Introduction to the Water Splashing Festival: The Water Splashing Festival is actually the New Year of the Dai people and one of the most solemn traditional festivals in Xishuangbanna. It is usually held in mid-April in the Dai calendar (about ten days before and after the Qingming Festival in the lunar calendar) and lasts for three to four days. sky. During the three days from April 13th to 15th in the Gregorian calendar. During the festival, Dai men, women and children dress in costumes, and the women each carry a load of water to wash the dust of the Buddha statues and pray for the blessings of the Buddha's spirit. After "bathing the Buddha", people began to pour water on each other to express their blessings, hoping to use the holy water to wash away diseases and disasters in exchange for a better and happier life.

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