(250414) -- JINGHONG, April 14, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People fly a Kongming lantern, a kind of small hot-air paper balloon, by the Lancang River in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 13, 2025. A variety of folk cultural activities were held in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture to celebrate the New Year of the calendar of the Dai ethnic group, which is also called the water-splashing festival. (Xinhua/Gao Yongwei)