Closing date, opening date: the closing date is June 15 in the Dai calendar, that is, the middle of July in the Gregorian calendar, and the opening date is June 65438+February 15 in the Dai calendar, that is, the middle of June in the Gregorian calendar. Men, women and children in all villages will hold a grand worship activity in the Buddhist temple, offering food, flowers and coins to the Buddha, chanting scriptures and dripping water in front of the Buddha and praying for the blessing of the Buddha.
The three months from the closing day to the opening day is the time of "closing the door" and the most frequent period of religious activities in a year. Worship Buddha and listen to Buddha for 7 days. In the evening, there will be fireworks, firecrackers, Gao Sheng (Kongming Lantern) and "catching up". During the closed period, young men and women can fall in love, but they can't get married and go out; You can get married and go out after opening the door.
Songkran Festival: The time is in late June or early July of Dai calendar, that is, in the middle of April of Gregorian calendar. Festivals usually last for three days. Two days ago, it was to send the old and welcome the new. In the early morning of the festival, men, women and children in Dai villages bathed in costumes, went to the Buddhist temple to worship Buddha, and built 4 or 5 towers in the temple. Everyone sat around the tower and listened to the Buddha chanting. After that, the women each picked a handful of water to "welcome the dust" for the Buddha statue. After the ceremony in the Buddhist temple, the young men and women quit and poured water on each other to bless them. Then they marched around in groups and threw water at pedestrians to show their blessing.
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Dai language (Roman alphabet: Dai), also known as Thai (Thai:? , Roman alphabet: Thai), Shan nationality (Roman alphabet: Shan nationality), etc. The national language is Dai (Thai), which belongs to Zhuang-Dai branch of Zhuang-Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family.
Dai people regard peacocks and elephants as mascots, and folk stories are rich and colorful. Dai people like to live by the water, love cleanliness, often take a bath, and women like to wash their hair, so they have the reputation of "water nation". In the past, Dai people generally believed in Buddhism, and primitive religion spread to the south.
Dai is the main ethnic group in Thailand and Laos, accounting for 40% of the total population in Thailand. Dai is the second largest ethnic group in Myanmar and a minority in China, India, Viet Nam and Cambodia. According to the data of the sixth census in 20 10, there are more than 260,000 Dai people in China.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Dai nationality