Introducing the Songkran 40

Songkran is a traditional festival of the Dai and Thai-speaking ethnic groups and Southeast Asia, on the same day, people from Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and other countries, as well as overseas Thai settlements such as Kowloon City in Hong Kong and Zhonghe District of New Taipei City in Taiwan get up early in the morning to bathe and worship the Buddha, and then start the celebration for several consecutive days, during which everyone splashes each other with pure water to pray for washing away the bad luck of the past year. Songkran is the New Year of the Dai people, which corresponds to the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar and generally lasts for 3 to 7 days. On May 20, 2006, the folk custom was approved to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Originating in India, Songkran is a ritual of ancient Brahmanism, which was later absorbed by Buddhism and introduced to the Dai region of Yunnan in China through Burma from the late 12th century to the early 13th century. With the deepening of the influence of Buddhism in the Dai area, the Songkran Festival has become a national custom and has been handed down.

The Songkran Festival is a comprehensive stage to show the traditional culture of Dai water culture, dance culture, food culture, costume culture and folk admiration, and is an important window for studying the history of the Dai nationality, with high academic value. The Songkran Festival displays art performances such as Zhangha and White Elephant Dance, which help to understand the national characteristics of the Dai people who feel nature, love water and respect Buddha, and are gentle and quiet. At the same time, the Songkran Festival is also an important link to strengthen the unity of the people of all ethnic groups in Xishuangbanna, and has played a positive role in the friendly cooperation and exchanges between Xishuangbanna and Southeast Asian countries, and in promoting the socio-economic and cultural development of the whole state.

On April 13 and 15, 1961, the premier came to Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, to celebrate the annual Dai New Year Songkran Festival with the people of all ethnic groups in the border area. At that time, Jinghong traffic was blocked. After arriving in Simao by plane, change to a car.

The Lancang River Bridge is under construction and can only be crossed by ferry. With the arrival of the premier of the People's Republic of China, people flocked to the streets and docks with flowers in their arms, and greeted the people's prime minister with the highest national etiquette. Put on Dai costumes, hold a silver basin and pour water blessings on each other with the people of all ethnic groups.

Since then, Xishuangbanna Jinghong has gradually become famous in the country and even the world, and has now become a well-known tourist attraction at home and abroad. During his stay in Jinghong, he inspected the rubber plantations introduced by the Tropical Crops Research Institute and encouraged builders from all over the country to work hard to build Xishuangbanna into the second largest rubber base in the motherland. So far, in Chunhuan Park, also known as Manting Park, there is a bronze statue of water splashing, standing about 100 meters inside the gate of the park.

1. The Songkran Festival of the Dai Nationality is a traditional festival popular in the places where the Dai people live in Yunnan Province.

It is one of the national intangible cultural heritage sites.

2. Songkran Festival is also known as "Buddha Bathing Festival", Dai language is called "Sang Kanbi Mai" (meaning New Year), Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Region and Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Region Dai people also call this festival "Shanghan" and "Shangjian", both names are derived from Sanskrit, meaning turnover, change and transfer, referring to the sun has been in the zodiac for a week to begin the transition to the new year. The Achang, De'ang, Brown, Wa and other ethnic groups celebrate this festival. Cambodia.

Thailand, Myanmar, Laos.

and other countries also celebrate Songkran. The Songkran Festival is held in the middle of June of the Dai calendar (that is, about ten days before and after the Qingming Festival of the lunar calendar), and is one of the grand traditional festivals in Xishuangbanna. Its content includes folk activities, art performances, economic and trade exchanges and other categories, and specific festival activities include splashing water, catching up with the pendulum, dragon boat racing, bathing Buddha, chanting, Zhangha singing and peacock dance, white elephant carrying Chang dance performance, etc.

May 20, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.

The declared Dai Songkran Festival was approved by *** to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, numbered - year, and the Dai Songkran declared by Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province was approved by *** to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, number - 8.

Songkran is the New Year of the Dai people, which corresponds to the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar and generally lasts for 3 to 7 days.

The Songkran Festival in 2022 starts on April 13 of the Gregorian calendar. The first brother Lu Sleepy Day is "Mai Day", which means to say goodbye to the old year, similar to the Chinese New Year's Eve; The second day is called "Annoyed Day", which means empty day, and this day does not belong to either the old year or the new year; The third day is the first day of the new year and is the most auspicious and beautiful day of the year.

Implications:

1. Blessings, splashes, Dai family madness, splashing wet, happy for life! Symbolizing auspiciousness, happiness and health, the water flowers bloom in the air, and people splash and sprinkle as much as they want, laughing loudly, soaking wet, and high in spirit. The wetter you are splashed with water, the more you are splashed with water, the more blessings you will receive.

A basin of water represents a basin of blessings, and you can splash it on everyone you want to bless.

2. Love, Songkran Festival is also a beautiful season for unmarried young men and women to find love and cultivate happiness. During the Songkran Festival, unmarried young men and women of the Dai ethnic group like to play packet loss games.

3. Power, dragon boat racing is one of the most exciting events of the Songkran Festival, and it is often held in the Maipaya Wanma (the third day) of the Songkran Festival. On that day, the masses dressed in festive costumes gathered on the banks of the Cangjiang River and the Ruili River in Lanxian Nian, and the dragon boat race was carried out.

Summary. Songkran Festival location: The Songkran Festival is distributed in Jinghong City, Dehong, Xishuangbanna, Gengma, Menglian and other places in Yunnan Province, as well as Jinggu, Jingdong, Yuanjiang, Jinping County and Jinchao River Basin.

There are opening ceremonies, water carnivals, theatrical performances, garden activities, catch-ups, dragon boat races, high ascension (self-made rock rockets), Kong Ming lanterns, water lanterns, love to rob relatives, elephant foot drumming, peacock dance and other folk performances, costume performances, visits to tropical flower gardens, tropical primeval forests. Visit Dai villages, etc.

Songkran Location: The Songkran Festival is distributed in Jinghong City, Dehong, Xishuangbanna, Gengma, Menglian and other places in Yunnan Province, as well as Jinggu, Fengchuan Jingdong, Yuanyin Demo River, Jinping County and Jinchao River Basin. There are opening ceremonies, water carnivals, theatrical performances, garden activities, catch-ups, dragon boat races, high ascension (self-made rock rockets), Kong Ming lanterns, water lanterns, love to rob relatives, elephant foot drumming, peacock dance and other folk performances, costume performances, visits to tropical flower gardens, tropical primeval forests.

Visit Dai villages, dry repentance, etc.

The most important festival in Laos is Songkran, and the most important place for Songkran is Luang Prabang. To celebrate the festival, the people of Luang Prabang prepare the floats that parade through the streets early in the morning, and the girls who have been chosen to be the seven fairies will sit on the floats. The animal models on the float are based on the animals on the day of the Songkran Festival.

A few days, where.

The Songkran Festival is distributed in Jinghong City, Dehong, Xishuangbanna, Danyu Rotten Mold, Gengma, Menglian and other places in Yunnan Province, as well as Jinggu Destruction, Jingdong, Yuanjiang, Jinping County and Jinchao River Basin.

It was held in Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, Indonesia and other countries and regions.

April 13 - April 16 every year.

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Yes, I'm in Yunnan.

The Songkran Festival is distributed in Jinghong City, Dehong, Xishuangbanna, Danyu Rotten Mold, Gengma, Menglian and other places in Yunnan Province, as well as Jinggu Destruction, Jingdong, Yuanjiang, Jinping County and Jinchao River Basin.

Over here. Is there a Luosi Bay in Yunnan? Do you have?

Kunming has two socks and a snail bay market, one is the old snail bay, in the old city, a new snail bay, in the north road of caiyun, this is relatively large, is the center of Yunnan trade and wholesale distribution.

Is there any Luosi Bay?

New. Is there a new Luosi Bay?

Some of them are pro. Some.

The origin story of Songkran and what is the origin of Songkran in Thailand.