Unit 2 Practice Folk Custom in Grade 6

The music and beautiful legends of the Songkran Festival belong not only to the Dai people. Whenever the Dai New Year comes, the Bulang, De 'ang and Achang nationalities in Xishuangbanna will celebrate together and hold the Water-splashing Festival. Tourists at home and abroad also love and yearn for this colorful activity, so they all want to know and be familiar with the Dai people's water splashing custom. In this case, our news media and cultural tourism departments (including tourism enterprises) should do a good job in publicizing the activities of the Water-splashing Festival responsibly, so that this popular national festival can have its original appearance and history. Especially in Xishuangbanna Dai Garden, this festival should have traditional colors and folk customs.

In Dai language, the Water-splashing Festival is called "cold-closed than wheat", and it is also called "June New Year" or "June Festival" because New Year's Day in Dai calendar is in June (mid-April in solar calendar). The water splashing ceremony is also the main activity of this festival. According to a small series of history and geography called "In the Car", "On the morning of the New Year's Day, all the princes and nobles bathed and changed clothes, and the Buddhist temple faced the Buddha. The women each held a handful of water to welcome the Buddha ... After bathing the Buddha, people even splashed water on each other and splashed water on the performance. " Now, with the development of economy and culture, the Dai calendar has added new contents to the New Year. Besides dragon boat racing, flying high, losing packets, putting on lights, beating drums, jumping peacock dance, splashing water for blessing, sports performances, cultural performances, garden parties, releasing hydrogen balloons, etc. They were all added, gradually diluting the Buddha's bathing ceremony. As a garden in A Dai whose main purpose is to protect and promote the traditional culture of the Dai people, whether to restore these bathing ceremonies is worthy of serious study.

There is an ancient legend about the origin of the Water-sprinkling Festival: in ancient times, there was a demon named Peng Madaza who did whatever he wanted against the will of the gods, causing rain and drought, regardless of the heat and cold, and the seedlings died and people and animals suffered. How to punish this demon? Ying Da, a wise SHEN WOO, had a plan, that is, he dressed up as a handsome young man, approached the seven daughters who were holding Madian Dalachai and told them the truth. These seven girls are kind-hearted and full of resentment against their father's sins. At this point, they are determined to kill their father and save the world. One day, they finally discovered the "secret" of their father's life and death, took the opportunity to get him drunk, quietly pulled out one of his hairs, made a bow (that is, a bow made of heartstrings), and broke the devil's head. However, the head that fell to the ground turned into a new disaster. In a short time, evil fire raged, bamboo buildings were burned and crops were burned. Seven girls spun the devil's arm until it rotted. Every time they take turns to bring clean water, spill it on each other and remove the dirt. Seven Sisters's brave actions and achievements of putting righteousness above family interests have been warmly praised by people all over the world. Deep nostalgia turned into permanent respect. In order to commemorate the publication of Mahabharata's method of rebuilding the wind, rain and heat, people set the day when Madian Dalaza's head was rotted by the devil as the day of splashing water. On this day, after bathing in the Buddha, people splash water on each other and wish each other good luck, well-being and long-term happiness.

Shui people regard water as life. Whenever the water-splashing festival comes, the Dai village becomes a happy world, full of warmth and friendship.