The 1386 Dai New Year's Day and the 2024 Water Splashing Festival will be held soon. The local area advocates cherishing water sources, saving water, and splashing water in a civilized manner. It is strictly prohibited to insult and molest women in the name of splashing water, and it is strictly prohibited to use high-pressure water guns to spray water.

On April 6, the reporter learned from the official public account of "Jinghong Release" in Jinghong City, Yunnan Province that the 1386 New Year's Day of the Dai calendar and the 2024 Water Splashing Festival will be held soon. The local area advocates cherishing water sources, saving water, and splashing water in a civilized manner. It is strictly prohibited to insult women in the name of splashing water, and it is strictly prohibited to use high-pressure water guns to spray water. In April last year, the topic of "the higher the appearance of a girl, the more fiercely she will be splashed" during the Yunnan Water-Splashing Festival aroused heated discussions. Some girls said that they were over-splashed with water during the Yunnan Water Splashing Festival, and even harassed and had their raincoats torn.

▲ In April last year, a girl claimed to be harassed during the Jinghong Water-Splashing Festival.

The Water Splashing Festival Office of Jinghong City issued a notice on the 2nd stating that it is prohibited to splash people with dirty water, sewage and water containing stones, glass, sediment, and itching objects; It is prohibited to splash water on police officers on duty, staff, photographers, interviewers, the elderly, the sick, the pregnant women, and infants; It is strictly prohibited to insult and molest women in the name of splashing water; It is strictly prohibited to block passing vehicles, siege and splash water; It is strictly prohibited to use high-pressure water guns to spray water; It is strictly prohibited to use mobile water-splashing vehicles to splash water on the crowd.

The notice stated that anyone who violates the above provisions, refuses to listen to dissuade or fails to stop will be punished in accordance with relevant laws and regulations; those who cause casualties or serious consequences will be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the law.

The reporter learned from the "Jinghong Release" public account that a series of activities for the 1386 Dai Calendar New Year's Day (2024 Water-Splashing Festival) in Jinghong City will be held from April 11 to 17. There will be a series of activities such as ethnic and folk traditional cultural tours, traditional dragon boat performances, tens of thousands of people lighting up the Confucius Lantern, and water-splashing carnival.