You should come to Xishuangbanna for Close-Door Festival at least once in your life!
In July, Banna is not as lively as it is in April when the Water Splashing Festival is celebrated, and the weather is extremely hot, but it doesn’t affect my love for this place at all. Looking around a local food market will definitely enrich your experience and satisfy your hunt for novelty. The Close-Door Festival of the Dai people happened to be celebrated. That was also the last period of time I could wander around the stockaded village as a foreigner. During the following three months after the Close-Door Festival, there are many taboos here, mainly because the Dai people need to focus on farming now that there is abundant rainfall in the period. They wish to have a good harvest in autumn and look forward to a good life in the coming year.