What is the festival of March 3

The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival of several ethnic groups in China, of which the Zhuang, Miao and Yao are typical. In ancient times, young men and women of the Zhuang ethnic group gathered on the streets to sing songs and converged on the riverside to drink and feast. In the Zhuang legend, March 3 is the birth date of the Zhuang ancestor Bluto. Han Chinese on the Si Festival, March 3 worship ancestors, March 3 worship Xuanyuan? March 3 to worship Chiyu said.

Origin: According to legend, the third day of March in the lunar calendar is the birth of the Yellow Emperor, China since ancient times, "February 2, the dragon carries the head; March 3, born Xuanyuan" said

March 3 originated in the primitive system of primitive society.

Customs:

Flying kites on the third day of March

The people of the south of the Yangtze River have had the custom of flying kites since ancient times. Shanghai proverbs, "February 2, rubbing hemp thread, March 3, kite flying", as well as, "Yangliuqing, kite flying". When people fly kites, sometimes they run with the string, sometimes they look up and look away, which not only has the joy and fun of spring, but also strengthens the body. Folk also said that the kite will be sent to the sky, the line will be cut, let it drift away, will be a year of illness and worry away.

The third of March Zhuang Song Wei Festival

The third of March Song Wei, also known as the songwoman festival, is a major festival of the Zhuang people. On the day of the Zhuang March 3 Song Wei Festival, families make five-color glutinous rice, dye colorful eggs and celebrate the festival. On that day, young men and women gather in groups of three to five to find each other objects and answer each other with songs, which go on all night long. They sing about everything from astronomy to geography. In the song dike, there is also throwing the embroidered ball as a betrothal letter about, so it is also in love with young people to convey the love of the occasion.

Li love plot on the third of March

"March 3" is the traditional festival of the Li people, also known as "love plot". It is a traditional festival for the Li people to mourn their ancestors, celebrate the newborn, praise life and sing the praises of heroes and love. It is said that in ancient times, mankind suffered a major flood, a man and a woman to hide in the gourd, with the flood drifted to a few uninhabited Hainan Island.

In order to reproduce mankind, in March 3 that day, the two sing to show their love married, reproducing the Li descendants. The descendants of the Li people every March 3 are in various ways to commemorate the ancestor of the beautiful marriage and reproduction of the Li people's achievements.