The origin of March 3 of Zhuang nationality

The March 3rd of the Zhuang nationality originated from offering sacrifices to the Northern Emperor Zhenwu God, and the March 3rd of the Zhuang nationality is the inheritance of the ancient Shangsi Festival in China.

In ancient times, people's understanding of science was very limited, so the ancients often worshipped Buddha, so they worshipped the northern emperor Zhenwu God on March 3. Now, the March 3rd Festival has gradually declined in the Central Plains, and the Zhuang people have infiltrated the culture with national characteristics into the March 3rd Festival in history, making the March 3rd Festival of the Zhuang people continue to be passed down in the national culture.

March 3 (the third day of the Zhuang nationality), also known as Gewei Festival, Gepo Festival or Gexian Festival, is a traditional festival for the Zhuang people to worship their ancestors and choose their spouses by songs. It is a traditional festival with Zhuang characteristics gradually formed by the Zhuang people and their ancestors under specific historical conditions and living environment.

The custom of the Zhuang nationality on March 3.

1. Set the altar

There are altars in the ancestral hall for pigs, cattle, sheep, and five-colored glutinous rice, and teachers and Taoist classes are invited to serve the ancestors "Yapu". Banners sent by villages are hung around the altar. Before offering sacrifices, the master will set up an altar or mourning hall and light incense sticks. At the beginning of the ceremony, the host who presided over the sacrifice wore a robe, a hat, ribbons and law enforcement devices (teeth and altar wood). In the process of chanting, he sang and danced while opening the altar to invite God.

2. March with the ancestor "Yapu"

Pick up Yapu in a sedan chair, play the octave, dance "Luodong", patrol the village, exorcise evil spirits and pray. Luo Dong dance is a kind of teacher dance, accompanied by percussion music. When performing, you often sing first and then dance. Don't sing when dancing, encourage. The direction of dancing is east, west, south, north and middle, and then you squat cross-legged, step by step, squatting in small steps. This is the main dance, which shows sacrifice, marching, going out, ordering troops and fighting.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-March 3rd (March 3rd of Zhuang nationality).