When will the stalls be set up during the Jinghong Water Splashing Festival?

The Xishuangbanna Water Splashing Festival is scheduled to be held in Jinghong City, the capital of Xishuangbanna Prefecture, from April 13th to 15th every year. The time will be adjusted or extended according to the arrangement of the Water Splashing Festival, but the overall activities will not change. of.

On April 13-14, Lancang Riverside and Manting Park races will be held. The highlight of the riverside parade is dragon boat racing, which is slightly different from the Han Chinese Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat race. However, the Lancang River Parade is held on an exposed river beach, so it will be hotter when the sun is shining, and the ultraviolet rays are relatively strong. Kunming Donkey Travel Outdoors reminds participants to pay attention to sun protection. Dancing activities in Manting Park are mainly about visiting the park and watching dance performances. Of course, whether you are going to the riverside or Manting Park, there are all kinds of specialty snacks, barbecues, etc.

In addition, on April 13th or 14th, a grand ethnic cultural performance will be held in the main city. It is the best time to watch and understand Banna culture for free. Friends who love photography must book a good location in the main city in advance and set up equipment. April 15th is the most important event of the Water Splashing Festival, when the whole people revel and splash water on each other to bless each other. On the 15th, whether you are on a city street or a store in a community, you will feel the warm atmosphere everywhere. Of course, if you don't want to get wet all over, you can only stay quietly in a small hotel room or an Internet cafe.

During the Water Splashing Festival, the streets will be filled with Dai girls in colorful costumes, a feast for your eyes. During the day, people from all walks of life will fight cocks, pile sand, perform high-altitude fireworks, and perform cultural programs on the riverside. They will hold Buddha bathing, water dripping, and praying at Buddhist temples. At night, people from all walks of life will set off homemade sparklers, Kongming lanterns, high-altitude fireworks, and river lanterns on the Lancang River. etc. Singing and dancing competitions, ethnic cultural performances and other programs will be held in urban squares.

Features of the 2015 Xishuangbanna Water Splashing Festival

Wen splashing refers to a way of splashing water on the elderly. The person who is splashed cannot run when splashing water. The person who splashes water recites a congratulation and dips it in with an olive branch. Sprinkle a few drops of clean water on the elder's head or body, or scoop a spoonful of clean water, sing praises, pull open the elder's collar, and pour it down the back.

Wu Po means that regardless of gender, people use wash basins or buckets to pour buckets of clean water on their heads or faces, soaking them all. , the more a person is splashed, the more blessings he or she receives. So come and receive this joyful blessing!

Activities of the 2015 Xishuangbanna Water Splashing Festival

Everyone will wear beautiful festival costumes. On the eve of the Water Splashing Festival, they will sew new clothes and buy new umbrellas, and men will tie their heads The Dai people usually wear a collarless turban or a double-breasted collar with large and small collars, holding a silver basin; women will wear tight-fitting shirts, only reaching the waist, with a little of the back exposed. When splashing water, the waist disappears and appears, which adds a lot to the entire Water Splashing Festival. Few features. During the Water Splashing Festival, when people chase each other and splash water, there is water baptism, water blessing, and water singing everywhere, and the earth is full of laughter and laughter. There will also be grand and grand performances such as flying high, dragon boat rowing, splashing water, jumping elephant feet to encourage, and peacock dancing. Dance and other activities have a warm atmosphere, rich content and rich national characteristics. While feeling the care of the holy water, you can also participate in carnival activities full of ethnic customs.