What are the traditional festivals of the Dai people? What are their customs and traditions? What are their origins?

What traditional festivals do Dai people have?

There are many traditional festivals of the Dai people, including the Door God Festival, the Opening Day, the Water Splashing Festival and the Flower Street Festival.

1, closing date, opening date

The festival of closing doors ("Howasa" in Dai language) falls on September 15 in Dai calendar (mid-July in Gregorian calendar);

Kaimen Festival ("Onwasa" in Dai language) falls on the day of 65438+February 65438+May (Gregorian calendar 65438+1mid-October).

On the closed days and open days of the Dai people, residents of Dai villages will attend grand Buddhist activities in Buddhist temples, offering food, flowers and coins to the Buddha, chanting scriptures and dripping water in front of the Buddha, and praying for the Buddha's blessing.

2. Water-splashing Festival

The Dai people's water-splashing festival is called "Sanggan Bimai" or "Lenghe Sanggan Festival" in Dai language, and its importance is equivalent to the Han people's New Year, so the water-splashing festival is also called "June New Year".

The Water-Splashing Festival is held at the end of June or the beginning of July in the Dai calendar (in the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar), about 10 days after the Tomb-Sweeping Day in the lunar calendar, symbolizing "a beautiful day". The Songkran Festival usually lasts for three days, and the first two days are to send the old and welcome the new.

In the early morning of the Songkran Festival, men, women and children in Dai villages will bathe, then wear costumes to worship Buddha in the Buddhist temple, and build 4 or 5 towers in the temple to sit around and listen to the Buddha chanting. Women will each pick a handful of water to "welcome" the dust of the Buddha statue. After the ceremony, young men and women will quit and then splash water on each other to wish each other well.

3. Flower Street Festival

Huajie Festival is a grand festival for the Dai people, which falls on the 13th day of the first lunar month. On the festival day, thousands of young Dai men and women will dress up and gather in Flower Street. If they are in love, they will meet in the lychee bushes under the phoenix bamboo, and the girl will pick the rice from her waist and eat it together. After dinner, the proposal is basically settled.

Dai traditional festival customs

The traditional festivals of the Dai nationality are very distinctive, and the festival customs are different from those of the Han nationality. Here is a brief introduction to the traditional festivals and customs of the Dai people.

1, closing date

The closing ceremony is a religious festival for Dai, Bulang, De 'ang and Wa people who believe in Buddhism and spread to the south. Early in the morning, every household will steam colored glutinous rice and make cakes, make Buddha statues or give gifts to relatives and friends, and prepare banquets.

Customs of closing day:

(1) Young men and women are forbidden to fall in love and get married;

(2) Monks are not allowed to go out casually;

(3) People who worship Buddha in the mausoleum cannot run away from home or spend the night in other homes;

(4) No one is allowed to enter the Buddhist house, go to the Buddhist platform, take Buddhist objects, etc.

2. Opening Day

Kaimen Festival symbolizes the end of the three-month rainy season.

Opening day holiday customs:

(1) Remove the taboo of marriage between men and women since "Closed Day";

(2) hold a grand entertainment party to celebrate the end of fasting and housing. owner

(3) Setting off sparks and rising, lighting lanterns, singing and dancing.

3. Duige Festival

On Duanyang Day in May every year, Dai men and women on both sides of the Red River gather in Nabing Dalongtan, Wuwan Village, Majie Township for a "Duige Festival".

Song Festival custom:

(1) Young men and women dressed up to participate in duet competitions from sunrise to sunset;

(2) Old people and children bring dry food to listen and sing.

The origin of Dai traditional festivals

Dai people have many traditional festivals, and each festival has a different origin. The following contents will be introduced in detail in Bian Xiao:

1, the origin of the closing day

According to legend, every year on the ninth day of September in the Dai calendar, the Buddha went to the Western Heaven to give a lecture with his mother, and returned to the world in March. Once, just as the Buddha was going to the west to talk about his menstrual period, thousands of Buddhists went to the countryside to preach, trampling on the crops of the people and delaying their production. People complained bitterly and were very dissatisfied with Buddhists. When the Buddha learned about this, he felt uneasy. From then on, whenever the Buddha went to the Western Heaven to give a lecture, all Buddhists got together and stipulated that during these three months, they were not allowed to go anywhere but to repent to atone for their sins. Therefore, people call it "closing day" in seconds.

2. The origin of the Songkran Festival

The Songkran Festival originated in Persia in the 5th century A.D., when it was called "Cold Hu Opera", also known as "Begging for Cold Hu Opera". Later, it was introduced from Persia to Myanmar, Thailand, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China and other places through India, and from the end of12nd century to the beginning of13rd century, it was introduced to the Dai area in Yunnan, China with Buddhism. Later, with the deepening influence of Buddhism in Dai areas, the Water-splashing Festival became a national custom and passed down.

3. The origin of Huajie Festival

Legend has it that in ancient times, there lived a demon dragon in the Red River, which did many evils. On the 13th of the first month and 6th of May every year, Huayao Dai people are threatened to throw pigs, cows, sheep and beautiful Huayao Dai girls into the river as sacrifices, otherwise it will bring disaster to Huayao Dai village.

Later, a witty and brave Huayao Dai youth named monster hunter killed the demon dragon with his own intelligence. Later, the Huayao Dai girls rescued from the ravages of the demon dragon, dressed in gorgeous costumes and carrying rice seedlings, surrounded his regiment and asked him to choose the girls he liked and eat rice seedlings together. Later, this day, that is, the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, was called Dahua Street, which is also the "Flower Street Festival".