What are the traditional festivals of She nationality?

The traditional festival of She nationality is the "Shangsi Festival" on the third day of the third lunar month.

Shangsi Festival on the third day of the third lunar month is a traditional festival of She nationality. On this day every year, men, women and children of all ethnic groups in Shexiang, Ningde, will put on festive costumes and hold a grand song meeting to worship their ancestors, singing and dancing, which is very lively.

On the "Thinking Festival" on the third day of the third lunar month, she people will eat black rice to remember their ancestors and entertain visitors. Hold activities such as "She Song Duet", "She Language Contest" and "She Dress Show".

The traditional festival "March 3rd" of the She nationality in Jingning is the epitome of the cultural history of the She nationality, with distinctive national characteristics and strong local flavor. In recent years, with the rapid development of economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the demand of She nationality for spiritual culture has been increasing. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, the traditional festival "March 3rd" of She nationality has been continuously enriched and developed, becoming the biggest festival of She nationality.

The origin of the traditional festival of She nationality "Shangsi Festival";

During the reign of Tang Yongtai, Jingning She nationality moved from Fujian. According to legend, during the reign of General Tang Gaozong, Lei Wanxing led the rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, and the She Rebels retreated into the mountains after defeat, and were besieged by loyalists in the mountains, and the supply of food and grass was cut off. It's the middle of winter and it's freezing. Only the branches of barnyard grass still bear fruit. Lei Wanxing ordered the whole army to gather in all directions, solved the problem of rations, and finally arrived at deus ex on March 3.

On the third day of March of the following year, Lei Wanxing wanted to eat barnyard grass fruit and let the She army go into the mountains to pick it. However, there was no fruit in barnyard grass at this time, so the soldiers had to pick the leaves back and steam them with glutinous rice. Rice is blue and black, and it is equally delicious.

Since then, every household of She compatriots has to slaughter livestock on March 3 every year, and She people cook with black barnyard grass leaves as a memorial to their ancestors. Later, it was passed down from generation to generation and developed into a custom.