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The paper-cut story shows a cowherd pulling a child or a Mongolian girl in beautiful clothes on the back of a cow and dancing with three bowls.

Dance dream girl

A beautiful paper-cut attracted me deeply: A Dai girls danced in front of golden wheat fields. She is wearing a long flowered skirt, with a beautiful figure and light steps. There are three exquisite ceramic bowls on her head, and a flower on her hat blooms heartily. The girl's eyes bent into a crack, and her face was filled with the joy of harvest. She kept spinning, and her skirt fluttered like a fairy falling from the sky. Looking at this beautiful picture, I can't help spreading my fantasy wings and flying to the kingdom of fairy tales. ...

There is a beautiful girl in the Dai nationality. She is kind and upright, and she dances best. People call her a dream dancer.

One year, there was a drought in the tribe and the earth cracked. Under the scorching sun, the crops are all dead, and people have a feeling of being dried. People are like dried dog tail grass, and they are all listless.

Seeing the energetic and hardworking Dai people dejected and despondent, Dream Girl couldn't help thinking: How can we get along like this? We must cheer everyone up and find ways to save our home. So, the dream dancer came to the wheat field and danced a cheerful "top bowl dance". Her dance is light and moving, and people come to appreciate this beautiful dance and can't help but marvel: "The dream dancer dances really well!" " The dream girl's dance infected everyone, and everyone cheered and jumped around the dream girl. Dream girl sang again, and everyone sang and danced together. ...

The gods were moved by the dream girl's tenacious perseverance and kindness, so they poured water into her top bowl and helped the Dai people tide over this difficulty. Dream dancers are relieved to see everyone's happy smiles. She wants to have a rest. When she took the bowl down, she was surprised to find that it was full of water! She couldn't bear to take a sip and spilled the water in her bowl on the wheat field. Suddenly, the whole length of wheat came out and the land did not dry up. The girl poured water into the small garden again, and flowers, grass, red, white, yellow and purple ... all kinds of flowers merged into a sea of flowers, releasing the fragrance of nature. The girl who dances dreams understands: this is divine water! She sprinkled water on every corner of the tribe, and the tribe came back to life.

The Dai people rejoiced and thought that the kind dream dancer brought them happiness, and her dancing and magical water brought them good luck. Therefore, in order to learn from her kindness, the Dai people have designated this day as the Water-splashing Festival every year. On this day every year, they will sing and dance and spill clear water symbolizing good luck. ...