Introduction of Hounan Festival

The Hounan Festival of Bulang nationality is also called Sanggan Festival and Songgan Festival. The annual grand festival of Bulang nationality is on the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day in March of the lunar calendar, that is, from April of Gregorian calendar 13 to April of 15. The main activity in the festival is to splash water on each other to welcome the sun. Therefore, people call this festival the day to welcome the sun. Now, the content of Songkan Festival has changed a lot compared with the past. In addition to traditional activities, entertainment performances and sports competitions have been added, which is more popular. Bulang nationality, with a population of 82,280, mainly lives in the mountainous areas of Bulang Mountain, Xiding, Bada and Luoda in Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and the rest are scattered in Lincang and Simao.