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傣族潑水節是流行于云南省傣族人民聚居地的傳統節日，國家級非物質文化遺產之一。在節日期間，人們會互相潑水，還會舉辦劃船比賽、放煙花、放孔明燈等活動來慶祝節日，好不熱鬧！
在這個節日中，潑水是最重要的環節。因為對傣族人來說，水象征著圣潔、善良和純潔，是最珍貴的東西。因此，人們會互相潑水，象征祝福，用圣水沖走疾病和災難，過上幸福的生活。
今日正文：
The Water-Splashing Festival is a traditional festival for the Dai people in the Dehong area of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province in the southwest of China.
潑水節是中國西南部云南省西雙版納德宏地區傣族人的傳統節日。
It is the New Year for the Dai, a festival to send off the old and greet the new.
這是傣族人的新年，一個送舊迎新的節日。
It lasts three or four days.
它持續三到四天。
Held during the sixth month of the Dai calendar, usually falling in mid-April of the Gregorian calendar, the Water Splashing Festival is also known as the Festival for Bathing the Buddha.
潑水節在傣歷的第六個月舉行，通常是在公歷的四月中旬，潑水節也被稱為浴佛節。
During the festival, the door of every house is decorated with multicolored pieces of paper. All the villagers dress in their holiday best. Sheep and cows are slaughtered for feasting, plus delicious glutinous rice cakes, rice noodles, and rice wine.
節日期間，家家戶戶的門都用五顏六色的紙片裝飾。所有的村民都穿著節日盛裝。羊和牛被宰殺后供過節時享用，還有美味的糯米糕米粉和米酒。
The occasion is marked by a variety of entertainment, including singing and dancing, fireworks displays, boat racing, exhibiting Kongming (air-borne) lanterns, bathing the Buddha, and parades and fairs. But the most popular event is water-splashing.
節日期間有各種各樣的娛樂活動，包括歌舞、煙火表演、劃船比賽、放孔明燈、浴佛以及游行和集會。但最受歡迎的活動是潑水。
On the eve of the first day of the festival, activities include fireworks displays and dragon boat racing.
在節日的第一天前夕，活動包括煙火表演和龍舟比賽。
The second day is known as Neuter Day, which belongs to neither the old nor the new, year.
第二天被稱為空日，不屬于舊年也不屬于新年。
On this day, according to custom, people usually stay at home.
根據習俗，人們在這一天通常呆在家里。
The third day falls on New Year's Day.
第三天就是傣族的新年。
In the morning, people dress up and go to the temple to worship Buddha.
第三天的上午，人們盛裝打扮，到廟里拜佛。
They make three to five pagoda-shaped sand piles over one meter tall and plant eight bamboo twigs on the top wrapped in red and green strips.
他們會堆砌三到五個形狀各異的寶塔形沙堆，高度超過一米，并在頂部插上八根用紅綠色條紋包裹的竹枝。
They then sit around the pagodas to listen respectfully to scripture and historical legends, and pray for good weather and many offspring.
然后他們圍坐在寶塔旁，恭敬地聽取經文和歷史傳說，并祈求好天氣和多子多孫。
In the afternoon, every woman will carry fresh water to clean the Buddha statue so she might get his blessing.
到了下午，每個女人都會提著清水去清洗佛像，以求得到他的祝福。
People then splash water on each other to symbolize the blessing, rinsing away sickness and disaster with holy water for a happy life.
然后，人們互相潑水，象征祝福，用圣水沖走疾病和災難，過上幸福的生活。
Water splashing is central to all because water, the symbol of holiness, goodness and purity, is the most precious thing to the Dai.
對所有人來說，潑水是最重要的環節，因為對傣族人來說，水象征著圣潔、善良和純潔，是最珍貴的東西。
During the festival, men and women indulge themselves in a spree of water-splashing.
在節日期間，男女們盡情地參與到這水花四濺的歡樂之中。
They gather along roadsides and in public parks and squares armed with buckets and basins of water or carrying squirt guns, to drench each other in wishes for good luck and a happy new year.
他們會帶著水桶和水盆，或者拿著水槍，聚集在路邊、公園和廣場，互相潑水，希望大家能有好運氣，過一個快樂的新年。
At night, music accompanied by drumbeats reverberates throughout the villages, and people enjoy dancing and singing to their hearts' content.
到了夜晚，鼓聲伴隨的音樂在村莊中回蕩，人們盡情地跳舞和唱歌，享受樂趣。
The Water Splashing Festival vividly exhibits the Dai's homage to water and the culture of music and dance, food, and costumes.
潑水節生動地展現了傣族對水的敬仰以及音樂舞蹈、食物和服飾的文化。
It is also a cultural bridge between Xishuangbanna and Southeast Asian countries that share the same festive culture of water-splashing.
這也是西雙版納與東南亞國家之間的文化橋梁，共享潑水節慶文化。
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