The composition in unit 2 of grade six is written like this.

Songkran Festival is the biggest festival of Dai people, and it is also the festival with the greatest influence and the largest number of participants among ethnic festivals in Yunnan Province. Songkran Festival is the New Year of Dai calendar, which is equivalent to mid-April of Gregorian calendar. The festival usually lasts for 3 to 7 days. The first day is called "Mairi" in Dai language, which is similar to the New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar. The next day, the Dai language is called "angry day" (empty day); The third day is the New Year, called "Overlord Horse", which is actually the first day of the year. People think this day is the most beautiful and auspicious day. In the early morning of the festival, Dai men, women and children put on festive costumes, carried clear water, went to the Buddhist temple to bathe the Buddha, and then began to splash water on each other to wish each other luck, happiness and health. People are dancing and shouting "water! Water! Water! " The sound of gongs and drums resounded through the sky, and the water of blessing splashed everywhere. The scene is really spectacular.

During the Songkran Festival, young Dai people like to play the game of losing packets in the open space in the forest. The flower bag is made of beautiful flower cloth, which contains cotton paper, cottonseed and so on. This is a symbol of love. Young men and women know each other by losing and receiving packages. After the girl consciously let the young man lose, the young man gave the prepared gift to the girl, and both of them left the crowd to fall in love in a quiet place.

During the Songkran Festival, there will be a dragon boat race. The competition will be held on the Lancang River. Groups of dragon boats dressed in red and green will break through the waves with the gong of "Tang Tang" and the whistle of "Hi, Hi, Hi", attracting thousands of Chinese and foreign tourists to the Lancang River, adding a lot of tension and joy to the festival.

The Songkran Festival originated in India and was once a religious ceremony of Brahmanism in India. Later, it was absorbed by Buddhism and introduced into the Dai area of Yunnan through Myanmar. It lasted about 700 years from the end of13rd century to the beginning of14th century. With the increasing influence of Buddhism spread to the south in Dai areas, the Water-splashing Festival has become more and more popular. Songkran Festival is a festival celebrating the New Year in the Dai calendar, which generally lasts from April 13 to April 65433 in the solar calendar.

Another eye-catching activity of the Water-splashing Festival is dragon boat rowing, elephant drum dancing and peacock dance dancing. At that time, on the third day of the Dai people's New Year's Eve, it was called "Maipaya Late Horse" in Dai language, and the festive atmosphere reached its climax. People dressed in festive costumes gathered on the banks of Lancang River and Ruili River to watch the dragon boat race. There are many activities in the Songkran Festival. Others include flying high, cockfighting and peacock dance dancing. People are all dressed up and beaming.

The water-splashing festival is coming, and the Dai people are busy killing pigs, chickens and making wine. They also have to make many "rice cakes" and Baba made of various glutinous rice to eat during festivals.

The Songkran Festival lasts for three days. On the first day, there were dragon boat rowing, soaring and cultural performances. Splash water the next day; On the third day, young men and women lost their bags together and exchanged materials.

The Songkran Festival is usually held on the banks of the beautiful Lancang River. When the morning light shines on the "City of Dawn", people of all ethnic groups gather here from all directions in their costumes. At the command, one by one rose into the sky, soaring into the sky, and the dragon boat flew like an arrow to the other side. At this time, thousands of golden bamboos are playing together.

At the beginning of water splashing, the polite Dai girl said a blessing and sprinkled the water in the basin with bamboo leaves and branches. "When the water is splashed, Dai Jia will go crazy." At the climax, people use copper bowls, washbasins and even buckets to hold water and play and chase in the streets. They only feel that the oncoming water and the water behind them are poured all over the body from head to toe. People form a circle and dance to the accompaniment of gongs and drums and elephant feet drums, regardless of nationality, age and occupation. When excited, people burst into cheers of "water, water, water". Some people dance and drink and stay up all night.

"Packet loss" is the most romantic, and it is often a special game of unmarried young Dai people. The "small bag" is a token of love, which is carefully made by Dai girls with cotton seeds. The four corners of the small bag are decorated with colorful flowers. When the bag is lost, men and women stand in a row on the grassy lawn. The Dai girl throws the bag to the boy first, and then the boy throws it to the girl to convey her feelings. As a result, packets are flying around.

During the Songkran Festival, young people splash water like blooming silver flowers.

Traditional festivals of Dai, Achang, De 'ang, Bulang, Wa and other ethnic groups. In Dai language, the New Year is called "Bimai in Beijing" and the Songkran Festival is called "Hounan", so the Songkran Festival is a symbol of the alternation of the old and the new in Dai calendar year.

The Songkran Festival usually lasts for three to five days in mid-April of Gregorian calendar and mid-June of Dai calendar. The first day is called "Wanduo Sangli", which means New Year's Eve, and the last day is called "180 thousand horses", which means "the day when the king comes" and means New Year. The middle day is called "Wannao", which means "empty day". Water splashing and packet loss during the festival.

On the morning of the first day of the festival, people gathered flowers and green leaves to worship in the Buddhist temple, and built four or five pagodas in the temple. Secular beings sit around the tower, listen to the Buddha chanting, and then carry the Buddha to the courtyard. After the ceremony in the Buddhist temple, young men and women gave up splashing water on each other, so the people began splashing water. People use copper bowls, washbasins and even buckets to hold water and crowd in the street. This is auspicious water, blessed water, which can eliminate disasters and get rid of diseases, so people pour and pour as much as they like. No matter who spilled it or was splashed, I was very happy although I was soaked from head to toe. I saw a blossoming spray in full bloom in the crowd, forming a rainbow under the sunshine, full of laughter and laughter everywhere.

In addition to splashing water, there are also mass song and dance activities. Old people from 70 to 80 years old to dolls from 70 to 80 years old all put on festive costumes and came to the village square. Men, women and children form a circle and dance with the mang gongs and drums. Some dance "peacock dance", some dance "Jurah", some improvise, sing and dance, with beautiful movements, vivid rhythm and moving songs.

During the festival, dragon boat races are held on the vast Lancang River. The wooden boat is decorated with colorful flowers, dressed as Jackie Chan, peacock and big fish. Dozens of young men and women struggled to paddle forward, and the audience on both sides of the strait was like a cloud, and drums and cheers resounded through the sky. After the game, the winner came to the podium to receive the prize and drink the celebration wine.

In the evening, the village set off fireworks. This is the fireworks made by the Dai people. A bamboo that is dozens of feet long, filled with gunpowder and other ingredients, is placed on an elevated frame made of bamboo. When the lead bullet is ignited, the gunpowder burns, and bamboo shoots soar into the sky like rockets, emitting gorgeous fireworks in the air, just like flowers, shining with stars and dazzling, making the night sky of the festival particularly beautiful. The person who rises highest is appreciated and won.

During the Songkran Festival, there are also activities such as packet loss, through which young men and women seek partners and express their affection.

April 13 every year is the Songkran Festival in Thailand, which is called Songkran Festival. Songkran Festival is Sanskrit, which means "the sun moves to Aries, that is, the beginning of a new solar year". The Songkran Festival lasts for three days, which is the hottest time in Thailand. Before the festival, you should clean your home and burn old clothes to avoid bad luck. On the festival day, you should go to the temple. After that, the elders will pour water on the heads of the younger generation to show their blessings.

The annual Thai New Year-Songkran Festival is coming. From April 13, Thailand has been in a jubilant atmosphere for three consecutive days. At this moment, Thais usually splash water on each other to celebrate, so it is also called the Water-splashing Festival.

The traditional custom of splashing water means that you can wash away the setbacks of the past year and start a new year. The present Songkran Festival is full of interesting ingredients, so don't be angry if you are splashed all over Thailand at this time! In fact, the tradition of the Songkran Festival is not unique to Thailand. For example, neighboring countries such as Myanmar and Cambodia also celebrate this festival at the same time.

On this day, men, women and children will put on new clothes and bring offerings to the temple to worship monks. Housewives are the busiest in the new year. On New Year's Eve, they are busy cleaning the environment inside and outside the house, and old clothes or things at home will be set on fire, because according to tradition, not throwing away old things or useless things will bring bad luck. On the afternoon of April 13, people will wash the Buddha statues, and at the same time, the younger generation will put on perfume.

In Pattaya, some celebrations are held at this time of year, such as food exhibitions, float parades, beauty contests and various fireworks displays, while in Chiang Mai, beauty contests and parades are held. In Thailand, it is very important to pursue the future carefully, so people will also bring their ancestors' urns to the temples to hold worship ceremonies and pray.

[Edit this paragraph] De 'ang Water-splashing Festival

De 'ang people also celebrate the Songkran Festival. On the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the most distinctive custom of the De 'ang People's Songkran Festival is to wash hands and feet for the elders, in addition to splashing water for blessing and dancing like feet and drums. At that time, the younger generation of each family had to prepare a pot of hot water and put it in the center of the hall, and invited their parents and other elders to come out and sit in the hall and kowtow to them to apologize. Ask them to forgive the filial piety of the younger generation this year. The elders should also review the shortcomings in setting an example for the younger generation in the past year. Then, the younger generation washes their hands and feet for their elders and wishes each other a harmonious and hardworking atmosphere in the coming year. If their parents die, their brothers, sisters, sister-in-law and brother-in-law will become the objects of washing hands and feet. This custom comes from an old legend: a disobedient son spent his seventh day in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Seeing the scene of young birds feeding back, she realized something and decided to treat her mother well. At this time, her mother was preparing to come to the mountain to deliver food to her son and accidentally slipped. When her son came to help her, she thought he was going to hit her and hit a tree. Her son was very sorry. He cut down the tree and carved it into a statue of his mother. On the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, the statue is washed in warm water sprinkled with petals. Later, it evolved into

The Songkran Festival of De 'ang nationality is similar to that of Dai nationality, but it is different. It is usually held in the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar. Near the festival, people are busy making new clothes, rice bowls, water pipes, buckets and other splashing tools. Old believers gathered in Buddhist temples, set up huts during the Songkran Festival to welcome the dust of the statue of Sakyamuni and set up water pipes. The water pipe is carved from a thick piece of wood and is about four or five meters long. The Buddha statue flowing to the hut welcomes the Buddha. Then, the venerable elders hold flowers, dip them in water and gently sprinkle them on the people around them to bless everyone and congratulate the beginning of the new year. At this time, people began to get excited and congratulate each other on the New Year. Young people hold buckets high above their heads and sprinkle water droplets on the hands of the elderly, wishing people happiness, health and longevity. The old people stretched out their hands, holding water sticks in their hands and reciting greetings. Congratulations and best wishes to young people. After the ceremony, people will line up with the elephant foot drum as the leader, flock to springs and rivers, sing and dance, chase each other and splash water. The Songkran Festival is not only a ceremony for De 'ang people to celebrate the New Year, but also a good opportunity for young men and women to love each other and find their sweethearts. De 'ang people are popular with bamboo baskets. When stringing girls in the dead of night, they will throw them. Give it to a girl you like to express your love and test her reaction. So every girl often receives several bamboo baskets at this time, but who do girls really love? That depends on who gave her the bamboo basket on the girl's back on the day of Songkran Festival. On this day, the girls all carried a delicate and beautiful bamboo basket on their backs, but whose is this? This time, the boys are very busy. They opened their eyes and stared at the bamboo basket on the girl's body, carefully identifying whether the bamboo basket on her sweetheart's back was given to her by them. After the lovers meet, they splash water on each other to express their excitement and joy.