Information about the Songkran Festival: the time of the Songkran Festival.

1, Water Splashing Festival, also known as "Buddha Bath Festival" and "Cold River Fever Festival", is a traditional festival of Dai, Achang, Bulang, Wa, De 'ang, Thai and Southeast Asia. On that day, Thailand Xishuangbanna, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and other places in China, as well as Hong Kong Kowloon City and other overseas Thai settlements. Songkran Festival is the New Year of the Dai people, which is equivalent to the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar and generally lasts for 3 to 7 days.

2. The Water Splashing Festival is a comprehensive stage to show 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.

On May 20th, 2006, this folk custom was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list in China.