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　　Xishuangbanna is located in the south of Yunnan Province, covering an areaof about 20000 square kilometers. There are more than 10 ethnic groups living inXishuangbanna. Among them, the Dai nationality has the largest population and isthe Dai Autonomous Prefecture. As a scenic resort, Xishuangbanna has its owncharacteristics. The ethnic minorities living here basically retain their ownunique culture and customs. Here people can see the colorful headdresses andskirts of Dai and Bulang people, the bamboo buildings they live in and thebamboo rice they eat

　　In the middle of April every year, the Dai People's new year's festival,the water splashing Festival. During the festival, whether in bamboo buildings,villages, streets or highways, whether men or women, young or old, passers-by,there are lively water splashing activities everywhere. Some of them arecarrying washbasins, some are carrying buckets, and they are splashing waterwith each other's hands. Everyone is drenched. According to local customs, thismeans washing away the dirt on the body with water, eliminating disasters andgetting happiness. In the days of water splashing Festival, people also enjoysinging, dancing, drinking and feasting. Going to Xishuangbanna to participatein the water splashing Festival has become a very attractive tourist program

　　Dai bamboo house is a kind of castles in the air with bamboo and woodstructure. The area is quite large. The whole pavilion is supported by dozens oflarge wooden columns, and the floor is made of bamboo. The downstairs is open onall sides, not inhabiting people, just piling up sundries and raising livestock.People live upstairs. The roof is covered with a very thin flat tile, and itsshape is very similar to the hat worn by ancient people. According to localpeople, this is Kongming hat. It is said that Kongming layer taught the localpeople rice in those years. In order to commemorate him, the local peopledesigned the roof of the bamboo building as Kongming's hat

　　In addition to enjoying the scenery of tropical rain forest, you can alsoappreciate the style of exotic trees and grasses, such as Gypsophila, Mimosa,Wangtian tree, Alsophila spinulosa, curculiaria, Hercules, wanglian, travelerbanana, mysterious fruit (tree), big Bangen of Sishu tree You can also watch thescene of "fish in a hurry". You can meet peacocks and take pictures with wildelephants

　　The water splashing Festival is the most solemn festival of the Dainationality. It is held in the middle of April every year, that is, the firstmonth of the Dai calendar. Water splashing Festival is the Dai new year.Festivals generally last three to ten days. The first day is called "Mai Ri" inDai language, which is similar to the Lunar New Year's Eve. The second day iscalled "Chari" (empty day) in Dai language. The third day is the new year, whichis called "Ba Wang Ma" (meaning the beginning of the year). People regard thisday as the most beautiful and auspicious day. In the early morning of thefestival, the whole village dressed up to visit the Buddha in the Buddhisttemple and built a pagoda in the temple. On the top of the tower, there areseveral bamboo schools wrapped with cloth and colored paper. People sit aroundthe pagoda, listening to Buddha chanting scriptures and explaining historicallegends. Young men and women go up the mountain in groups to pick wild flowersto make a flower house. At noon, the women each picked a load of water andsplashed it on the Buddha to wash the dust. Then, men and women, old and young,carrying buckets and washbasins, sprinkle and bless each other, believing thatthis can eliminate disasters and diseases, and be safe and auspicious. Tens ofthousands of people dance to the beautiful Dai music and shout "water! Water!Aquatic products" while dancing. The shouting is moving and the sound of drumsand gongs resounds through the sky. The scene is very spectacular. During thewater splashing Festival, Dai youths like to play games in the forest. Theflower bag is sewn with beautiful flowers. It contains cotton paper, cottonseedand so on. The four corners and the center are decorated with five flower ears.It is a token of love. First, he tossed aimlessly, and then he gradually had afixed goal. When the girl consciously let the young man lose, the young man gavethe prepared gift to LAN Niang, and they both left the crowd and went to a quietplace to make love. At the water splashing Festival, dragon boat races will alsobe held. Thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists gather by the Lancang Riverto watch groups of red and green dragon boat races. The Dai people split thewaves and forge ahead bravely with the sound of gongs and whistles, adding a lotof tension and joy to the festival.

　　Fanggaosheng and Kongming lantern are unique activities in Dai areas.Before the festival, people set up a high lift and ignite the homemade earthrocket. It spews white smoke and whizzes into the blue sky, attracting people tolook up and cheer from time to time. The higher and farther Gaosheng flies, themore glorious and auspicious it is. The winner will win the prize. At night,people light the lanterns in the open space of the square, put them into theself-made big "balloon", and use the buoyancy of the air to release the"Kongming lamps" into the sky. One by one bright Kongming lamps fly higher andfarther in the dark night. People use it to commemorate the ancient sage KongMing.

　　Water splashing festival also includes river boat, elephant foot dance,peacock dance and chicken fighting. In recent years, folk customs investigation,economic and trade negotiations and other contents have been added, making thewater splashing Festival more colorful. The water splashing Festival is heldsimultaneously in Xishuangbanna and Dehong, both of which can be directly fromKunming by air.

　　There is also a beautiful legend about the origin of the water splashingFestival: a long time ago, there was a demon king with boundless power in theDai area. He did all kinds of evil, and the people could not bear to suffer. Hesuccessively occupied six girls, and later he forcibly occupied nanzongbu, themost beautiful princess in the world. Seven girls were humiliated and waited forrevenge. The clever seven girls drunk the demon king at the banquet and learnedhis Achilles' heel from him. One night, the demon king fell asleep after he wasdrunk. According to the demon king, Nan brown cloth pulled out a demon king'shair and put it on the demon king's neck. The demon king's head immediately fellto the ground. But the blood dripping from the devil turned into a raging fire,and quickly spread to the world. Nan brown cloth quickly picked up the devil,and the fire on the ground went out. As soon as it was put down, the firestarted again. So the seven girls took turns holding the devil's head, and theothers poured water on her. It took 999 days to put out the fire, and thevillagers lived happily ever after.