The Dai Garden consists of five ancient Dai villages and retains a large number of traditional Dai ethnic groups and Buddhist temples.
Xishuangbanna Dai Garden is located in Menghan Town, southeast of Jinghong City. The Dai Garden consists of five well-preserved natural Dai villages, namely Manjiang, Manchunman, Manting, Mancha and Manga. No matter which village you enter, you will see typical Burmese pagodas and traditional Dai bamboo buildings, and feel the rich Dai culture.
When you enter the gate of the scenic spot, you will first see the welcome square, where the enthusiastic Dai people will dance the welcome dance, sing congratulatory speeches, and sprinkle water blessings. Then we came to the Manchunman Ancient Buddhist Temple, which is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Xishuangbanna with a history of more than 1,400 years. When you enter the temple, you can worship Buddha and pray amidst the loud chanting of sutras.
The most solemn festival of the Dai people in Xishuangbanna is the Water Splashing Festival. You can feel this lively scene at the Water Splashing Square in the Dai Garden. "Every day is the Water Splashing Festival" here. Hundreds of people gather at the pool, splashing water on each other to wash away the dust and sins. Remember to bring a change of clothes.
Introduction to the main attractions of the Dai Garden:
1. Manchun Mangu Buddhist Temple: With a history of more than 1,400 years, it is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Xishuangbanna. It mainly displays Buddhist cultural activities to tourists. , such as worshiping Buddha, chanting sutras, worshiping Buddha and other activities.
2. Visit to Dai villages: It mainly shows tourists the scenery of Dai houses and courtyards, experiences the life customs of Dai people, and feels the joy of being a Dai person for a day.
3. Riverside activity area: a large-scale festival activity area for villagers, used for folk activities such as flying high lights, lighting Kongming lanterns, and cockfighting.
4. Go to the shopping area: sell Dai barbecue, cotton weaving, folk handicrafts, Dai bags, wood carvings, etc., enjoy the tea ceremony of Mingbanna famous tea, and taste restaurants with Dai characteristics.
5. Water Splashing Square: The main activity area of ??the scenic spot, a large open-air theater where 100 professional water-splashing teams are held every day.
6. Dai natural village in the park: large-scale water-splashing activities, allowing tourists to directly participate, experience the fun of the daily Water-Splashing Festival, and feel the lively scene of the Dai Water-Splashing Festival.
7. Open-air theater: It truly and accurately reflects the essence of Dai traditional culture in the form of songs and dances, reproduces the historical origins of the Dai king's recruitment of relatives, and reflects the Dai people's living customs. It has more than 100 actors, a large scale and a spectacular scene.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xishuangbanna Dai Garden Scenic Area