Festivals in the Grand Palace

National Day: Also known as Wanshou Festival. February 5th every year 10, which is the birthday of the king.

Buddhist calendar: March in Thai calendar 15, February in Gregorian calendar. On the morning of the festival, the king also fasted at the Jade Buddha Temple. Songkran Festival: Also known as Songkran Festival. April 12 to April 15 on the Gregorian calendar is the Thai New Year, which can be closed for four days. At this moment, the whole country is celebrating, especially Bangkok. There are roughly five activities, namely bathing Buddha, building sand, releasing animals, celebrating parades and splashing water.

Buddha's Birthday: Also known as the Bathing Buddha Festival, it is the birthday anniversary of Buddha Sakyamuni. Today is May 23rd of the Gregorian calendar, so we can have a day off according to regulations. Buddhist temples will hold fasting and chanting ceremonies on this day, and wash the Buddha statues with various perfumes and flowers in the water bath. On this day, all good men and women will go to the temple to burn incense and attend the Buddha washing ceremony.

Farming Day: This is an important festival in Thailand. Every year on farming day, Thailand will hold a ceremony at Wangjiatian Square next to the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The main ploughman held a golden plow pulled by two white bulls six times in the horn. Two girls carrying gold and two girls carrying silver followed the wooden plow. From time to time, the main cultivator grabs handfuls of grain from gold mines and banks and scatters them in the fields. After the ploughing ceremony, thousands of people poured into the fields around the square, dug up seeds from the soil, put the soil into plastic bags and took it home. They believe that these seeds and the "holy land" of Wangjiatian will bring a bumper harvest year and good luck. After ploughing the fields, the manager sent two oxen rich feed, including rice, corn, mung beans, sesame seeds, grass, water and rice wine. Two cows chose grass and corn, and the fortune teller announced that the cows' choice of two kinds of feed heralded a bumper harvest.

Summer Festival: July in Gregorian calendar is an important Buddhist festival every year. The Jade Buddha Temple will hold a grand dressing ceremony for the Jade Buddha, usually presided over by the king or royal representative. This day means that Thailand has entered the rainy season, and monks have entered a three-month period of meditation and chanting. During this period, monks are not allowed to leave the temple at will except in the morning, and they can only eat two meals in the morning and evening, and only eat liquid food for dinner.

Loi krathong: Every year the Gregorian calendar is 165438+ October (the Thai calendar is 65438+ February). Loi krathong is the main festival in Thailand and the most lively and poetic traditional festival among Thai people. By then, the whole city of Bangkok will be boiling and the lights will fall, which will be spectacular. The most lively places are the banks of the First Imperial Bridge, Kaolin Park and Kongluo Port.

Bamboo Gun Festival: It is called "Hanbangfei" in Thai. It is a folk ritual of praying for rain in Thailand, which is popular in northeast China. It is held in mid-May before the rainy season every year and generally lasts for two days. Very grand, lively and full of folk flavor.