(Songkran Festival) Is "catching the swing" to catch the White Pagoda? What's the point?

[1] As the saying goes: "Xiaomi Huang, Dai Jia is crazy." At this time, it is the season when the rice is golden and the harvest is in sight, and it is also the most lively season of "putting dry flowers". The time of "putting dried flowers" varies from place to place, depending on the influential big houses in various places. A mansion in mangshi generally has seven places, namely, Jianshan, Guangmu, Mangxing, Lingxiang, Cimao and Lingxiu, so it takes seven days for mangshi to "swing". Ruili, Yingjiang, Longchuan, Lianghe and other places are in a hurry for three to five days.

The venue is located in a relatively wide place near the shack, which is rich in well-known food, stalls, Achang knives, household items, island cigarettes and so on. There are also unique tube handkerchiefs, silver jewelry, soft ear silk, cow hair and so on.

When rushing to play, people wear Spring Festival costumes, hold high offerings, and the mighty team crowded up to play. Bright and dazzling clothes, swaying tube skirts, people in love crowded in the crowd, watching peacock dance and Dai opera.

If you stand on a high place, look: the old man enters the house to burn incense and worship the Buddha, asking his son and grandson to make a fortune and asking the Buddha to bless peace; Middle-aged people organize elephant foot drum competitions, dance peacock dance and perform Dai dramas; Young men and women are whispering under flower umbrellas, and some simply go to the wild to fall in love. I saw handfuls of flower umbrellas moving deep into the bamboo forest, silently announcing the end of a busy day. The next day, I have to go to other places to watch the fun.

Catch up with the pendulum-"swinging south"

From the content, "Dangnan" is a water-splashing festival, which lasts for three to five days on June 12 of each year in the Dai calendar.

In festivals, people throw water at each other, sing and dance to express mutual blessings, eliminate diseases, and carry out activities to meet the needs of solar terms.

According to the traditional custom, we should start from the south, first go to the clean room and water the Buddha statue three times with clear water, and ask the gods to bless us. Then according to age and seniority, politely dip branches or flowers in water and splash them on each other, with a gentle attitude and don't fall down.

On the day of the festival, a mass meeting was held in the square. Prestigious Dai people's representatives explained the significance of the festival and the plans for this year's festival, and then young men and women led by Dai old people splashed water on each other. There are many kinds of entertainment activities in the square during the day; Organize a movie party in the evening, put lanterns and splash water to reach a climax.

In this grand festival, every Dai family will do the Water-splashing Festival. Locals call this kind of food "exquisite" and give it to distinguished guests and best friends, which is considered as the highest symbol of friendship.

Seize the pendulum-introduction

In fact, the scope of the Dai people's "drama grabbing" is much wider than the market trade. It's not just a temple fair that integrates sacrifice, assembly, various arts and commerce, because the temple fair is just one of many festivals, and most Dai festivals are called "putting on a show", such as putting on a cool south (water splashing festival), putting on dried flowers, putting on a para, putting on roller skating and so on.

The length of Dai people's "swinging" generally depends on the number of influential big houses (temples) in various places, which is a bit of a taste of taking turns to sit in the village. The routine is to grab a pendulum in a room.