Introduce the "Water Delivery Festival"

Every year when the Buddhist calendar is full on December 15th (November of Gregorian calendar), the Cambodian people will solemnly celebrate their traditional festival-Water Delivery Festival. Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, is located at the junction of Mekong River, tonle sap river River and Bassa River. Every year in May of the Gregorian calendar, Cambodia enters the rainy season, and the Mekong River flows backward into Tonle Sap Lake along the tonle sap river, which makes the lake rapidly expand 1 times, and a large number of fish and shrimp breed in the lake, making Tonle Sap Lake a natural fish warehouse; At the same time, the rain created the necessary conditions for farmers to sow and transplant rice, and farmers began to work in tense farmland. By November of Gregorian calendar, Cambodia entered the dry season, and the water in Tonle Sap Lake began to flow back into the Mekong River and finally into the sea. At this time, the fish in Tonle Sap Lake have grown up and Cambodia has entered the fishing season. At the same time, the rice is ripe, and farmers are ready to cut the sickle and harvest it. In order to thank the people for the great benefits brought by the river, the Cambodian people have had the traditional habit of holding a water festival since ancient times, and respectfully sent the river water that brought them a bumper harvest to the sea to welcome the arrival of the harvest season. There is another saying about the origin of the Water Festival: Angkor Wat was the most prosperous period in Cambodia in the 12th century. From 1177 to 1181, King of Cambodia? Yebamo VII personally led the navy to battle, defeated Zhanpo's army, won a great victory, and returned to Korea in triumph. In the relief of Angkor monuments, there are? King Yebamo VII stands at the bow, holding high Wang Jian, and bravely commanding warships to charge the enemy. Since then, in order to commemorate the great victory of the navy, the people have held a dragon boat race every year on the day when they defeated the enemy. On this day's dragon boat race, each bow has an elder, waving a wooden stick, commanding the rowers, making concerted efforts and courageously taking the lead, which is to imitate the posture of ancient warships in water warfare. The Water Festival is one of the important festivals in Cambodia, and it will be celebrated for three days in Phnom Penh. On the first day, the opening ceremony and preliminary competition of the dragon boat race were held; The next day, the game continued during the day, and in the evening, Yue Bai ate flat rice (a kind of food made by frying glutinous rice and flattening it); The third day is the most lively day, with the dragon boat race finals and prize-giving ceremony held during the day and water lanterns at night. Fireworks were set off three times a day for 15-2 minutes. During the Water Festival, there was a national holiday, and the colorful programs made Cambodians feast their eyes. People from all over the world who like to be lively come to Phnom Penh with their children and daughters the day before the festival. They spread the mats they brought on the grass and became a temporary home. The family had enough fun in the capital. They visit the park, go shopping in shopping malls, and of course, the main activity is to watch the dragon boat race. When they are hungry, they can taste all kinds of snacks at any time. Food is sold everywhere, including Cambodian national flavor and food from neighboring countries such as Vietnam, Thailand and China, which also makes Cambodians feast their eyes. In order to have a good holiday, the Cambodian government began to make preparations two or three months in advance and set up an organizing committee for the Water Festival. First, organize dragon boat races in various provinces and cities, and select elites to participate in the national competition held in Phnom Penh during the Water Supply Festival. The city of Phnom Penh has been completely decorated, with national flags, colorful flags and festive slogans hanging everywhere. People are dressed in costumes, and the festive atmosphere is everywhere.