Published: January 9th, 2024,
Last updated: January 9th, 2024

While tourists in China’s northernmost province of Harbin admire ice sculptures wrapped up tight in winter clothes, the southwestern province of Yunnan has a completely different winter atmosphere. Here, visitors to the city of Jinghong splash themselves with buckets of water at 28 degrees Celsius. The annual water throwing is a traditional festival of the local Dai people.