The Luoping International Canola Flower Culture Tourism Festival is an annual event that takes place in Luoping County, Yunnan Province, China. It is one of the most popular festivals in Yunnan Province and is held from late February to early April. The festival offers a unique experience, creating harmony between us humans and nature. The […]
The Wa people call it Moh Nin Hei - the Festival of Solidarity - but when translated phonetically into Chinese, it becomes the 'Face-Smearing Festival' (Mo Ni Hei). By pure coincidence, that's exactly what this rambunctious day is all about. During the carnival, revellers smear each other with a special kind of mud mixed with […]
Boun Bang Fai is festival held to call for rain and celebrate fertility. The date of the festival is fixed by each province. During the festival, there are a variety of fun activities, particularly a traditional dance which is performed in a circle. Men will wear traditional Lao women’s clothes and cosmetics as people tie […]
A crystal-clear alpine lake wedged between Kunming and Yuxi, Fuxian Lake (Fuxian Hu) is best-known for the huge amount of Cambrian fossils discovered there, but average travellers can head for the lake on May 10th in the name of Lixia, or the Advent of Summer. A traditional festival once involving a sacrifice to the lake's […]
Celebrated on the full moon of the sixth month in the Buddhist calendar, Boun Visakhaboucha marks the Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. Devout Buddhists will rise early to make merit at temples. In some temples, Buddhists will perform Wien Tien (Candlelight procession) in the evening, which includes carrying candles, incense and lotus flowers and […]
During the summer month of May, pilgrims gather at pagodas and temples throughout the country to water the sacred Bodhi Trees. It is said that Lord Buddha gained enlightenment when he was resting under a Bodhi tree. When the religion spread across the world, Bodhi trees were planted in monasteries all over the world by […]
His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath King Norodom Sihamoni's Birthday. This significant day marks the birth of Cambodia's revered monarch, born on 14 May 1953. Photo by pressocm.gov.kh
Held in May at the end of the dry season, the Bun Bangfai festival is held to bring rains down from the heavens, by firing rockets into the air. This is supposed to appease the god of rain (Phaya Thaen) into pouring down his bounty into the rice fields. In the provincial capital of Yasothon […]
In An Giang Province in the Mekong Delta, the Ba Chua Xu temple festival is held annually from the 23rd to the 27th of the fourth lunar month. The festival honors a marble statue of a lady (Ba Chua) found at the peak of Mount Sam in the early 1800s; a temple was built for […]
Raosanling is an occasion for local Bai people in rural areas of Dali to pay homage to three temples one by one on foot, and for travellers to witness in person the region's religious diversity and unrestrained secular celebrations. The festival usually lasts three days, starting on the 23rd day of the 4th lunar month, […]
A tourist event at scenic Puzhehei, where rice ash is daubed on people's faces for good luck. The opening ceremony is always on July 18, and activities continue somewhat for a month. Festival held according to western/solar calendar on 18.7.
DIFF 2025: The Grandest Fireworks Festival in Da Nang’s History Following the dazzling success of DIFF 2024, the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2025 (DIFF 2025) is set to ignite the skies once again with an even more breathtaking spectacle. Under the theme “Da Nang – The New Rising Era,” this year’s festival is more […]
The Amazing Thailand Grand Sale 2025 project is a highlight activity of Grand Privilege, one of the 5 Grands of the Amazing Thailand Grand Tourism and Sports Year 2025 campaign that will create excitement, attract travel and stimulate spending (Spending) of foreign tourists with the concept of Must Buy under 5 Must Do in Thailand. […]
