Tens of thousands of people in Xishuangbanna splashing water carnival to celebrate the Dai New Year
The annual Dai Water Festival is almost here, the water festival these days is the carnival of the Dai people in Yunnan, similar to the Han Chinese New Year, April 15, 2015, Xishuangbanna Dai Water Festival, but also one of the series of activities of the Dai New Year Festival of the Dai Calendar 1377, tens of thousands of local people dressed in festive attire and foreign tourists together! Tens of thousands of local people dressed up in festive costumes and joined foreign tourists to splash water on each other and wish each other good luck, happiness and health at the Water Splashing Square in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The Water Splashing Festival is a traditional festival of the Dai people to send off the old and welcome the new, which has a history of thousands of years. Here I give you the date and origin of the Dai Water Festival, as well as the specific content of the Water Festival.
The Water Splashing Festival in Xishuangbanna is the grandest festival of the Dai ethnic group, and also the most influential and attended festival among the ethnic minorities in Yunnan. The Water Splashing Festival is the New Year of the Dai, equivalent to the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar, and usually lasts three to seven days. The first day of the festival is called "Mai Day" in Dai language. The first day of the festival is called "Mai Day" in Dai language. which is similar to New Year's Eve in the lunar calendar; the second day is called Mai Ri in Dai language. The second day is called "Worry Day" in Dai language. (empty day); the third day is the New Year, called? The third day is New Year's Day, which is called "BaNangMa", meaning the first day of the year. The third day is the New Year, called "BaNaMa", which means the first day of the year, and people regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious.
Songkran Festival, also known as Songkran Festival, the date is the solar calendar April 13?April 16, has a history of 700 years, is the Dai, Deang the grandest traditional festival. On that day, people in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, as well as in China's Yunnan Province, wake up early in the morning to bathe and worship the Buddha, after which they begin several days of celebration. During this time, people splash each other with pure water to pray for a fresh start in the new year by washing away the bad luck of the past year. The Water Splashing Festival is the grandest festival of the Dai people, and it is also the most influential and attended festival among the ethnic minority festivals in Yunnan. The Water Splashing Festival is the New Year of the Dai people and usually lasts for three to seven days. The first day of the festival is called "Mai Day" in Dai language. The first day of the festival is called "Mai Day" in Dai language. which is similar to the New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar; the second day of the festival is called Mai Day in Dai language, which is similar to the New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar. The second day is called "Worry Day" in Dai language. (empty day); the third day is the New Year, called? The third day is New Year's Day, which is called "BaNangMa", meaning the first day of the year. The third day is the New Year, called "BaNaMa", which means the first day of the year, and people regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious.
Another striking activity of the Songkran Festival is rowing dragon boats, jumping elephant foot drum dance and peacock dance. It is the third day of the Dai New Year, which is called? The festival reaches its climax on the third day of the Dai New Year, which is known in Dai as Maipaya Evening Ma? The atmosphere of the festival reaches a climax. The people dressed in festive costumes gathered on the banks of the Lancang River, Ruili River, to watch the dragon boat race.
The Songkran Festival is rich in activities, and others include the release of Gao Sheng, cockfighting, peacock dance, etc. People dressed in full costume, joyful and extremely lively scene.
"Sangkan Bimai", is the Dai language, meaning the Dai New Year. As the Dai people in the celebration of the New Year Festival, to hold a unique water activities, mutual water blessing, so other ethnic groups will be called this festival for the Water Festival. There is a sad folktale about the origin of the Dai New Year (Water Splashing Festival). According to the legend, the climate of the earth was originally controlled by a heavenly god named Huanma Zha. He divided the year into dry season, rainy season, cold season, and set the agricultural time for the earth, and let a god named Huanmadalachar be in charge of the implementation. Huma point Dalachar thought he was very powerful, ignored the rules of the sky, did whatever he wanted, chaotic rain and wind, wrongly put hot and cold, so that the rain and drought on earth is not in tune, hot and cold is not distinguishable, the seedlings withered and died, and people and animals suffered. A young man named Paya Wan used four wooden boards as his wings and flew up to the heavenly court to find the heavenly Yingdati-vara to talk about the disaster on earth. Paya Wan wanted to make a pilgrimage to the highest level of the heavens to worship the heavenly pagoda, Tathagata. When he was on his way to the highest level of heaven to worship the Tathagata, he accidentally crashed into a gate of heaven, which collapsed and crushed him to death at the entrance of the heavenly court. After Paya's death, the king of the heavens, Indatila, began to use a scheme to punish the magical Huma dot Dharaksha. He turned into a handsome young man and pretended to go to the seven daughters of Hema Dattatreya to talk about love. The seven beautiful girls fell in love with him at the same time. The girls learned from the young man's mouth about their father's plague on earth, both regret and hate. Seven kind girls to make the earth free from disaster, determined to righteousness. They try to find out the secret of their father's life and death. In the cupping of the horse point Dalachar when drunk, cut off a bunch of his hair, make a ? Bow Sai Zai? (heart-string bow), resolutely cut off the head of the wrongdoing bouma point Dalachar holding in his arms, from time to time to rotate, and each other with water sprinkled to rinse off the filth, wash away the stench. It is said that this is the people during the New Year, mutual splashing blessing of the origin.
Dai New Year Festival, most of the Dai calendar in late June, a few years in early July, the traditional festival time, usually 3 days (sometimes 4 days). The first day is called? Mai? equivalent to New Year's Eve on the lunar calendar, households should clean up, prepare New Year's food supplies and eat New Year's dinner. The second day is known as Mai (New Year's Eve). Mai? The second day is called "Brain", which is an extra day, not counted in the old year or the new year, and is called "Empty Day". Legend has it that this is the day when the head of Huma Dara Chad rotted. This day is usually held to splash water activities, in honor of the people to eliminate the evil of the heavenly maiden, to the holy water to eliminate disasters, wishing each other peace and happiness. The third day called? Mai Paya Evening Ma? , is said to be the spirit of Paya night with a new calendar to return to earth day, people are accustomed to this day is called the day of the king coming. According to ancient custom, this day to? Catch the pendulum? , put Gao Sheng, singing and dancing, rowing dragon boat to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.
The Dai New Year is the grandest festival of the Dai people. Before the festival, every family should sew new clothes, buy new umbrellas, and make preparations for the festival. Every village has to make high rise, ceremonial flowers, decorate dragon boat, carry out rowing training, young people have to rehearse the program, make song and dance performance. When the festival comes, we have to kill pigs and cows to make New Year's cake and prepare a sumptuous New Year's dinner for our friends and relatives.
The Dai New Year, also known as the Water Festival, celebrated up to three to seven days. The first day is called ? The first day of the festival is called "net mold". (the meaning of death). People think this day is unlucky, so they do not wash their hair, do not cut their hair, do not work. People go to catch the pendulum, dragon boat race, put the high rise.
The next day is called? The next day is called "Net Brain" (网脑). (Stinky. Meaning) this day is considered unclean, to bathe, shampoo, haircut, change clothes, wash the statue of Buddha and pagoda, held at night to catch the pendulum, fireworks, release of lanterns, the year's diseases, disasters and dirty things are sent off, clean into the new year. In the Dai calendar, these two days are regarded as "empty days". Empty days? Not called in the old year, not counted into the New Year. The third day is New Year's Day, called? Ba net Ma? (meaning gods and spirits, also means the first day of the year). Dai people regard this day as the best and most auspicious day. It is the climax of the Water Splashing Festival. It involves piling up sand, fine Buddha, splashing water, releasing gaosheng, throwing bags, jumping? Yiraga? dance, pay homage to the New Year and other activities.
The Dai people in the Water Splashing Festival, like to form a queue, knocking the mango gong, beat up the elephant foot drum, collective dance? The Dai people like to form a procession on the Water Festival, beat the gong, beat the elephant-foot drum, and dance collectively. dance, go from house to house to pay homage to the New Year, congratulate the New Year happy, all the best. The Yilaha dance is the most popular form of New Year's greeting. Yilaha is a kind of dance and song. is a kind of singing while dancing. It has a strong flavor of life and rich emotions of the Dai people. New Year Worship The song is sung by the Dai people while dancing. Water Splashing and the Dragon Boat Race. Dragon Boat Race and? Gao Sheng? It is very interesting to sing them. For example: "New Year's greetings" ("拜年"). New Year's greetings Lyrics:? Panzhihua, red and colorful, Sangkai Dai (New Year's greetings), has come. Pasa Dai (Dai), all open face, glutinous rice wine, honey-like sweetness, **** raise a cup, He New Year, Yilaga, Yilaga, water water water! Water Splashing Words:? Lancang River, dawn city, people of all ethnic groups, like shuttle. Deeply in love, out of the heart, like a clean spring, such as manna. Silver water flowers, in the dance, one by one, wet. Through the heart, is the blessing, smiling disk, is the flower. Yiraga, Yiraga, water water water! Dragon Boat Racing Lyrics:? The brass gongs are ringing, the oars are raised, unity is tight, there is strength. Like the dragon, like the waves, raise your heads and row vigorously, Pasadai, Dragon Boat Race, according to tradition, strive for the top. Yilaga, Yilaga, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water. The word for "put on a high rise" is: "do a high rise, put on a high rise". Do Gao Sheng, release Gao Sheng. Learning science, practicing skills. A little fire, black smoke, like a sharp arrow, rushing in. I wish you a good year ahead, and I hope the grains are plentiful. Yiraga, Yiraga, water water water.
Xishuangbanna Water Festival
Water Festival in the Dai calendar in June and July, early in the morning, men, women and children on the festive dress, picking up water, first to the Buddhist temple fine Buddha, Buddha, and then began to splash each other, wishing each other good luck, happiness and health. People dance while shouting, the sound of drums and gongs ringing through the sky, blessing the water splash everywhere, the scene is really very spectacular.
During the Songkran Festival, Dai youth like to the forest clearing to do throw package game. Flower package made of beautiful flower cloth, loaded with cotton paper, cotton seeds, etc., four corners and the center is decorated with five flower spikes, is a token of love, young men and women through the throw package, receive package, get acquainted with each other. When the girl consciously let the young man can not catch lose, the young man will be ready to give gifts to the girl, both left the crowd to the secluded place to talk about love to go.
During the Songkran Festival, there will be a dragon boat race, which will be held on the Lancang River. A group of groups of red and green dragon boat in? The sound of the gong and the sound of the gong is the same as the sound of the gong and the sound of the gong and the sound of the gong. Hi Hi Hi? The sound of shouts and whistles, chopping waves, bravely forward, thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists attracted to the Lancang River, for the festival added a lot of tension and joyful atmosphere.
During the Songkran Festival, hotels and inn rooms in Xishuangbanna are very tense, basically booked a month in advance. In general, travel agencies will be 2 months in advance of the control room, temporary participation in the tour group to Xishuangbanna, housing is still guaranteed, is the price is more expensive than usual a lot, usually about 100 yuan of hotel rooms, to the splash festival period, but it will rise to about 400-500 yuan.
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