The five provinces in the southwest China including Yunnan, 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?

For: Songkran Festival is a very important traditional celebration for Dai, Blang and Palaung ethnic minority groups and is of the greatest meaning to them as the Spring Festival to the Hans. If the Hans never give up their feast for the Spring Festival no matter under what kind of adversities, it should be the same for people in these ethic minority groups to stick on their customs. “I guess no one has the right to intervene once the Dais consider it necessary to hold a celebration for their Songkran Festival.” Some people said. “We will advocate some proper ways which can not only realize the customs but also realize the water-saving. There is a large pool in the center of Songkran Square in Xishuangbanna, which we can sprinkle water in and make a re-use.”， Duan Jianhua, the governor of Xishuangbanna said.

Against: Some are trying their best to search for the water resource while someone else are trying their best to waste it. The "token” sprinkle of water in the Songkran Festival is much beyond the per capital usage of local people. So why don’t we just keep this priceless water for saving lives? "The right to live is more significant than any feast”，said some netizens.