During Tourists cruise you will be enjoy the color full of spectacular Middle River on the Yi Peng festival or Loy krathong festival (Loy Krathong means floating krathong)The krathong is a small floating offering about 20 centimeters in diameter. Traditionally this is made from the leaves and wood of the banana tree. The raft is decorated with flowers, a candle and an incense stick. People often leave a small coin in the krathong, and occasionally they will leave a lock of the hair or even nail clippings. On the night of the full moon people will light the candle and the joss stick, and float their krathong from Scorpion Tailed Boat in middle the Ping river. Scorpion tailed boat Stop to eat a delicious mango with sticky rice at romantic garden on Riverside.
More people came back to Chiang Mai from Bangkok and floated a krathong into the Ping River. Since then, floating of krathong became popular among people in Chiang Mai and later was made even more popular by the Chiang Mai governor to promote tourism. Since then the beauty contest and Kratong Parade have replaced the original spirit of Yee Peng.
In 2015, the full moon falls on Wednesday, 25 November 2015, but in many places (including Chiang Mai) the main celebration will be from Tuesday, November 24 to Thursday, November 26, 2015.
At that night is terrible traffic must walk,it is the most convenient way.