What festival is the third of March in Zhuang nationality?

March 3rd is a traditional festival for many ethnic minorities in Guangxi. In some areas, this day will hold a grand festival. Then, let's explain by the old calendar, what is the festival of March 3 of Zhuang nationality? Let's have a look!

What festival is the third of March in Zhuang nationality?

It is a traditional festival of Zhuang, Han, Yao, Dong and Miao nationalities in Guangxi. Song Club is not only a grand event to promote national culture, but also a grand event for national economic exchanges. According to records, the song club has a history of thousands of years. The development of Zhuang folk songs is particularly prominent, and the songs are very popular. In ancient times, young men and women gathered in the street or by the river to hold banquets and sing songs. In the Qing Dynasty, hundreds or even thousands of people gathered to sing a large-scale "Gewei Festival".

What other traditional folk festivals are there on March 3rd?

March 3rd is a traditional festival for the Han nationality and many ethnic minorities. According to legend, March 3rd is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. China has had "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up; I was born in Xuanyuan on March 3rd. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shangsi Festival was also changed to March 3rd, which was followed by later generations, thus becoming a festival for Han people to drink by the water and have a spring outing in the suburbs.

Folk customs on March 3 rd

March 3rd can be postponed until Fu Ji. Fuxi and his sister, Nu Wa, unearthed human beings to reproduce. In eastern Henan, Fuxi is honored as the "ancestor", and the ancient temple of Taihaoling was built in Huaiyang (the capital of Fuxi). From February 2nd to March 3rd of the lunar calendar, the Temple Fair of Taihaoling was held. Good men and women all gathered in the mausoleum area to worship their ancestors.

"March 3, stepping on the beach" is a folk custom in Shipu Town, Xiangshan. There are several theories about its origin. One of them is related to productive labor: around the third day of March in the local lunar calendar, the ground temperature and water temperature began to rise, and shallow sea spicy snails scrambled to climb the beach to breed. Local people go to the seaside to pick up snails in this season, resulting in the labor scene of "stepping on the beach on March 3".

Although the beachhead resources are gradually exhausted, the local old people still can't bear to take their younger generation to the seaside on this day to relive the scene of collecting snails in the past. The labor scene of "March 3, stepping on the beach" has gradually formed a brand-new folk cultural activity.

Today's "March 3, Walking on the Beach" has formed a local feature with folk cultural activities as the main body, sports, fishing competitions and inviting foreign song and dance and acrobatic programs as the foil. Among them, there are a variety of cultural performances, besides lanterns, dragon lanterns and colorful pavilion parades, as well as Yue Opera performances adapted from folk stories such as "The Bride of the Hot Snail Girl" and entertainment activities such as "Hot Snail Girl Throwing Colored Balls" to attract the brides in the audience.