传统节日是一个国家、民族悠久历史文化的重要组成部分，它以一种潜移默化形式来展示一个民族的精神内核，表达着各个民族对美好的理想的追求和向往。泰国作为中国在东南亚的友好邻邦，当然也有属于它自身的独特的庆祝新年的节日。而属于泰国人的新年是从每年4月13日起一连三天的宋干节，泰国人过宋干节就像中国人过春节一样，甚为隆重。本论文将从历史起源、节日习俗、饮食文化、节日禁忌四个方面，简要介绍泰国恭迎新年节日—宋干节，通过这四个方面的介绍，希望能让世界各国人民更好地了解泰国的新年文化，了解泰国文化背后所蕴含的美好理念与追求。同时也为热爱异域文化，渴望了解异域风情的人们提供一些文化知识借鉴。

Traditional festivals are an important part of the long history for a country, which shows the spiritual core of a nation in a subtle form and expresses people’s yearning of a happy life. As a friendly neighbor of China in Southeast Asia, Thailand certainly has its own unique festival to celebrate the New Year.  It is the three-day Songkran Festival from April 13 every year. In these days, the Thai people celebrate Songkran Festival just like the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival, which is very grand and festive. In this paper, I will briefly introduce the Songkran Festival in Thailand from four aspects: historical origin, festival customs, food culture, and festival taboos, from which I hope to make people around the world understand Thailand's New Year culture better and learn more about the beautiful pursuits behind Thai culture. At the same time, I hope that it also can provide some cultural knowledge for people who love exotic cultures and are eager to understand exotic customs.