Does Cambodia celebrate the New Year like us?

Cambodia celebrates the New Year, but the date is different from ours.

Cambodia takes Sakyamuni's birthday (1May 3) as its epoch. On the first day of the new year, it is to keep the year, on the second day, to resign, and on the third day, to celebrate the New Year. During the New Year, Buddhist five-color flags and crocodile flags will be hung in temples all over the country.

In Cambodia, there are many festivals in a year, including the New Year Festival, the Water Delivery Festival, the Kite Festival, the fasting monk festival and the rainy season. Among them, the Water Delivery Festival is the largest and most solemn traditional festival in Cambodia, and it is celebrated in the border areas for three days every year1February when the Buddhist calendar expires. Water supply is to celebrate the end of the rainy season and the decline of the river. The Dragon Boat Race at the Songkran Festival is an important festival for Cambodian girls to perform traditional dances.

(1) Independence Day:165438+1October 9. 1953165438+1October 9, the kingdom of Cambodia declared its independence from French colonial rule, and this day was designated as Cambodia National Day and Cambodia Army Day.

(2) King's birthday:1May 4. The whole country celebrated for three days.

(3) Buddhist New Year: April 14 ~ 16.

(4) Imperial Farming Festival: On the fourth day of the second quarter of June in the Buddhist calendar, the king or his representative held a symbolic farming ceremony in Wangjiatian, which is adjacent to the royal palace, praying for good weather and abundant crops in the coming year.

(5) Songkran Festival (also known as Dragon Boat Festival): a traditional festival in Cambodia. 165438+1October 13 ~ 15 When the rainy season ends and the dry season enters, the Cambodian people hold a dragon boat race on the Tonle Sap River in front of the palace to express their gratitude to tonle sap river and the Mekong River for their upbringing.

(6) Tai Huang Sihanouk's birthday: 65438+1 October 3 1, national celebration1day.