The Water Splashing Festival, New Year's Day by Dai calendar, will be celebrated in the Jinghong City Proper between April 12 and 18. The grandest festival of the Dai is usually held along with activities such as Dragon Boat racing, sending off skyrockets, and throwing love pouches. It is believed that everyone being splashed at will have good luck.

Water-splashing festival is a traditional festival of Dai minority in Yunnan. The festival originates form a legend relating about seven nice girls killing the monster. In Dai minority, the water serves as the symbol of sanctity and brightness.

The highlights of the festival include water-splashing carnival, dragon boat racing, cockfighting, ethnic performance.

Chinese Festivial

• National Day: National Day drew near
• Mia-Autumn Festival: Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Spring Festival
• Lantern Festival
• Children's Day
• Dragon Boat Festival
• Women's Day
• Water-Splashing Day
• Teachers' Day
• Youth Day

Unique Traditional Chinese Foods

• wonton
• moon cakes: Mid-Autumn Delicious - Moon Cakes
• rice noodles
• a stick of sugar-coated haws
• chafing dish
• eight-treasure rice pudding
• glass noodles
• jellied bean curd
• dumplings: Why dumpling is widely loved foods in China