Chiang Mai: Chiang Mai is lively with Songkran water splashing throughout the city. Chiang Mai residents and tourists gradually came out to play Songkran water around the moat and Thapae Gate plaza, while in the morning Buddhists went to temples to make merit on ‘Wan Phaya Wan’ for good fortune.

According to Thai News Agency, today the weather in Chiang Mai is clear but hotter than usual. Tha Phae Gate Square and the streets around the moat of Chiang Mai are starting to be filled with tourists coming to play with water earlier than usual. Traffic is starting to get heavy. Some people come to play with their whole families, going all out, carrying water play equipment such as small and large water guns. Some people carry buckets of water, walking around and splashing water happily.

While many families choose to celebrate Songkran by cooling off in natural water sources outside the city, such as the Ping River at Hat Sai Muang Kaew in Mae Rim District, many riverside restaurants are open to serve tourists.

Today, according to the beliefs of the Lanna people, is called Wan Phaya Wan, which is the day to enter the new year. At various temples, especially Wat Phra Singh Woramahawihan, it is crowded with Chiang Mai people and tourists who come to make merit, offer food to dedicate merit to ancestors, relatives and friends who have passed away, as well as build sand pagodas and place Tung Cho Tung Chai on the sand pagodas, which is believed to help the deceased ancestors cling to the Tung Cho and ascend to heaven, and bring success and victory throughout the year. There is also a royal destiny continuation ceremony for those who come to make merit, giving them a peaceful and peaceful life, extending their life and destiny, and keeping them away from illness throughout the year.