What are the stories behind the peacock dance Songkran Festival? Can you introduce me?
The Dai nationality is considered to be the first ethnic minority recognized by most people except Han nationality. People wearing white clothes in costume dramas are the modern Dai people, who are mainly distributed in Yunnan and other places in China.
The Dai nationality is known as the water nationality. Among the colorful and diverse social characteristics, the national characteristics related to water are more prominent. Xishuangbanna's annual Songkran Festival is famous all over the country. Songkran Festival is also one of the three major festivals of Dai people, and it is also the biggest one. They regard water as auspicious, and splashing water is the best blessing. The whole Songkran Festival will last for three days, and men, women and children will dress up after bathing. Women will first carry water to wash the dust for the Buddha statue, and then splash water on each other in the street to bless them. If you go to xishuangbanna tourism during this period, you can see this grand festival and get the blessing of the Dai people.
Because they think water is a symbol of good luck, Dai people also like to live on water. This living habit has also well continued the history of our human development. When other ethnic groups are slowly moving towards the Central Plains and leaving the water source, they still regard water as the foundation. As a nation with water, it also loves bathing. Dai people living in subtropical areas have an annual temperature of 10 -28 degrees, which is more suitable to be described as warm in winter and cool in summer. At this temperature, children can play in the stream at any time, and women often wash their hair in the stream. Their long black hair becomes more black and shiny after being washed by natural streams.
Dai people are also a good singer and dancer, among which peacock dance is one of the most famous dances characterized by imitating the movements of birds. Peacock is a symbol of good luck in Dai nationality. peacock dance created by observing and imitating every movement and behavior of peacock is lifelike. In addition, Dai costumes have the characteristics of self-cultivation, which perfectly embodies their beautiful figure and colorful handmade colors. When graceful dancing and unique costumes are combined with soft music, the dancers seem to become real peacocks fighting and playing with each other.
Dai is a gorgeous nation with obvious unique characteristics. The geography, environment, climate and culture in which they live have formed and preserved these characteristics. Times are changing, but they have not abandoned these, but are using tourism and the Internet to publicize and continue their national characteristics more widely.