2019 Yunnan Luoping Buyi March 3 Water Splashing Festival opens on April 7

Did you know about the Luoping Buyi ethnic group in Yunnan? They will also have a Water Splashing Festival there, that is, March 3, this festival is considered a very grand festival in the Buyei ethnic group, the importance of which is comparable to the Spring Festival, and this period of time is also one of the festivals with the most activities of the Buyei ethnic group, and in a month's time this festival will be coming, and it is recommended to you today.

March 3, the Buyei language for the "more three powder", is the Buyei solemn worship of the mountain gods, water gods, all the joy of the traditional festival, is the Buyei many festivals in the activities of the grandest festival, is the Spring Festival of the Buyei people. Most of the Buyei festivals are held here.

Buyi "March 3" is the same as the Dai Water Festival, is also a festival to worship water, but with the Dai is different, the Buyei people splash water most do not use pots and other utensils, but with the local bamboo made of bamboo water pistol to splash water, is very novel and fun.

Into the Duoyi River, both sides of the bamboo trees, flower beach water, Buoyi village hidden in which, in the bamboo forest between the trees, from time to time out of a wisp of cooking smoke.

DuoYi River, beautiful landscape, environment, waterfall group dense, posture, and scenic area of the BuYi ethnic flavor is also equally rich intoxicating.

They live and breathe on both sides of the Duoi River, where they cultivate the land, set up stalls to make money, build rafts to play in the water, and splash the water to sing.

The waterwheel is a beautiful scenery of the Duo Yi River. Along the banks of the DuoYi River, there are dozens of large and small waterwheel, the largest diameter of 18 meters. The waterwheel has a wooden one and a bamboo gabion one, most of which are covered with moss.

Because they live near the river, the Buyi people invented water trucks a long time ago to carry water for irrigation, and in order not to miss the farming season, they still use the water-carrying irrigation system that has been utilizing the principle of water energy for thousands of years.

In the Duoi River waterwheel function display area, you can see both the vertical waterwheel, tube car for water lifting, but also water saw, water mill, water mill and water pestle waterwheel powered by water energy. In the process of recognizing and understanding the waterwheel, you will be y impressed by the ingenuity of the Buyei people's forefathers.

The area around the Duoi River is the most lively and exciting place on March 3rd. Car through the banana turnip, the atmosphere of the festival has come to you, far and near the people flocked to the Duo Yi River, which has the local people, there are

foreigners, there are Buyi people, there are people of other nationalities, some driving, some riding a motorcycle, some on foot, no matter what kind of people, everyone's hands are holding a variety of water splashing tools. The face is full of excitement and stimulation

expression, they all have only one purpose, that is to go to the home of the Buyei, to splash the holy water of life. Traveling to the border of Lazhou, you will really get into the carnival atmosphere of March 3rd. From the headwaters of the Duoi River, the pool of deep blue water, in your line of sight on the Duoi River, filled with countless rafts, rafts standing on the hand

Grip pole dressed in brightly colored national costumes of young men and women, they are in the traditional exciting raft competition. The roar of the Duoi River is loud, the waves are splashing, and the bamboo rafts are shaped like arrows and go forward. Along both sides of the river, there are more

people, water guns and buckets in hand, forgetting to splash each other, chasing each other. Duoyi River water is full of sky, Buyei love song with the waves, that is really the world of water, the song of the sea.

The green mountains and water between the floating song of the water, the song lived in the Buyei family, the waves rolled up the colorful Buyei thoughts, flowers bloomed endless reverie.

Buyi women weave their own cloth, each Buyei women's marriage dress and festival dress is their own weaving and sewing wax-dyed clothing, Buyei clothing has a pleated skirt, wrapped scarf, tiger head cap, lion hat, free head cap, the type of realistic, fine workmanship, colorful, very characteristic, very worth buying a souvenir.

Doi River, known as the Luo Ping Buyei "Mother River", in this soft and quiet river, flowing with the rich and intoxicating Buyei style, sprinkled with endless Buyei stories, water clattering and clattering sound out the dashing romantic notes.

March 3 Water Splashing Festival, the Buyei language "more three powder", is one of the most solemn Luoping Buyei festival, the festival lasts from the third day of the third lunar month to the sixth day of the third lunar month. On the eve of March 3, maple leaves are inserted on the door of every house, and the green maple tree is the tree of God's happiness for a good year.

Every year on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, DuoYi River Puyi young men and women in full costume gathered at the river, race rafts, water pistols, send purse, song and courtship, with a special way and guests from afar splashing blessing, fun and frolic, it is unforgettable.

Since the festival is held on a day when the Buyei people have to eat flower rice, on the eve of March 3, families go to the mountains to collect the young leaves of maple trees, glutinous rice flowers, and the roots, shins, leaves, and flowers of some plants as dyes to dye the glutinous rice with colorful flower rice, such as red, yellow, blue, purple, and black.

The colorful flower rice is bright and colorful, which symbolizes the abundance of grains and food. Flower rice is very delicious to eat and has the effect of soothing the heart and lungs, beauty and health care, especially for asthma and other airway diseases have special therapeutic effects.

Splashing water is the March 3 rituals, adults worship mountain gods, water gods, children make trouble in the water, rowing bamboo rafts, water fights, than swimming. By then, the whole village has become a sea of water, and it is very lively for people to dodge the water splashed by others while trying to splash others.