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 Perfume Pagoda Festival is a popular cultural and religious event held annually in Vietnam. It takes place at the Perfume Pagoda, also known as Huong Pagoda, which is located in Huong Son Commune, My Duc District, approximately 70 kilometers southwest of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The festival typically begins in the middle […]
This pagoda festival is held in April in Bago. Every year, dancers and theatre troupes gather and perform in this festival to please the Festival Organisers in order to receive bookings from agents that want them to perform in future festivals. The performers make new and beautiful costumes out of the money received in advance […]
The March Street Festival, also known as Guanyin Fair, is one of the most magnificent festivals of the Bai Ethnic Group in Dali, Yunnan. It is held every year from 15 to 21 of the Third Lunar Month (usually in April). Legend has it that Guanyin Bodhisattva defeated the evil Rakshasa. Since then, the Bai […]
The Sanyue Market in Dali Ancient Town was a bustling place for business for one week every year, starting from the third full moon of the lunar year. Nowadays, the Third Moon Fair has expanded beyond bustling markets to include equestrian shows and the delectable Yunnan braised chicken. This is a particularly auspicious holiday for […]
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 […]
The day is celebrated to honor the historical and cultural significance of the reunification, symbolizing peace, independence, and unity. It is a time for Vietnamese people to remember the sacrifices made during the war and to celebrate the resilience and unity of the nation.
Wa people used to be hunters roaming over Yunnan's forested mountains, and the wood drum they worship now was probably used to intimidate dangerous animals by its thunderous clang. Almost every Wa village has such a drum, which is carved out of a big log, and on their Wood Drum Festival (Mugujie) every year, people […]
#Here are some of Thailand’s distinctive Visakha Bucha Day celebrations: Sukhothai ‘Wien Tien Ta Khan’ Visakha Bucha Day 2024 21-22 May 2024 Wat Chang Lom, Sukhothai Historical Park Sukhothai Nakhon Phanom Visakha Bucha Day 2024 22 May 2024 Wat Phra That Phanom Nakhon Phanom 51st World’s Only Wien Tien Ceremony on Water, Phayao Lake 22-24 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On the tenth day of the third lunar month, Vietnamese gather at the Hung Temple at Nghia Linh Mountain in Phu Tho Province to honor the legendary Hung Kings. Rulers of the Hong Bang era in Viet Nam’s mythic past, the Hung Kings helped develop a fine material culture of bronze and pottery, and also […]
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
Thanks to influence from Tibet and India, Bai people generally embrace Buddhism. At Shaxi , on the 8th day of the 2nd lunar month, they will observe the Prince Festival in honor of Gautama forsaking his princehood for faith. Two statues of Gautama, one as prince and one as Buddha, will be carried by costumed […]
Held each year on the full moon of the sixth lunar month, Visakha Bucha Day celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha. On this day, Buddhists will go to the temple in worship and remembrance of the teachings and social and spiritual values of Buddha, and perform merit-making and candlelight ceremonies. This includes […]
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 […]
Vesak is the festival commemorating Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death. In Vietnam, many festivals are held during this day to make special efforts to look back at ourselves and bring happiness to all. Source: izitour.com
A symbolic ploughing procession, conducted by the King himself, that marks the beginning of the rainy season in Cambodia, and traditionally predicts a range of events including epidemics, floods, good harvests and excessive rainfall, depending on what the royal oxen choose from a selection of seven golden trays. The trays contain rice, corn, beans, sesame […]
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, […]
The Bai people of Dali have been celebrating the "Worship Gathering in the Three Temples" for centuries. This carnival, also known as Guanshanglan, takes place annually from the 23rd to 25th day of the fourth lunar month. Originally a religious ceremony, it has become a time for the Bai people to entertain themselves during the […]
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 […]
