butterflies and phoenix dances are auspicious. Later, there was an evil god named "Lazar", who was responsible for calling for rain and spreading cold. He relied on his clever magic, ignored random rules and abused his power to harm people, causing three seasons of chaos in the world. Rain, drought, heat and cold do not distinguish, and the sun is not seen during the day and the moon is not seen at night. He has no desire for rain, but there is no wind, everything is bleak and the plague is prevalent. The disaster sown by the evil god has put mankind in a desperate situation. At this time, Paya Sansa, who was in charge of Meng Sansa, practiced her flying skills hard and finally learned to fly in the air with wooden boards as wings. In order to inform the heavenly king Ying Da Tila of the disaster that happened on the earth. When Ying Da Tira found out the truth, she knew that she was playing with the magic of God's life and eternal life with hemp spots, and all the heavenly soldiers and generals couldn't help him. So, Ying Da Tira had to change into a handsome boy, with a string of girls' fame, and quietly entered the palace where Pockmarked and Raza were held, looking for his seven daughters to find out the secret of Ahriman's life and death.
The seven girls who have been imprisoned in the palace for a long time are very happy to see the handsome boy coming to play. They courted the handsome boy, hoping to get his love and form a good marriage. Ying Da Tira immediately recovered her appearance and told seven kind girls that their father had brought disaster to mankind and destroyed everything in the world. The seven girls had no feelings for their father. When they heard that he had brought disaster to mankind and everything, they decided to help Ying Da Tira get rid of her biological father and save everything in the world. From then on, they spoiled in front of their father every day, always drinking and having fun with him, and secretly trying to get rid of him. Finally revealed the secret to seven daughters. He told his daughters that he was so clever that even the king of heaven would not be put to death. Because he is not afraid of chopping with knives and axes, stabbing with swords and spears, or flooding with fire, he is only afraid of the bow on his head. All seven girls were secretly happy and wanted to know the secret of the evil god's life and death. They kept coquetry, took turns toasting Ma, and finally got the evil spirits drunk. Seven girls took the opportunity to cut off his long attack bowstring and made a bow. They strangled Cha with the bow string, and the head of the evil god fell off. However, as soon as the magic door landed, it sprayed fire on all sides, and the more it jumped, the greater the fire. Seven girls are afraid that the fire will bring disaster to the sky and the world, so they have to pick up the devil. Strange to say, as soon as the devil touched the girls' bodies, the magic fire suddenly went out. So, the girls took turns hugging devils and changing them every day. Every time they take turns to go into battle, they splash water on each other and wash away the dirt until the devil rots completely. They splash water on each other to celebrate. Since then, the Dai people have used water splashing activities to commemorate the good girl's achievements in putting righteousness above family loyalty and saving mankind from extinction. Legend has it that splashing water on each other during the New Year can also eliminate pollution and evil spirits, eliminate disasters and take refuge.
It has long been popular to throw water at each other during the Spring Festival. The scene of water splashing in the past is recorded in the book Car: "On the morning of New Year's Day, nobles and civilians from all walks of life bathed and changed clothes and went to the Buddhist temple to worship Buddha. The women each carried water and washed dust for the Buddha, from top to bottom, incisively and vividly ... After washing the Buddha, everyone splashed water on each other and splashed water. " In the past, water splashing activities were mostly held in the countryside, not as lively and spectacular as today's water splashing. At present, water splashing activities are organized by governments at all levels, and all ethnic groups, men, women and children can participate. On Water-splashing Day, the selected team of handsome men and beautiful women dressed up, drummed and drummed, followed by various floats. Party and government leaders at all levels, international friends, guests from inside and outside the province and well-trained water-splashing players walked in front of the team. Local people of all ethnic groups flocked to the streets with foreign tourists. The water in the crowd is dancing, the water drops are jumping and the gongs and drums are laughing. Streets and alleys, parks, squares, crowded with people, poured clear water on each other and blessed each other, and used holy water to remove dirt and exorcise evil spirits, in memory of those seven girls who put their righteousness above family loyalty.