Songkran Festival is a traditional festival of which nationality in China? Why splash water?

Songkran Festival is a traditional festival of Dai, Bulang, De 'ang, Achang and other ethnic minorities in China. Among them, the Dai people's Songkran Festival is more grand and famous, and the annual Songkran Festival has arrived. Men, women and children dressed up and went out with containers full of water, and everyone splashed them together. People who are splashed with water are not angry, but they will splash a pot of water like each other, and then everyone will laugh together, and the laughter will be crisp and hearty. It was a sunny day, and the sun shone on the Dai people playing in the water. The Dai People's Water-splashing Festival is usually held around the Tomb-Sweeping Day in the lunar calendar every year, and often lasts for three days.

The first day of the Songkran Festival is to bid farewell to the old days, the second day is an empty day, and the new day has not yet arrived, so it is called an empty day, and the third day is a new day. Nowadays, people not only express their blessings by throwing water at each other, but also celebrate a better life through various performances, such as versatile people singing and dancing, rowing dragon boats, flying high and losing packets. Water-splashing Festival, secluded girls and handsome guys who are busy with their work all come to the street. Therefore, the Songkran Festival is also a good time for young men and women to express their feelings.

There is also a beautiful legend about the Songkran Festival. In ancient times, there was a demon who did many evils, plundered and killed the people at will, and the people were miserable. Later, he also forcibly captured several beautiful girls and went up the mountain to be his wife. These poor girls can't stand the inhuman torture of the devil and don't want to entrust themselves to the enemy, so they decide to kill the devil. Later, I accidentally learned the devil's weakness from the devil. One of the girls fell asleep while the devil was drunk, and tied the devil's neck with a rope until the devil's head and body separated. However, when the devil's body rolled down the hillside, it caused a raging fire everywhere. Other girls put out the fire with water and were finally buried in a sea of fire. Therefore, the Songkran Festival is also a festival used by people to commemorate these kind and great girls.