What does Shangsi Festival do? The custom of Shangsi Festival.

The so-called "wedge", that is, "cleaning" and "cutting wedge", is a ceremony to eliminate evil spirits through self-cleaning. March is coming, and the weather is getting warmer. People go to the river to take a bath, wash their bodies with bluegrass and nod with willow branches dipped in petal water. The ancients thought that this way can get rid of the diseases accumulated all winter, clean and immune in the new year, and be auspicious.

Step 2 pray for childbirth

On Shangsi Festival, the most important activity is to offer sacrifices to the goddess who manages marriage and childbirth. In ancient times, people thought that female infertility was caused by ghosts and gods, so they used this witchcraft activity to avoid disasters and pray for fertility.

3. winding water flow

There are three kinds of activities in Shangsi Festival: laying eggs near Shui Piao, floating dates on water and winding water. The eggs floating near the water surface are the oldest. It puts boiled eggs in the river and leaves them to Eve. Whoever finds them will eat them. It's more civilized witchcraft. Jujube floating on water and winding water evolved from floating eggs near water. Qushui later became an entertainment activity for literati, the most famous of which was Wang Xizhi's Lanting Club.