Dai water-splashing festival handwritten newspaper

The contents of the Dai Water-splashing Festival handwritten newspaper are as follows:

The Dai Water-splashing Festival is a traditional festival popular in Yunnan Dai settlements, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

The Water-Splashing Festival is also called "Bathing Buddha Festival", which is called "Sangka Bimai" in Dai language (meaning New Year), and the Dai people in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Region and Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Region also call this festival "Shang Han" and "Shang Jian". Both names are derived from Sanskrit, meaning turnover, change and transfer, which means that the sun runs around the zodiac and begins to transition to the New Year.

Achang, De 'ang, Bulang, Wa and other ethnic groups celebrate this festival. Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and other countries also celebrated the Songkran Festival. The Songkran Festival is usually held in the middle of June in the Dai calendar (about ten days before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day in the lunar calendar), which is one of the grand traditional festivals in Xishuangbanna. Its contents include folk activities, art performances, economic and trade exchanges and so on. Specific festival activities include splashing water, throwing pendulum, dragon boat race, bathing Buddha, chanting, singing Zhang Ha, peacock dance, white elephant dance performance and so on.

On May 20th, 2006, with the approval of the State Council, the Dai Water-splashing Festival declared by Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, numbered ⅸ-8. In 2008, with the approval of the State Council, the Dai Water-splashing Festival declared by Dehong Prefecture was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage, numbered ⅸ-8.

The Songkran Festival originated in India. With the deepening influence of Buddhism in Dai areas, the Water-splashing Festival has been circulated as a national custom for hundreds of years. Every festival, Dai men, women and children should wear festive costumes, and women should each pick a load of clear water to meet the Buddha and pray for his blessing.

After the "Buddha bath", people began to throw water at each other to express their blessings, hoping to wash away diseases and disasters with holy water in exchange for a better and happier life. The collective splashing water on each other began like this. People fill all kinds of containers with water, pour them out of the streets, chase and play, and throw them at everyone. Dip the branches in water gracefully. "Water splashing will make the Dai family prosperous" and "Wet will make you happy for life"!

The waves symbolizing auspiciousness, happiness and health are blooming in the air. People are splashing, laughing loudly, soaking wet and in high spirits.