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傣族泼水节是流行于云南省傣族人民聚居地的传统节日，国家级非物质文化遗产之一。在节日期间，人们会互相泼水，还会举办划船比赛、放烟花、放孔明灯等活动来庆祝节日，好不热闹！
在这个节日中，泼水是最重要的环节。因为对傣族人来说，水象征着圣洁、善良和纯洁，是最珍贵的东西。因此，人们会互相泼水，象征祝福，用圣水冲走疾病和灾难，过上幸福的生活。
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.
泼水节是中国西南部云南省西双版纳德宏地区傣族人的传统节日。
It is the New Year for the Dai, a festival to send off the old and greet the new.
这是傣族人的新年，一个送旧迎新的节日。
It lasts three or four days.
它持续三到四天。
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.
泼水节在傣历的第六个月举行，通常是在公历的四月中旬，泼水节也被称为浴佛节。
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.
节日期间，家家户户的门都用五颜六色的纸片装饰。所有的村民都穿着节日盛装。羊和牛被宰杀后供过节时享用，还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.
节日期间有各种各样的娱乐活动，包括歌舞、烟火表演、划船比赛、放孔明灯、浴佛以及游行和集会。但最受欢迎的活动是泼水。
On the eve of the first day of the festival, activities include fireworks displays and dragon boat racing.
在节日的第一天前夕，活动包括烟火表演和龙舟比赛。
The second day is known as Neuter Day, which belongs to neither the old nor the new, year.
第二天被称为空日，不属于旧年也不属于新年。
On this day, according to custom, people usually stay at home.
根据习俗，人们在这一天通常呆在家里。
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，人们盛装打扮，到庙里拜佛。
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.
他们会堆砌三到五个形状各异的宝塔形沙堆，高度超过一米，并在顶部插上八根用红绿色条纹包裹的竹枝。
They then sit around the pagodas to listen respectfully to scripture and historical legends, and pray for good weather and many offspring.
然后他们围坐在宝塔旁，恭敬地听取经文和历史传说，并祈求好天气和多子多孙。
In the afternoon, every woman will carry fresh water to clean the Buddha statue so she might get his blessing.
到了下午，每个女人都会提着清水去清洗佛像，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，人们互相泼水，象征祝福，用圣水冲走疾病和灾难，过上幸福的生活。
Water splashing is central to all because water, the symbol of holiness, goodness and purity, is the most precious thing to the Dai.
对所有人来说，泼水是最重要的环节，因为对傣族人来说，水象征着圣洁、善良和纯洁，是最珍贵的东西。
During the festival, men and women indulge themselves in a spree of water-splashing.
在节日期间，男女们尽情地参与到这水花四溅的欢乐之中。
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.
他们会带着水桶和水盆，或者拿着水枪，聚集在路边、公园和广场，互相泼水，希望大家能有好运气，过一个快乐的新年。
At night, music accompanied by drumbeats reverberates throughout the villages, and people enjoy dancing and singing to their hearts' content.
到了夜晚，鼓声伴随的音乐在村庄中回荡，人们尽情地跳舞和唱歌，享受乐趣。
The Water Splashing Festival vividly exhibits the Dai's homage to water and the culture of music and dance, food, and costumes.
泼水节生动地展现了傣族对水的敬仰以及音乐舞蹈、食物和服饰的文化。
It is also a cultural bridge between Xishuangbanna and Southeast Asian countries that share the same festive culture of water-splashing.
这也是西双版纳与东南亚国家之间的文化桥梁，共享泼水节庆文化。
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