What's the date of the Songkran Festival?

Date of Yunnan Songkran Festival: April1March-April 16.

Songkran Festival is a New Year's Festival for Dai, Achang, Bulang, Wa, De 'ang and some ethnic groups in Indochina Peninsula in China. This is the biggest traditional festival of the Dai people in a year. China Dai Festival is held in June and July of the Dai calendar (around 10 days after Tomb-Sweeping Day). Fixed in Gregorian calendar 13 April to 16 April.

The Songkran Festival lasts for three days:

The first day is "Mairi", which is similar to Chinese New Year's Eve. Dai language calls it "ten thousand business letters", which means to send the old. At this time, people should tidy up their houses, clean up, prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner, row dragon boats in festivals, fly high, perform arts and other activities.

The next day is called "angry day", which means "empty" According to custom, this day belongs to neither the previous year nor the next year, so it is called "empty day". On this day, people usually hold water splashing activities to commemorate the goddess who killed people and use holy water to avoid disasters and difficulties, and wish each other peace and happiness.

The third day is called "Maipaya Wanma". It is said that the soul of Mapaya Wanma returned to Earth with a new calendar. People are used to seeing this day as "the arrival of the King of Heaven", which is the New Year of the Dai calendar.