Customs and Implication of Water-splashing Festival

The custom of the Water-splashing Festival is to kill pigs, chickens and wine, and make many rice cakes and various glutinous rice Baba to eat during the festival. The moral is to pray to wash away the troubles of the past year. Everyone splashed each other with pure water. The wetter the water, the more it splashes, which means the more blessings you receive.

brief introduction

Water-splashing Festival, also known as "Buddha Washing Festival" and "Cold River Fever Festival", is a traditional festival of Dai, Achang, Bulang, Wa, De 'ang, Thai and Southeast Asia. On that day, people in Xishuangbanna, China, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Kowloon City, Zhonghe District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Province Province and other overseas Thai settlements got up early in the morning.

Value and function

Water-splashing Festival is a comprehensive stage to display the traditional culture of Dai people, such as water culture, music and dance culture, food culture, costume culture and folk worship. It is an important window to study the Dai history and has high academic value. The artistic performances such as palm-dancing and white elephant dance displayed in the Water-splashing Festival are helpful to understand the national characteristics of the Dai people, such as understanding nature, respecting Buddha in love the water, and being gentle and calm. At the same time, the Songkran Festival is also an important link to strengthen the great unity of the people of all ethnic groups in Xishuangbanna, which has played a positive role in the friendly cooperation and exchanges between Xishuangbanna and Southeast Asian countries and promoted the social, economic and cultural development of Xishuangbanna.