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The Water-Sprinkling Festival 泼水节 The Water-Sprinkling Festival is the New Year，held from the 24th to 26th days of the sixth month, of the Dai calendar once a year，usually falling upon 14th to 16th of April. It is similar to Thailands Songkran，three days of unbridled festivities in which everybody gets doused with water. The Water-Sprinkling Festival is the grandest ceremonial occasion for the Dai，the De’ang and the Achang nationalities who believe in Theravada Buddhism. It is also known as the festival for bathing Lord Buddha. 泼水节是傣族的新年，在傣历的6月24日到26日举行，往，往在公历的4月14日到16日。它与泰国的泼水节相似，都是人人可以肆无忌惮相互泼水的三天节日。泼水节是傣族最盛大的庆典，傣族包括德昂族和阿昌族，都信仰小乘佛教。因此这一节日也被认为是佛祖沐浴的日子。 The Water-Sprinkling Festival, New Years Day by Dai calendar, will be celebrated in Xishuangbanna. As one of the regions that has the richest and the most varied biological species，it is often called the kingdom of animals, the kingdom of plants, and the gene depository. Since the 1980s, Xishuangbanna has been active in the development and construction of the tourist industry, and it has now become a tourist region with good product system and convenient border facilities. Travel to and from Xishuangbanna has become very convenient, with scheduled flights between more than ten cities in China. 傣族人的新年泼水节，每年都在云南西双版纳自治州举行。西双版纳拥有丰富多样的物种资源，被称为“动物之国”、“植物王国”，以及“动植物基因库”。自从19世纪80年代以来，西双版纳已成为旅游产业发展与建设的活跃地点，而且也凭借自身良好的产业结构和便利的边境条件成为旅游区。目前，中国的十多个城市都已与西双版纳通航，旅行十分方便。 Legends This custom originates from a sentimental legendary story. Long long ago, there lived a devil near where Dai people lived. The devil committed all kinds of evil deeds to the residents. Every year he would come to the villages and force a girl to be his woman. All people were angry with him. Yet，no one could do an贝hing to him，for the devil was very well self-protected. One year, however, the girl who had been taken as the devils seventh woman, was so clever that she had an idea to prevent the evils. One night, she managed to please the devil