Ru Li Jin Wan means: good luck, Xishuangbanna Dai language, general water festival said.
The Dai Water Festival is also known as the "Bathing Buddha Festival", the Dai language is called "Bimai" (meaning New Year), in the general Dai calendar in mid-April, the solar calendar between April 13 and April 15 (i.e., the lunar calendar, before and after the Qingming Festival of ten days or so) held. It can be said that the status of the Water Splashing Festival is equivalent to the New Year in the hearts of local people.
The Water Splashing Festival is a comprehensive stage to show the traditional culture of Dai water culture, music and dance culture, food culture, dress culture and folk veneration, etc. It is an important window to study the history of Dai, and has high academic value. The water festival displays Zhangha, white elephant dance and other artistic performances that can give people artistic enjoyment and help them understand the national characteristics of the Dai people, such as their sense of nature, love of water and respect for Buddha, and their gentle and quiet nature.
At the same time, the Water Splashing Festival is also an important link to strengthen the unity of the people of all ethnic groups in Xishuangbanna, which plays an important role in the promotion of the world's socio-economic and cultural development through friendly cooperation and exchange between Xishuangbanna and Southeast Asian countries. Whoever is splashed with more water in the Water Splashing Festival symbolizes who is the happiest, and it also expresses the nostalgic symbolism of the Dai people wishing for each other's peace and happiness.
There is also the custom of releasing Kongming lanterns on the Dai Water Festival. At night, people in the square on the open space, will light candles, put into the homemade large "balloon", the use of air buoyancy, a hole in the sky lanterns. A bright Kongming lantern in the darkness of the night higher and higher, more and more far away. People use this to honor the ancient sage Kong Ming.