What are the traditional festivals of the Dai people

There are many traditional festivals of the Dai people, the main ones being the Door Festival, the Open Door Festival, the Water Splashing Festival and the Flower Street Festival.

1, Door Festival, Open Door Festival

Door Festival (Dai "mwasa"), in the Dai calendar on September 15 (mid-July);

Open Door Festival (Dai "wengwasa"), in the Dai calendar on December 15 (mid-October).

On the day of the Dai Closed Door and Open Door Festivals, residents of Dai villages and hamlets go to Buddhist temples to participate in grand and fine Buddhist activities, offering food, flowers and money to the Buddha Buddha, and also reciting sutras and dripping water in front of the Buddha statue, in order to ask the Buddha to bestow blessings on people.

2, Water Festival

The Dai Water Festival, the Dai language is called "Sangkan Bimai" or "Lenghe Sangkan", the importance of which is comparable to the Han Chinese New Year, so the Water Festival is also known as the "June New Year". The festival is also known as the "June New Year".

The Water Splashing Festival is held in late June or early July of the Dai calendar (mid-April of the Gregorian calendar), about ten days after the Qingming Festival of the Lunar Calendar, and symbolizes a "good day". The festival is usually held for three days, the first two days to send off the old and welcome the new.

In the early morning of the Water Splashing Festival, men, women and children of Dai villages will bathe, and then dressed in full costume to go to the Buddhist temple to fine Buddha, and in the temple courtyard to pile sand to build 4 or 5 towers, sitting around the tower, listening to the Buddha chanting. Women will each pick a water for the statue of Buddha "dust washing", after the Buddhist temple ceremony, young men and women exit, and then splash each other blessing.

3. Flower Street Festival

Flower Street Festival is a grand festival of the Dai people, which is held on the 13th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. On the day of the festival, thousands of young men and women of the Dai ethnic group will gather on the Flower Street in full costume. If they are in love with each other, they will go to the lychee bushes under the phoenix-tailed bamboo, and the girl will take off the rice-planting rice from her waist, and the two of them will eat it together. After eating the rice, the marriage proposal is basically finalized.

Traditional festivals and customs of the Dai people

Traditional festivals of the Dai people are very distinctive, and their festivals and customs are different from those of the Han people, the following is a brief introduction to the traditional festivals and customs of the Dai people.

1, door closing festival

Door closing festival, is the Dai, Brown, De'ang, Wa and other beliefs in the upper part of the Southern Buddhism religious festival. Early in the morning, every household will steam colorful glutinous rice and make cakes, fine Buddha or gifts to friends and relatives, and prepare a banquet.

Customs of the festival:

(1) young men and women are forbidden to talk about love and marriage activities;

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

(3) those who enter Zang to worship the Buddha are not allowed to stay away from their families or go to other houses for the night;

(4) no one is allowed to enter the Buddha's house, go on the Buddha's platform, take the Buddha's things and so on.

2. The Festival of Open Doors

The Festival of Open Doors symbolizes that the rainy season, which has lasted for three months, has come to an end.

Open Door Festival customs:

(1) lifting the taboo on marriage between men and women since the "Shut Door Festival";

(2) holding a grand recreational gathering to celebrate the end of the Anjou fast. Main

(3) Sparks and Goshen are set off, Kongming lanterns are lit, singing and dancing are practiced.

3, Song Festival

In May, on the day of the Danyang, Dai men and women on both sides of the Red River, will be gathered to the Ma Jie Township, Wuwan Village, NaPing Dalongtan over the "Song Festival".

Customs of the Song Festival:

(1) young men and women dress up to participate in the song contest, from sunrise to sunset;

(2) old people and children bring dry food to listen to the singing.

Traditional festivals of the Dai people

Traditional festivals of the Dai people are many, each festival has a different origin, the next content of the editorial will be introduced in detail:

1, the door closing festival origin

Passing down the legend, the Dai calendar every year on the ninth day of the ninth day of the Dai calendar, the Buddha to go to the west to preach to his mother, March to return to earth. Once, just as the Buddha went to the West during the sermon, the Buddha thousands of people to the countryside to preach, trampled on the people's crops, delaying their production, the people complained about a lot of grievances, very dissatisfied with the Buddhists. When the Buddha learned of this, he felt uneasy in his heart. From then on, every time the Buddha to the West when the Sutra, will be the Buddha disciples are gathered together, the provisions of the three months are not allowed to go anywhere, but only repentance, in order to redeem the previous sins. Therefore, it was called the "Festival of the Closed Door".

2, the water festival origin

The water festival originated in the 5th century AD in Persia, then named "splash cold Hu play", also known as "begging cold Hu play". Later, it was introduced to Myanmar, Thailand and Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province of China through India, and then it was introduced to the Dai area in Yunnan Province of China with Buddhism through Myanmar at the end of the twelfth century and the beginning of the thirteenth century. Afterwards, as the influence of Buddhism deepened in the Dai region, the Water Splashing Festival became a national custom that has been passed down.

3, flower Street Festival origin

Legend, ancient times, this area of the Red River inhabited a demon dragon, evil, every year on the thirteenth day of the first month of the first month and the sixth day of the fifth month, will be forced to Huaywa Dai people to the river to put pigs, cows, goats and the beauty of the flower-like Huaywa Dai maiden as a sacrifice to it, or else it that is the descent of the disaster to the villages of Huaywa Dai.

Then there was a brave and resourceful Huaywa Dai youth named Yanlong, who killed the demon dragon with his own talent. After that, the Huayu Dai girls who were saved from the ravages of the demon dragon wore colorful dresses and carried rice bulbs on their backs and surrounded him, allowing him to choose the girl he liked and eat rice bulbs together. Later, this day is the sixth day of May on the lunar calendar is called the big flower street, also known as the "flower street festival".