The Water Festival is an ancient traditional festival of the Dai people. Water Festival is also the Dai New Year, the Dai language called Shangjian, Shanghan, is to send the old and welcome the new day. Generally in the middle of June in the Dai calendar (that is, about ten days before and after the lunar Qingming) held.
Every Water Festival, children have to cut bamboo for water guns, door frames of households, windows are pasted with a variety of paper cutouts, the main street of the town set up a pagoda, the top of the standing symbol of happiness and good luck of the golden peacock. The Dai men, women and children put on their festive costumes and go to the mountains in groups to pick wildflowers to make flower houses. At noon, the women each carry a quart of water to throw on the statue of Buddha to wash the dust for the Buddha. Then young men and women carry wooden buckets and washbasins and chase each other, splashing each other with water. The more they are splashed, the more blessings they receive, and the happier they are. During the festival, the Dai people also put on lanterns and hold dragon boat races. When the dragon boat advances on the river, the boat will be constantly coming from Hong a nest of Hong a nest of gongs and water, water, water cheers, converging into a symphony of moving strings.
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Question 2: Which ethnic group is responsible for China's Water Splashing Festival? About the Water Splashing Festival, the Dai people have this legend: In the place where the Dai people lived a long, long time ago, there was a very big devil, which did all kinds of bad things, and the people hated it very much. The devil also took 7 beautiful girls as his wives, and the 7 girls were determined to do away with the evil for the people. One day, when the demon was drunk, they used words to find out the secret of killing the demon, and killed the demon while it was sleeping. Unexpectedly, as soon as the demon's head hit the ground, the earth was ablaze with fire, and the fire would only be extinguished if the demon's head was lifted up. So seven girls, not afraid of blood stains and fatigue, took turns to hold up the devil's head and agreed to exchange it on the day of the Dai New Year every year. The Dai people hold the Water Splashing Festival to commemorate these seven girls for the people to get rid of the evils and express their gratitude and blessings to them. Whenever the Water Splashing Festival comes, the Dai people go to the nearby mountains to collect some flowers and leaves, which are dipped in the clear spring water and sprinkled to the relatives, friends and guests from afar to dedicate their best wishes to others. The Dai people believe that whoever is splashed with the most water during the festival will get the most happiness. The Dai people believe that the dragon is a symbol of good luck and happiness. Every time when it comes to the Water Splashing Festival, people splash water on the dragon, wishing for a good life and a good harvest every year. During the Water Splashing Festival, the favorite activity of young men and women is bag throwing. Throwing bags is a recreational activity for Dai young men and women to court each other and choose objects. Happy Water Splashing Festival The Dai is a nation that loves water, loves water, cherishes water, respects water, and expresses cleanliness with water. Every year in the middle of June of the Dai calendar is the New Year of the Dai calendar (the Dai language is called "Sangkan Bimai", and this year is the year of 1364), which is also known as the Water Splashing Festival, and during which people splash water on each other for blessing. During the festival, people pour water on each other for blessing, and the main activities include Buddha bathing, dragon boat races, burning of peacock lanterns, fireworks, high rise, bag throwing, peacock dance, etc. The water of the festival represents the water, which is also known as "Water Festival". The water of the festival represents good luck, happiness and health, so the more water is poured, the more good luck for the New Year.
Question 3: The Water Festival is the festival of which ethnic group The Water Festival is the annual festival of the Dai, Brown, De'ang, Achang and other ethnic groups that use the Dai calendar. The Water Splashing Festival of the Dai is the most lively and influential. The Water Splashing Festival is the New Year of the Dai calendar, the grandest traditional festival of the Dai people, every year around April 11th of the Gregorian calendar, for a period of three to four days, the first two days for the sending of the old, the last two days for the welcoming of the new.
A chicken that the Water Festival originated in India, is an ancient religious ritual of Brahminism. After being absorbed by Buddhism, about seven hundred years ago, through Burma, with the Southern Theravada Buddhism into the Dai region of Yunnan.
The Dai New Year is called "Wanmai", "Wanwu" and "Maipaya evening horse". "Wanmai" is the day of resignation. Splashing water is the oldest, the most interesting and the most important activity of the Dai New Year, which is held on the day of "Wanxiao". People first go to the Buddhist temple to bathe Buddha before splashing water on each other. Begin to splash, courteous, the girls carry a small bucket of cool water mixed with perfume, with a branch dipped in water to the elders, guests neck gently splashed to show blessing, this is the ritual of splashing water. Splash water into *** when young men and women chasing each other to splash water, full of scoops, pots full of water, splashing each other in the chase. "Flowers released, Dai crazy", the Water Festival has become a carnival of festivals, usually polite Dai girls, suddenly active, unwilling to show weakness with the young man to start the splash. The water splashes in the air, conveying good luck and blessings.
Catching the pendulum and throwing bags is one of the important activities of the Water Festival, held on the first day of the New Year. Catching the pendulum is also a wild carnival. Throwing the bag is the most romantic and implicit activities of the Dai unmarried youth during the festival. The flower bag in the girl's hand is carefully made by them, and the bag is loaded with cotton seeds or cotton paper, and the corners and the center are decorated with five flower spikes, which is a token for the girl to pass on her love, so it is called Throwing Bags to Pass on Love. Throwing bags began when young men and women divided into two camps, thirty or forty paces apart. At first, the girls seem aimless to throw the flower bag to each other, if the young man can not catch the girl threw the flower bag, the flowers prepared in advance in the girl's peacock bun, the girl can not catch the young man threw the bag, and then the flowers in the young man's chest. Gradually, the girl and the young man has a tacit understanding, mutual selection, the girl in the hands of the flower package will be accurate but thrown to the target, the young man will also be steady to the flower package in the hands. Flying flower package, implicitly conveyed the Dai young men and women's pure emotions, romantic expression of the Dai young people in pursuit of a lover's way.
Dragon boat racing is an important activity of the Water Festival. It is usually held on the second day of the New Year. The dragon boat race on the Lancang River in Xishuangbanna is the most lively and wonderful. Dragon boat race is the Dai New Year festival activities in the most spectacular scene, the most exciting activity, it will be the Water Festival to ***.
The Songkran Festival is a festival that focuses on the Dai style, a carnival, and a highly participatory festival. If you want to fully understand the folklore of the Dai people, you may want to personally feel this carnival Water Festival.
Question 4: Which ethnic group's custom is the Water Splashing Festival? On the Water Splashing Festival, the Dai people have such a legend: in a long time ago where the Dai people live, there is a big devil, it did all the bad things, the people are very hate it. The devil also took 7 beautiful girls as his wives, and the 7 girls were determined to do away with the evil for the people. One day, when the demon was drunk, they used words to find out the secret of killing the demon, and killed the demon while it was sleeping. Unexpectedly, as soon as the demon's head hit the ground, the earth was ablaze with fire, and the fire would only be extinguished if the demon's head was lifted up. So seven girls, not afraid of blood stains and fatigue, took turns to hold up the devil's head and agreed to exchange it on the day of the Dai New Year every year. The Dai people hold the Water Festival ceremony to honor these seven girls for the people to get rid of the evil and to express their gratitude and blessings.
Every Water Splashing Festival, the Dai people go to the nearby mountains to collect some flowers and leaves, which are dipped in the clear spring water and sprinkled to relatives, friends and guests from afar to dedicate their best wishes to others. The Dai people believe that whoever is splashed with the most water during the festival will get the most happiness. Dai people believe that the dragon is a symbol of good luck and happiness, every water festival, people have to the dragon splashing water, wishing for a better life, year after year, a bumper crop.
During the Water Festival, the favorite activity of young men and women is to throw bags. Throwing bags is a recreational activity for Dai young men and women to court each other and choose objects.
Joyful Water Festival
The Dai people are a people who love water, love water, cherish water, respect water, and express cleanliness with water. It is also called "Water Splashing Festival", during which people splash water on each other for blessing, and the main activities include Buddha bathing, dragon boat races, setting off of peacock lanterns, fireworks, high ascension, bag throwing, peacock dance, etc. The water of the Water Splashing Festival represents the water that is used to splash water. Water at the Water Splashing Festival represents good luck, happiness and health, so the more water that is splashed the more it signals good luck for the New Year.
The specific date of the Water Festival is calculated annually according to the Dai calendar, roughly in the calendar April 14, 15, 16 days. The first day of the Dai language called "Mai day", similar to the lunar New Year's Eve; the second day of the Dai language called "annoyed day" (empty day), is the transition day in the transition between the old and the new year; the third day of the New Year, called the "bahnetsma, meaning the first year, people will be People regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious day. Early in the morning of the festival, Dai men, women and children dressed in festive costumes, picking water, first to the Buddhist temple to bathe Buddha, and then began to splash each other, wishing each other good luck, happiness and health. People dance while shouting: "Water! Water! Water!" The sound of drums and gongs echoed through the sky, and the blessing of the water splashed everywhere, the scene is very spectacular.
The Water Splashing Festival is the grandest festival of the Dai people, and is also the most influential festival of the Yunnan ethnic minorities, the largest number of participants in the festival. Now the "Water Festival" has evolved into a mass carnival activities, markets, squares everywhere to see people chasing each other pouring. The main activities of the location is the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Jinghong City and other places, Kunming, Yunnan Nationalities Village is also a good choice.
On the Water Festival, let's splash a pot of auspicious and happy water together, and let the happiness soak into every pore of us...
Question 5: What countries and what nationalities celebrate the Water Festival? What are the dates? The Water Splashing Festival is a traditional festival of the Dai and Thai-speaking peoples and Southeast Asia. On that day, people in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and other countries, as well as overseas Thai settlements such as Hong Kong's Kowloon City and Taiwan's New Taipei City's Zhonghe District get up early in the morning to bathe and salute the Buddha, and then begin a few days of celebrations during which they splash pure water on each other and pray for the past year's misfortunes to be washed away. The Water Festival is the Dai New Year, equivalent to the middle of April on the Gregorian calendar, generally lasts three to seven days
The Water Festival originated in India, is an ancient Brahmanic ritual, and then absorbed by Buddhism, about the end of the twelfth century to Xishuangbanna Water Festival (early thirteenth century via Burma with Buddhism into the Dai region of Yunnan Province, China. With the deepening of the influence of Buddhism in the Dai region, the Water Festival has become a national custom passed down
Question 6: What ethnic groups in China have Water Festival The Dai people in Yunnan. Dai, one of China's ethnic minorities. The Dai people mainly live in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Gengma Dai Wa Autonomous County, Menglian Dai Lahu Wa Autonomous County, and Lincang area in Yunnan Province, and they are scattered in most parts of Yunnan. The Dai usually prefer to gather in large river basins, dam areas and tropical regions.
The Water Splashing Festival (Dai New Year) is the most ethnic festival of the Dai. The festival is held in the sixth month of the Dai calendar, which is equivalent to the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar. On the day of Songkran, people will worship Buddha, and the girls will wash the dust of Buddha with fresh water with flowers floating on it, and then splash each other with water to play and wish each other good luck. At first with hands and bowls of water, and later with pots and buckets, while splashing and singing, the more intense the splash, drums, gongs, splashing, cheering into one. During the Water Festival, traditional entertainment activities such as dragon boat races, putting on high, flying lanterns, and various singing and dancing evenings are also held.
Question 7: In addition to the Dai, which ethnic groups in China have a water festival? 1, Achang
Most of the Achang people live in Yunnan, is one of the earliest inhabited ethnic groups in Yunnan, China. Will street, is the Achang people's traditional ***, more in the annual lunar calendar held in mid-September. The Achang people believe in Hinayana Buddhism, and the meeting street was originally a religious ***. The main religious festivals are into the puddle (closed door), out of the puddle (open door), burning white firewood, water festival. In addition to religious festivals, there are also many traditional festivals unique to this ethnic group. For example, Torch Festival, Wuluo Festival, Flower Pouring Festival and Spring Festival. Juggling white elephants is a traditional festival of the Achang people.
2, De'ang
De'ang folk traditional festivals are mainly water festival, closed door festival, open door festival, burning white firewood, etc., most of them are related to Buddhist activities. De'ang people also sacrificed to the family hall, Zhai God, God of the earth, the dragon, the valley mother and other sacrificial customs, which sacrificed to the dragon is the most interesting. Religious festivals are "into the puddle" (closed door festival), is the devout Buddhists the largest jingju put fasting festival.
3, Dongxiang
Dongxiang and other religious beliefs of the same ethnic groups, there are three major festivals every year, namely, Eid al-Fitr, Gurban Festival, Shengji Festival.
4. Dong Ethnic Group
The traditional festivals of Dong ethnic group have different dates all over the world, and the main festivals include New Marriage Festival, Bridge Building Festival, Cow Sacrifice Festival, New Eating Festival, Flower Firecracker Festival and so on.
5. Bai nationality
The Bai nationality has many traditional festivals, and "March Street", which has a history of thousands of years, is the biggest annual festival of Bai nationality, and it is now named "March Street Ethnic Festival". It is now called the "March Street National Festival". It is characterized by the "Torch Festival" (also known as the Star Festival) and other national festivals. Other major festivals include the New Year's Day, the Three Spirits Festival, the Torch Festival, the Sea Juggling Festival, and the Sun Worship Festival. The same with the Han Chinese, also had Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and so on.
6, Dulong
The only traditional festival of the New Year's Day (Dulong language: Kachuwa) is also linked to religion. The festival is held on a certain day of the winter month every year, the exact time is set by each family or clan, the length of the festival is often determined by the amount of food prepared, during the festival, people should hold ceremonies to sacrifice to the mountain gods, singing and dancing.
7, the Russian
The Russian traditional national holiday is mainly related to religious beliefs, the annual calendar on January 7, the Russians celebrate Christmas, commemorating the birth of Jesus.
8, Oroqen
Oroqen traditional festivals are not much, only the Spring Festival, the clan's "Mokun" General Assembly and religious activities, "Ominaren", and Bonfire Festival. The main festival is the Lunar New Year.
June 18 every year is the traditional festival of Oroqen people - Bonfire Festival. On this day, Oroqen people will light bonfires, sing and dance to celebrate the festival of their own people.
9, Brown
The most distinctive festival days are: New Year's Day, the sacrifice of the village God, washing cattle feet and so on.
10, Ewenki
Ewenki people, whether they are herders, hunters or farmers, the lunar New Year as the main festival. On the 23rd day of the lunar month, the fire god should be sacrificed. On May 22nd, the pastoral area will have the "Mikolu" festival, which is actually a festival evolved from a production activity. On this day, the number of livestock is counted, and horses are trimmed and branded. People get up early on the fifth day of May to pick mugwort and put it on their heads, and go to the river to wash their faces and take a bath, in order to seek well-being. Pastoral areas, there is a "sacrifice Ovoo", which evolved from religious rituals into festivals, to be held in horse races and other activities. 11, Alpine
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Alpine tribes
Alpine tribes have a lot of festivals. Most of their traditional festivals have a strong religious color. The "Harvest Festival", also known as the "Harvest Festival", "Harvest Festival" and "Harvest Festival", is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han Chinese, and is the biggest festival of the Gaoshan people. It is the biggest festival of the Alpine people.
12, Gelao
Mountain worship, eating new, New Year's Eve, are the three major festivals of the Gelao people around the world. Spring Festival, the biggest festival of Gelao. October 1 of the lunar calendar is the traditional festival of the Gelao people, "Ox King Festival", which is unique to the Gelao folk festival.
13, the Korean
Its festivals are basically the same as the Han Chinese. There are five major Korean festivals, which are still celebrated today. These five major festivals are: the first day of the Spring Festival (Spring Festival), on the first day of the Lantern Festival (Lantern Festival), cold food (Ching Ming Festival), Dragon Boat Festival, Autumn Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival). The Korean people have a long tradition of honoring the elderly, and as early as the period of the Yi Dynasty of Joseon (1392-1910), the ninth day of the ninth month of the year was established as the Day of Comfort for the Elderly (Elderly People's Day). There are also three family festivals, namely, the baby's first birthday, H?nga Festival (60th birthday), and H?ngmyeong Festival (60th wedding anniversary).
14, Li
Li festivals are closely related to the Li calendar. Before the liberation of the Li festivals, in the neighboring Han areas and Li and Han mixed areas, most of them use the lunar calendar, festivals and the same Han, such as the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and so on. As far as the Li are concerned, the grandest and most common festivals that are celebrated are the Spring Festival and March 3rd.
15, Lisu (lisu are four sounds)
The main festivals are the Kuoshi Festival, Torch Festival, Harvest ...... >>
Question 8: The Water Splashing Festival is a traditional custom of which minority? The Water Splashing Festival is the grandest festival of the Dai ethnic group, and also the festival of Yunnan ethnic minority groups with the greatest influence and the largest number of participants. The Water Splashing Festival is the New Year of the Dai Calendar, which is equivalent to the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar, and the festival usually lasts for three to seven days. The first day 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); and the third day is the New Year, which is called "Aba Net Ma", and is actually the first day of the year, which is considered as the best and the most auspicious day. The third day is the New Year, called "BaNaMa", which is the first day of the year, and people regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious. Early in the morning of the festival, the Dai men, women and children dressed in festive costumes, picking water, first to the Buddhist temple to bathe in Buddha, and then began to splash each other, wishing each other good luck, happiness and health. People dance while calling out "Water! Water! Water!" The sound of drums and gongs ringing in the sky, the blessing of the water splashed everywhere, the scene is really very spectacular.
Songkran originated in India, was once a religious ceremony of Indian Brahminism, and then absorbed by Buddhism, through Myanmar into the Yunnan Dai area, the time is about the end of the thirteenth century to the beginning of the fourteenth century, a distance of 700 years of history. With the increasing influence of Southern Theravada Buddhism in the Dai area, the Water Splashing Festival has become more and more widespread. The Water Splashing Festival is a celebration of the Dai New Year, usually held between April 13 and April 15 of the solar calendar. At that time, people first go to the Buddhist temple to bathe in Buddha, and then splash water on each other, expressing sincere blessings with splashing water. The festival is full of laughter and festive atmosphere.
April 13 every year, is Thailand's Water Festival, known as "Songkran". Songkran is Sanskrit, meaning "the sun runs to Aries, both the beginning of the new solar year". Songkran is the hottest time of the year in Thailand and is celebrated for three days. Before the festival, homes are cleaned and old clothes are burned to avoid bad luck. On the day of the festival, you should go to the temple to pile up sand towers, insert colorful flags and offer flowers to pray for a good harvest. In the evening, perfume soaked with flower petals is sprinkled on the arms and backs of the elders to express the good wishes for them; thereafter, the elders then drizzle the water on the heads of the juniors to express the blessings from the elders.
Deang people also had a water festival, time in the Qingming Festival after the seventh day, in addition to splashing water blessing and jumping elephant foot drum dance and other programs with the Dai Water Festival, the Deang Water Festival is the most distinctive custom is to wash the hands of the elders wash their feet. At that time, the young people of each family should prepare a basin of hot water, bring it and put it in the center of the hall, invite parents and other elders of the family to come out and sit on the hall, kowtow and ask for forgiveness from them for their unfiliality in the past year. The elders are also asked to review what they have not done enough to set an example for the younger generation during the year. The younger generation then washes the hands and feet of the elders while wishing each other a year of harmony and hard work. In the event of a parent's death, older brothers and sisters and sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law become the recipients of the foot-washing. This custom comes from an old legend: a disobedient son working in the mountains on the seventh day after the Ching Ming Festival, saw the scene of the nestlings feeding, and realized that he was determined to treat his mother well, and at that time, his mother was walking towards the mountains to bring food to her son, and she accidentally slipped and fell. The son rushed to help her, but she thought he was coming to beat her, and crashed headlong into a tree. The son regretted it, cut down the tree and carved a statue of his mother, and every year, on the seventh day after the Qingming Festival, he would dip the statue into warm water sprinkled with flower petals to clean it. It has since evolved into a custom.
Question 9: The Water Festival is a major festival of which minority? The Water Splashing Festival is the annual festival of the Dai, Brown, De'ang, Achang and other ethnic groups that use the Dai calendar. The Water Splashing Festival of the Dai is the most lively and influential. The Water Splashing Festival is the New Year of the Dai calendar, the grandest traditional festival of the Dai people, every year around April 11th of the Gregorian calendar, for a period of three to four days, the first two days to send the old, the last two days to welcome the new.
It is generally believed that the Water Festival originated in India, an ancient religious ritual of Brahminism. It was later absorbed by Buddhism, about seven hundred years ago, and was introduced into the Dai region of Yunnan through Burma, along with Southern Theravada Buddhism.
Question 10: The Water Festival is the festival of which ethnic group The Water Festival is the grandest festival of the Dai people, and is also the most influential festival of the Yunnan ethnic minorities in the largest number of participants in the festival. The Water Festival is the Dai New Year, equivalent to the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar, the festival usually lasts three to seven days. The first day 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); and the third day is the New Year, which is called "Aba Net Ma", and is actually the first day of the year, which is considered as the best and the most auspicious day. The third day is the New Year, called "BaNaMa", which is the first day of the year, and people regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious. Early in the morning of the festival, the Dai men, women and children dressed in festive costumes, picking water, first to the Buddhist temple to bathe in Buddha, and then began to splash each other, wishing each other good luck, happiness and health. People dance while calling out "Water! Water! Water!" The sound of drums and gongs ringing in the sky, the blessing of the water splash everywhere, the scene is very spectacular.