What's the festival on March 3rd?

The festival on March 3 is different in different places in China, and different nationalities have different festival names, mainly in the following ways:

First, the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is the "Shangsi Festival", also known as the "Walking Festival" and "Xiuze Day".

This festival in the Tang Dynasty, together with the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, is one of the "three major festivals" in a year. This custom was inherited from the 19 1 1 year revolution. After that, some folk customs, such as outing, spring outing, sacrifice, etc., were retained and merged with the nearby "Tomb-Sweeping Day".

As a season, people take advantage of outings, and rural women also have the custom of wearing flowers and eating beigua to beg for children. The fourth day of the first day of the third lunar month is the traditional Shangsi Festival, and it is also a day of infancy, that is, spring bath day. In ancient times, bathing became the main content. At that time, not only the folk people bathed in the water, but also the emperors and queens in the court rushed to bathe in the water, forming a scene of "self-purification on the east running water".

Second, the third day of the third lunar month is still a human day. Everyone's Day is also a traditional festival. According to legend, Nu Wa created seven kinds of animals in seven days, arranged as follows: the first day is chicken day, the second day is dog day, the third day is sheep day, the fourth day is pig day, the fifth day is cow day, the sixth day is horse day, and the seventh day is human day.

In commemoration of People's Day, we should eat "Qibao Soup" and "Smoked Heaven". "Qibao soup" is a dish made of seven kinds of vegetables, while "Xuntian" is a pancake made in the open air.

Third, the third day of the third lunar month is also the day when the legendary Queen Mother holds a flat peach party.

According to legend, the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West is July 18th, but on the third day of March every year, the Queen Mother will hold a grand flat peach party in Yaochi, where immortals from all walks of life gather to celebrate her birthday, which is called the "flat peach party". Therefore, the third day of the third lunar month has also become an important festival of Taoism.

Fourth, March 3rd is a traditional national festival of Buyi people.

On March 3rd, the Buyi language is "Geng San Fen", which is a traditional festival for Buyi people to worship mountain gods, water gods and the whole people. It is the biggest festival among many festivals of Buyi people, and it is also the Spring Festival of Buyi people.

During the festival, men kill pigs and sheep, prepare sacrifices, women clean and dye colorful flowers and rice, children hang bright egg bags around their necks, and the village is full of chasing and frolicking games. All arrangements were in order. Men, women and children were dressed in costumes and gathered by the river to shoot water guns, race bamboo rafts, play with waterwheels, sing folk songs and splash holy water. All Buyi villages have become a sea of joy.

May and March are also traditional festivals of She nationality.

The "March 3rd" folk festival is also called "Ebony Festival" and "Duige Festival". On the third day of March every year, she people in she villages get together in groups of three or five to celebrate their festivals in their own unique forms. On this ubiquitous day, she men and women will pick back a plant called "glutinous rice black" (black twist), mash it, cook it into soup, soak it in glutinous rice and steam it into "black rice" to eat.

Sixth, the "March 3rd" Fireworks Festival of Dong people.

On the day of the fireworks festival, there were wonderful activities such as Lusheng stepping on the hall, singing Dong songs and performing Dong operas. There are fierce traditional Dong activities such as bullfighting and bird shooting, as well as modern sports such as ball games and shooting. Fireworks Festival is a rare opportunity for business activities and cultural and artistic exchanges, and it is a grand meeting at the junction of Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi provinces.