Seeking help from local friends in Jinghong during the Songkran Festival in Xishuangbanna.

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

On April 13-14, there will be a parade along the Lancang River and Manting Park. The highlight of the parade along the river is dragon boat rowing, which is slightly different from the Dragon Boat Festival of Han nationality. However, the Lancang River is driven on the bare beach, so it will be hot when the sun is shining, and the ultraviolet rays are strong. Kunming Donkey Travel reminds friends who participate in the activity to pay attention to sun protection. The rush activities in Manting Park are mainly to visit the park and watch dance performances. Of course, all kinds of special snacks, barbecues and so on are indispensable for both riverside and Manting Park.

In addition, a grand national cultural tour will be held in the main city on April 13th or 14th, which is the best time to watch and learn about Banna culture for free. Friends who like photography must occupy a good position in the main city in advance and set up equipment. April 15th is the most important program of the Songkran Festival. The whole people revel and splash water on each other. On the 15th, no matter you are in the streets of the city or the storefronts of the 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 room in a hotel or an Internet cafe.

During the Songkran Festival, all the streets will be filled with Dai girls in gorgeous costumes, which will feast your eyes. During the day, people from all walks of life will fight cocks, pile sand, raise their voices, perform cultural programs, hold bathing in Buddhist temples, drop water, pray for blessings, and so on. At night, people from all walks of life will set off homemade sparks, Kongming lanterns, high-altitude fireworks, river lanterns and so on by the Lancang River. Song and dance competitions, national cultural performances and other programs will be held in the square of the city.

215 Xishuangbanna Water-splashing Festival features

Wen-splashing refers to a way of splashing water on the elderly. When splashing water, the splashed person can't run away. The water-splashing person reads a congratulatory message, dips an olive branch in clean water, sprinkles a few drops on the head and body of the elderly, or scoops up a spoonful of clean water, sings praises, pulls the collar of the elderly and falls down along his back.

Wu Splashing means that regardless of men, women and children, people use washbasins and buckets to splash pots of clean water on their heads or faces, so that they are soaked through. The more people are splashed, the more blessings they receive. So come and accept this happy blessing!

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Everyone will wear beautiful holiday costumes. On the eve of the Songkran Festival, they will sew new clothes and buy new umbrellas. Men will wear Dai headscarves, generally wear collarless or large and small lapels and hold silver pots. Women will wear tight-fitting shirts, which are only waist-long, with a little exposed back. When splashing water, the waist will appear and disappear, adding a lot of features to the whole water-splashing festival. During the Water-splashing Festival, when people are chasing each other and splashing water, there are water baptism, water blessing and water singing everywhere, and the earth is full of laughter and laughter, there will be grand and grand activities such as flying high, rowing dragon boats, splashing water, dancing elephant-foot drum and peacock dance, with warm atmosphere, rich content and rich national characteristics. Let you feel the care of holy water, but also participate in carnival activities full of ethnic customs.