Joyful! Lancang-Mekong youth make friends at water festival

Young people from China and the five Mekong countries had a merry water festival, making a lot of friends from regional countries. It's so enjoyable!

Lancang-Mekong youth representatives make friends at the 2025 Water-Splashing Festival in south Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna.

Lancang-Mekong youth representatives make friends at the 2025 Water-Splashing Festival in south Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna.

The 2025 Water-Splashing Festival was celebrated from April 12 to 16 in south Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna, a Dai autonomous prefecture that lies on the banks of the mighty Mekong River.

The water festival has different names in the Mekong countries. It’s Songkran Festival in Thailand, but in Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, the water festival is called Pi Mai Lao, Thingyan Festival and Chaul Chnam Thmey. The duration may vary slightly.

 

Lancang-Mekong youth representatives make friends at the 2025 Water-Splashing Festival in south Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna. 

 

An art parade is staged during the 2025 Water-Splashing Festival in south Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna.

An art parade is staged during the 2025 Water-Splashing Festival in south Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna. 

Video producing by Li Wenjun (YICC)