傣族泼水节英语作文

　　The dai water-splashing festival, also known as "bath FoJie" general dai calendar in mid-june, the Gregorian calendar on April 13, held between April 15. Water-sprinkling festival originated in India and is one of the ancient brahmans, absorption by Buddhism, after about 12 century AD to the early 13th century through myanmar and the yunnan dai national minority area Buddhism in China. With the influence of Buddhism in dai area deepen, water-sprinkling festival become a customs passed down, has hundreds of years. Gradually in the process of circulating water-sprinkling festival, the dai people combined with our national myths and legends, gives the water-sprinkling festival more magical means and national color.

　　Legend in a long time ago, jinsha river side a dai villages live deep in the forest, because the forest fire, the villagers were engulfed in distress, a man named Li Liang dai man, to protect the village, not afraid of danger, rushed out of the warfare, choose to buckets of water out of the jinsha river, douse fires. Fire finally, exhausted after a day and a night of being thrown out, the villagers saved, Li Liang because overworked the sweat dry, thirsty in the hills. The villagers from water to Li Liang thirst, but he drank ninety-nine water solution also not thirsty. Later, Li Liang just a head, from the river to become a dragon, along the river. The dai people to commemorate Li Liang, lunar calendar march grade on this day, in every house cleaning, sprinkle with pine leaves, and in the river or selected by the well, with green trees and set up the long and half blue tents, tent with thick pine needles, put on a tank filled with water on both sides, at noon the sun when the top, all through the shed, between each other with pine and dips in water body, auspicious happiness water splashing each other, said of Li Liang missing and blessing to the New Year.

　　Put kongmin light is the activity of the dai national minority area characteristic. At night, people in the square yard lamp candle lit, in homemade "balloon", the use of hot air buoyancy, the YiZhanZhan "kongmin light" fly to heaven, and in order to commemorate the ancient sages kongming. During the water-splashing festival and row the dragon boat race. The race took place in the lancang river. Groups of PiGongGuaLu dragon boat in "open class" gong and shout "hi hi hi" and whistle, waves, valiant, attracts thousands of tourists to the lancang river edge, added a lot of tension and joy for the festival atmosphere.

　　These activity continues to this day, to become new blessing auspicious festival, become the most important festival of the dai people's.

　　傣族泼水节又名“浴佛节”，一般傣历的六月中旬，阳历4月13日至4月15日之间举行。泼水节源于印度，是古婆罗门教的一种仪式，后为佛教所吸收，约在公元十二世纪末至十三世纪初经缅甸随佛教传入中国云南傣族地区。随着佛教在傣族地区影响的加深，泼水节成为一种民族习俗流传下来，至今已数百年。在泼水节流传的过程中，傣族人民逐渐将其与自己的民族神话传说结合起来，赋予了泼水节更为神奇的意味和民族色彩。

　　相传在很久以前，金沙江边一个聚居在密林深处的'傣族村寨，因树林起火，村民处在被大火吞没的危难之中，一个名叫李良的傣家汉子，为保护村庄，不畏危险，冲出火网，从金沙江里挑来一桶桶江水，泼洒山火。经过一天一夜的劳累，山火终于被泼灭了，村民得救，李良因为劳累把汗流干了，渴倒在山头上。村民打来清水给李良解渴，但他喝了九十九挑水也解不了渴。后来，李良索性一头扑到江水中，变成一条巨龙，顺江而去。傣族人民为纪念李良，每年农历三月初三这一天，每家房屋清扫一新，撒上青松叶，并在选定的江边或井旁，用绿树搭起长半里的青棚，棚下撒满厚厚的松针，两旁放上盛满水的水槽，午间太阳当顶时，众人穿行于棚间，相互用青松蘸水洒身，吉祥幸福的水相互泼洒，表示对李良的怀念和对新年的祝福。

　　放孔明灯是傣族地区特有的活动。入夜，人们在广场空地上将灯烛点燃，放到自制的大“气球”内，利用热空气的浮力，把一盏盏“孔明灯”放飞上天，以此来纪念古代的圣贤孔明。泼水节期间还要进行划龙舟比赛。比赛在澜沧江上举行。一组组披红挂绿的龙舟在“堂堂堂”的锣声中和“嗨嗨嗨”的呼喊和哨子声中，劈波斩浪，奋勇向前，把成千上万的中外游客吸引到澜沧江边，为节日增添了许多紧张和欢乐的气氛。

　　这些活动一直延续至今，成为辞旧迎新祝福吉祥的节日，成为傣族人民最重要的节日。