death. While the demon king was sleeping, the seventh girl pulled off his hair and strangled his neck, and the demon king's head rolled down. But as soon as the head fell to the ground, a great fire started on the ground, and as soon as the girl picked up the head, the fire was extinguished. In order to avoid the fire
Burning, she and her six sisters took turns to hold the head of the demon king, changing it every year. Every year when the replacement, people are to hold the head of the girl splash water, wash away the blood stains on her body, wash away her fatigue of the year, for the new year can be eliminated and pray
prayer. From then on, the water festival was formed to send off the old and welcome the new. Comment(7)|Approve8
2009-02-14
12:11 Meow Meow wzy|Sixth Grade The Water Splashing Festival is the grandest festival of the Dai ethnic group, and is also the festival of the Yunnan ethnic minority groups in the festival of the greatest impact, the largest number of participants in the festival. The Water Splashing Festival is the new year of the Dai calendar, equivalent to the middle of the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar
The festival usually lasts three to seven 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); the third day of the New Year, called "bahnema", actually for the first of the year, the people put the
The day is regarded as the most beautiful and auspicious day. Early in the morning of the festival, the Dai men, women and children dressed in festive attire, 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 shouting "water! Water! Water!"
People dance while shouting "water!", the sound of drums and gongs ringing in the sky, the blessing of the water splash everywhere, the scene is really very spectacular.
During the Water Splashing Festival, the Dai youth like to go to the forest clearing to do the bag throwing game.
Flower bag made of beautiful flower cloth, filled with cotton paper, cotton seeds, etc., four corners and the center of the five flower spikes, is a token of love, young men and women through the bag, catch the bag, get acquainted with each other. And so the girl consciously let the young man could not lose
After the young man will be ready to give gifts to the girl, both left the crowd to a quiet place to talk about love to go.
During the Water Festival, there is also a dragon boat race. The competition is held on the Lancang River. A group of groups of red and green dragon boat in the "Hall Hall" in the sound of the gong and "Hi Hi Hi" shouts and whistles, chopping waves, bravely forward, thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists attracted to the Lancang River side, for the festival has added a lot of tension and joyful atmosphere.
Putting on the high altitude and Kongming lanterns is also an activity unique to the Dai ethnic area. People set up a good anti-aircraft stand before the festival, when the homemade clay rockets will be ignited, so that it whistles and flies into the blue sky. The higher and farther away from the cottage, the more people feel glorious, auspicious. The winners will also be awarded. At night, people in the square on the open space will be lighted candles, into the homemade big "balloon