It originated in India as a religious rite of the Brahman, or priestly, caste, and later became absorbed into Buddhism. In 2006 the Water-Sprinkling Festival was among the first batch of China’s national intangible cultural heritage to be added to the UNESCO list.Īlso known as the Buddha’s Birthday Festival, the history of this celebration goes back centuries. Other Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia, also share this folk tradition. The event also highlights the joy the people take in music and dance, feasting, and wearing traditional costumes. The festival comprehensively showcases Dai traditional culture and the significance it attaches to water and folklore. The wetter one gets, the more benedictions one may expect. Evening merry-making activities include watching Dai dramas, performing local dances, and flying kongming lanterns. They later take great delight in generously blessing all and sundry with splashes of water and in getting together to talk and compare notes about the past year. People of all ages, dressed in their festival best, take part in the solemn ritual of washing statues of Buddha. This week-long celebration in honor of the Dai Lunar New Year usually falls around mid-April. THE Water-Sprinkling Festival of the Dai ethnic group is the most popularly celebrated rite among the ethnic minorities living in Yunnan Province. Various events are held across China to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival.Splashing, Dancing and Making Merry at the Dai Water-Sprinkling Festival People make Tangyuan, a kind of round and sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice flour, in shape of Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda mascot for the 2022 Games, at a community in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. Various events are held across China to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival. People perform lion dance in Silian Village of Jinde Township, Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb.
People of Miao ethnic group dance at Wanda Town of Danzhai County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 13, 2022 shows folk artists performing at Zhouping Village in Zhuxi Township of Cengong County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua)Īerial photo taken on Feb. (Photo by Zhuang Geer/Xinhua)įoreigners make lanterns in Xinqi Village of Deqing County, Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. People perform dragon dance in Lizhuang Township, Yibin City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. (Photo by Su Yang/Xinhua)Ĭhildren make lanterns at a community in Yangzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. People select lanterns at Fuzi (Confucius) Temple scenic area in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb.
Volunteers perform at Zhouzi ancient town in Peng'an County of Nanchong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb.
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