The five provinces in the southwest China includingYunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and Chongqing are suffering the severe drought due to the high temperature and rainless weather during this spring, which also directly caused the incredible long period of drought from last autumn to this spring in Yunnan Province. It’s a disaster, and it is a once-in-a-century drought. However, as the approaching of Songkran Festival, which is a traditional festival dated from thousands of years ago, some people question that: can we sprinkle the priceless water in drought days like these?
今春高溫少雨天氣,導(dǎo)致云南、貴州、四川、廣西和重慶西南五省市持續(xù)嚴重干旱。其中云南秋、冬、春連旱,出現(xiàn)百年一遇旱情,大旱當前,西雙版納的潑水節(jié)又近在眼前了,比金子還貴的水能潑嗎?于是,有人提出不過潑水節(jié),但延續(xù)了上千年的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日,能因此就取消嗎?