What day is the third day of the third lunar month every year?

The third day of the third lunar month is Shangsi Festival.

Shangsi Festival, commonly known as March 3rd, is a traditional folk festival in China. Shangsi Festival is the most important festival held in ancient times. People go to the water to take a bath together, which is called "praise" Since then, sacrificial banquets, winding water and outings have been increased. In ancient times, this day was marked by "dry branches", and the first day of early March was called "Shangsi".

Today, March 3rd is still a grand and grand festival in some minority areas in southwest China. The "March 3rd" Festival is still very popular among ethnic minorities such as Zhuang, Dong, Buyi, Yao, Li, She and Tu.

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Main activities

1, hold high the sacrifice

On Shangsi Festival, the most important activity is to offer sacrifices to Gao Yun, the god in charge of marriage and fertility. Gaoqing, also known as Jiaoqing, is named after its use in the suburbs. Through this witchcraft activity, people avoid disasters and evil souls, and pray for fertility. Therefore, Shangsi Festival is also a courtship festival and a fertility festival. ?

Step 2 take a bath next to you

Bathing beside (bathing, people went to the river in ancient times, hot springs were very popular in Tang and Song Dynasties, especially in open-air hot spring pools) washed dirty with spring water. It is believed that this can clear away the diseases accumulated throughout the winter, clean up immunity, and be lucky in the new year.

At that time, people thought that female infertility was caused by ghosts and gods, so they used the bath of Shangsi Festival to treat infertility. In this way, with the passage of time, bathing has become an important part of Shangsi Festival.

3. Feathers

Feather is a kind of binaural wine glass in ancient China, named after it looks like a bird. There is also a saying that it is named "feather" because it can insert feathers. It is made of various materials, such as wood, jade and pottery. Wood feather is relatively light, so in order to "walk" on the water smoothly, other materials need to be placed on the lotus leaf.

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