On the morning of July 7, Huineng and Liang Yaofu walked out of Wenyang Tianzhai with morning dew and went to Chanlong Gorge at the northern foot of Tianlu Mountain to dig some mountain herbs.

They zigzagged along a rugged mountain road. Along the way, I saw a round of red sun hanging at the foot of a peak in the mountains stacked green, the rays of sunlight passed through the clouds, sprinkling ten thousand golden rays to the villages dotted on the mountains, the green trees and red flowers in the mountains, the colorful butterflies fluttering, the birds and the song, the picturesque Tianlu Mountain's original ecological and beautiful natural scenery came into view, which made people seem to have walked into a continuous picture scroll.

The mountains are green, the water is blue, the villages, the fields, all bathed in the ripe melons and fruits and the fragrance of mountain flowers...... What an idyllic scenery of the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty!

"How beautiful the mountain is in autumn! The blue sky, the sea of clouds, the mountains are full of flowers, the forests are dyed, the autumn colors are picturesque, and the twists of the mountains are ripe to the point of 'throwing off', which has a unique style! Hui Neng, who was walking behind, said emotionally.

Liang Yaofu patted Huineng's shoulder and praised: "Ah Neng, what a literary talent!" ”

"Yao Fubo has won the award ......", Huineng just wanted to humble himself, when suddenly, a deafening sound of firecrackers and noisy gongs and drums came from nearby to interrupt Huineng's words.

Huineng turned to Liang Yaofu: "Yaofubo, why is it so lively nearby?" ”

"Today is the annual Songkran Festival in Wudong Village, how about we go and have a look?" Leung Yiu-fu proposed.

Huineng: "Okay. ”

Beautiful July day on earth. Wudong Village at the foot of Tianlu Mountain ushered in the grand festival of "Songkran Festival" on the seventh day of the seventh month of July.

The Songkran Festival is most popular in Southeast Asia and the Dai people in Yunnan.

Songkran was once a religious ritual of Brahmanism in India, which was later absorbed by Buddhism and introduced to the Dai region of Yunnan via Myanmar. With the increasing influence of Theravada Buddhism in the Dai area, the Xigu of the Songkran Festival has become more and more extensive.

The Songkran Festival is the most solemn festival of the Dai nationality, and it is also the festival with the largest influence and the largest number of participants among the ethnic minority festivals in Yunnan.

Songkran is the Dai New Year, and the festival generally lasts for 3 to 7 days. The first day is called "wheat day" in Dai language, similar to the Chinese New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar; The next day, the Dai language is called "annoying day" (empty day); The third day is the New Year, called "Horn Net Ma", which is the first day of the year, and people regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious day.

In the early morning of the festival, the men, women and children of the Dai nationality put on festive costumes, carried clear water, first went to the Buddhist temple to bathe the Buddha, and then began to splash water on each other, wishing each other auspiciousness, happiness and health. People danced and shouted "Water!" Water! Water! The sound of drums and gongs resounded in the sky, and the splashes of blessing splashed everywhere, and the scene was very spectacular.

During the Songkran Festival, Dai youths like to go to the glades to play packet loss games. The flower bag is made of beautiful flower cloth, filled with cotton paper, cotton seeds, etc., and the four corners and the center are decorated with five flower spikes, which are tokens of love, and young men and women get to know each other through losing and receiving bags. When the girl consciously made it impossible for the young man to lose, the young man gave the prepared gift to the girl, and both of them left the crowd to go to a secluded place to fall in love.

The origin of the Songkran Festival has a touching story in the Dai folk.

Legend has it that in ancient times, the agricultural season was ruled by a god named Dalacha Dalacha. However, with his own magic skills, Daracha has great magical powers, shows his divine might, does whatever he wants, rains when he wants, and cools down when he wants to cool down, making the world cold and warm imbalance, and the rain and drought are confused. The god Indatila decided to sanction the pockmarked Daracha who brought disaster to the world, but because of the skill of the pockmarked Darakha, the gods and immortals did not dare to touch him. So Indarati became a handsome young man, and went to "string" the seven daughters of the pockmarked Darachar, and he told them how their father had done evil. The seven kind-hearted and beautiful girls were originally very dissatisfied with what their father had done, but today they were even more indignant after listening to the words of the "young man", and they were determined to destroy their relatives and eliminate disasters and difficulties in the world. In the midst of talking and laughing, Daracha unwittingly revealed his secret of life and death: fire, flooding, knife slashing, and arrow shooting, he was not afraid of anything, but he was afraid of using his hair to make a "bow plug" (meaning "heartstring bow").

One day, the girls got my father so drunk that while he was asleep, they quietly plucked one of his hair and made it into a "bow plug." When they aimed the "bow stopper" at Daracha, his neck was broken, and as soon as his head hit the ground, a fire broke out, and the fire spread everywhere. In order to extinguish the fire, the seven girls took turns holding the pockmarked Daracha's head in their arms until it rotted. During the shift, the girls had to bring clean water and splash it on themselves, washing away the stains and stench all over their bodies.

In order to commemorate the seven girls who killed their relatives and eliminated harm for the people, when the Dai family celebrates the New Year, they will hold a water splashing activity to eliminate disasters and difficulties, and wish the wind and rain in the new year, a bumper harvest of grains, and prosperity of people and animals. The "wrist brain" in the Dai New Year is the day when the head of Daracha is rotten, and the water splashing activity is held on this day.

Songkran is also known as Songkran Festival. Men, women and children get up early in the morning, put on national costumes, carry pure water, first go to the Buddhist temple to worship the Buddha devoutly, bathe the Buddha, and then splash me with water in the square or on the street, I splash to you, the water splashes everywhere with laughter and laughter, the scene is very spectacular. People take pride in being soaked with others and believe that these holy waters wash away the filth and the bad things of the past year, and thus ward off disasters and wish each other peace and happiness. Songkran is regarded as the most beautiful, auspicious and joyful day.

During the Songkran Festival, it is also a long-awaited festival for young men and women who are just beginning to fall in love. They like to go to the meadows in the woods to play packet loss games. The exquisite flower bag is made by the girl herself with colored flower cloth, which contains cotton paper, cotton seeds and other things, and the four corners and the center are decorated with five flower spikes, which is a token of love. The man and woman convey their affection by losing the bag and receiving the bag, and each chooses his sweetheart, and the young man gives the prepared gift to the girl, and they both join hands and go to the secluded place in the woods to talk about love.

There is a way to "every village and every place". In the vicinity of Tianlu Mountain, on the seventh day of the seventh month of July every year, there is also a Songkran Festival, which originates from a beautiful and moving myth and legend.

On this day, the blue sky is blue and the sun is shining.

Seven-colored clouds appeared in the sky, accompanied by bursts of heavenly sounds, and seven fairies stepped on the clouds and floated up. They are the seven daughters of the Jade Emperor: they are the red-clothed fairy Tianshou, the plain-clothed fairy Tianyang, the green-clothed fairy Tianrong, the purple-clothed fairy Tianxian, the yellow-clothed fairy Tianqing, and the green-clothed fairy Tianyu. For a time, the neon clothes are pleasing to the eye, and the colorful clothes are sultry.

With the special identity of the Jade Emperor's daughters, they traveled all over the world and visited famous mountains and rivers when they had time.

Wherever they go, they add to their brilliance.

The Seven Fairies came to Tianlu Mountain and were attracted by the beautiful scenery here.

They played around on the mountain, and came to the Buddha Pier located next to the ancient post road at the northern foot of Tianlu Mountain, which is the intersection of Shimen Valley and Chanlong Canyon.

Today, the Sun Father hangs high in the air, shooting countless hot arrows into the ground. The grass on the side of the road was so sunburned that it drooped its head. The cicadas in the trees squeaked and squeaked, as if cheering for the scorching sun overhead. The exposed loess was sunburned and floated with wisps of water vapor, and people walked on the muddy ground, wading up bursts of dust and smoke.

Tianlu Mountain, which is usually cool, is also very sultry at this time, without a trace of wind, and the air seems to be solidifying.

The youngest of the seven fairies, the green-clothed fairy Tianyu, is petite and exquisite, and her personality is the most cheerful and mischievous. After walking around the mountain, she felt hot all over, and when she saw the clear waves flowing in the mountain stream, she said, "Sisters, I can't stand the heat. Let's go and soak in the water in this mountain stream. As she spoke, she was about to strip off her socks and take off her shoes.

As the eldest sister, the red-clothed fairy Tianshou hurriedly waved her hand to stop her: "Sister Tianyu, no!" ”

The green-clothed fairy Tianyu blinked: "Sister Tianshou, why not?" ”

The red-clothed fairy Tianshou told her reason: "We are a woman's family, and we are barefoot here, so that those men can see it, what kind of system will it become?" ”

The green-clothed fairy Tianyu raised her finger and pointed at the other party's head: "Sister Tianshou, why is your mind so rigid?!" ”

The red-clothed fairy Tianshou: "Sister Tianyu, how can you say that about me?" ”

The green-clothed fairy Tianyu: "Today's weather is as hot as a big furnace, and no one in the mountains will come out to be exposed to the sun." You might as well listen with your ears sideways, but now it's quiet, only the sound of cicadas and the occasional bird, and there is no one around. ”

The fairy in red Tianshou: "That being said, in broad daylight, we take off our shoes and socks, and we have to lift our dresses and go to the stream to soak in the water, so that men in the world can see it, it's always bad!" ”

The attitude of the green-clothed fairy Tianyu is still so stubborn: "Sister Tianshou, we just take off our shoes and socks, not our dresses." If we notice movement around us, we can hide first! ”

The fairy in red Tianshou: "This ......"

"I'm sweating all over my body, and I'm so uncomfortable. Sister Tianshou, if you don't go down to soak in the water, I'll go. After the green-clothed fairy Tianyu finished speaking, she couldn't help but take off her gold thread embroidered shoes first, wading into the middle of the stream, and a burst of coolness rose from the soles of her feet and soon spread all over her body. She felt comfortable all over her body, and beckoned to the other fairies violently: "Sister, you come quickly, immerse yourself in this stream, it is cold and cold, and it is very pleasant." ”