I would like to know when is the Divine Fish Festival in Menglian, Yunnan? What activities are there? Does it have anything to do with the Water Splashing Festival?

The "Nayun Divine Fish Festival" excavated and developed in Menglian County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province is an original ethnic cultural tourism project. It uses an original and tens of thousands of people to participate in the activity of catching sacred fish and serves as the "Five Five-Year Plan". "One" Golden Week added an unforgettable festive atmosphere, attracting domestic and foreign tourists to come for sightseeing.

“Look, what a big divine fish!” In the crowd, Zhamu, a young man from the Lahu ethnic group, suddenly raised his net bag excitedly, and a big silvery grass carp jumped up with a “swish”, and the net bag was tumbling. With. At the annual Meng Liannayun "Sacred Fish Festival", nearly 10,000 people of all ethnic groups and tourists came to the Nanlei River to have a carnival, and wonderful scenes of catching big fish were staged from time to time.

The "Sacred Fish Festival" is the most famous tourism event in Menglian Dai Lahu and Wa Autonomous County. It has been successfully held for several times, attracting a large number of tourists to come and participate. The most anticipated event during the "Sacred Fish Festival" is the "Sacred Fish Catching Carnival". The place to catch fish is in the waters between the Nanlei River Rubber Dam and Longtan Dam across the county. This section of the river is about 1,500 meters long and 30 meters wide. After several hours of drainage, the water level in the center has dropped to just below an average person's waist. From eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the roar of tractors broke the tranquility of the small county town. Local people dressed in colorful national costumes carrying bamboo baskets, hoods, and net bags continued to gather from all directions. The banks of the river bridge are waiting eagerly.

On the day of the festival, nearly two kilometers on both sides of the Nanlei River were surrounded by water. The water launch sites everywhere were crowded with people waiting to participate. They took off their shoes, rolled up their sleeves, and rolled up their trouser legs. He went into battle shirtless, "scanning" the river with his eyes, holding various fishing tools in his hands, waiting for an order to jump into the river immediately.

As soon as the carnival started, people who could no longer contain their excitement jumped into the water. The agile young people quickly waded to the middle of the river to find favorable terrain, while the elderly and children concentrated in the shallower water. area. In an instant, nearly ten thousand people crowded the river. Shouting and laughter came one after another. Baskets and nets were constantly tumbling in the water, stirring up mud, and the river became turbid.

Testing the water depth with bare feet, the river water is just right and the soft sand overflows from between the toes, as comfortable as being massaged. Looking at the fishermen, they are already having fun. Menglian County has the majority ethnic minority population, and it is easy to tell who are tourists and who are locals based on their clothing and fishing tools. The men from the ethnic minorities are the most active. On the other side of the river, dozens of dark-skinned Dai youths shouted "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey," while using nets to form a semicircle and drive the fish to the shallows. Suddenly, a man shook the bamboo pole in his hand, and the net bag was released from the water. The "magic fish" inside was seen drawing a silver light under the scorching sun, which attracted a burst of envious cheers from the onlookers on the shore. There are several Wa women nearby who are even more decorated as "fisher girls". They wear wide bamboo hats on their heads. In addition to the bamboo baskets for fishing, they also carry one or two small bamboo baskets on their backs. "When we catch big fish, we put them in it," Ye Hong, a 17-year-old girl from the Wa ethnic group, said with a giggle. She bent down deeply and slowly pushed the bamboo baskets side by side for more than ten meters, then lifted up the bamboo baskets and scooped up the fish. They picked up some water plants and small gravels, but they were not impatient and continued to push downstream. An old man with gray hair seems to be very experienced. He is guarding a big stone not far from the shore. He lurks his net bag in the water beside the stone and smokes a cigarette leisurely. He looks like he is willing to take the bait. After a while, there were actually a few small fish in the account.

Although the tourists have little experience in fishing, they still have fun. In Menglian, you can experience the pure national customs. In their words, "This feeling is truly unforgettable."

In addition to the "Magic Fish Catching Carnival" event, Menglian County also held other rich contents: Menglian Tusi Culture Classic Palace Ancient Music - "Suo·Nangwohan" Performance, Thousand Rods Fishing competition, traditional folk rafting competition, lighting thousands of lanterns on pagodas, lighting magic lanterns at Nanlei River, carnival of catching magic fish in crowded streets, long street feast of magic fish, original and colorful ethnic songs and dances, Menglian style photography exhibition , Divine Fish Festival calligraphy and painting exhibition, etc. In addition, tourists can also enjoy Jinshan Mountain and Fahan Mountain to the north of Menglian County, go for an outing in the ecological gardens along the Nanlei River, go to Tusi Summer Resort to quietly appreciate the wonderful scenery of Lingshan Mountain, and enter Guangsan Aini Village to experience Aini. People’s bold joy, singing and dancing, admiring the colorful costumes of the pointed-headed Ai Ni girls, going to the Dai ecological tourism village Shang Yunjiao to taste sour, spicy and fragrant Dai delicacies, and you can also go to Washan Fuyan Damangnuo Visit the Wajia Village in the morning mist with its single forests of big banyan trees and cowbells in Gongxin, Gongliang and other places; go to Mengma to see the spectacular waterfalls in the mountains; and go to Lafu Lahu Mountain Village to see the beautiful scenery of the primeval forest of Daheishan at the West Lake on the Plateau. .