March 3 on the Si Festival, in ancient times is a very important traditional festival, why the festival did not pass on?

March 3 is a traditional Han Chinese festival, formerly known as "on the day", when the summer calendar in the first three days of March. Fuxi and his sister Nuwa Tuan soil to create people, reproduction of offspring, the eastern part of the Yudong honored Fuxi as "human ancestor", in Huaiyang (Fuxi built the capital) built Tai Hao Mausoleum Temple, by the lunar calendar February 2 to March 3 for the Tai Hao Mausoleum Temple, the good men and women, the south boat, the north horse, all gathered in the mausoleum area, the ancestor of the pilgrimage.

March 3 of the lunar calendar, or the day of the legendary Queen Mother opened Peach Fair. There is a Beijing bamboo lyrics is this description of the Peach Palace temple fair: "March 3 spring is long, Peach Palace to see the burning incense; along the river along the wind rose slightly, ten feet of red dust ramp." Legend has it that the Queen Mother of the West was originally the protective deity of a primitive tribe in the west of China.

She has two magic treasures: one is to eat the immortal pills that can live forever, and the other is to eat the immortal peaches that can prolong life - coiled peaches. The mythical Chang'e flew to the Moon Palace after stealing the elixir of the Queen Mother of the West that her husband Hou Yi got.

Since then, in some novels, the Queen Mother of the West is said to be the god of longevity. In ancient times, the first March Si Day for the "on the Si", the Han Dynasty as a holiday. "is the month on the Si, the officials and people are Jie (clean) in the East Stream on the water, said washing and cleansing, to go to the past dirt (disease), for the big Jie" ("After the Han Book - rituals on the Chi"). Later, it added the content of banqueting guests and trekking in the water.

Folklore The folk on this day, there are flowing cups, flowing eggs, flowing dates, begging for children and wear willow circle, visit the spring, trekking, eat clear essence of the rice, as well as songs and other activities. In Taiwan and Fujian, March 3 is the "March Festival", where "the grass of the rat koji is picked and combined with rice flour to make kuey teow to worship their ancestors" (Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Emperor's "Taiwan Prefecture Records").

The festival is said to have been formed in honor of Liu Sanjie, the song fairy of the Zhuang ethnic group, and is therefore also known as the Song Fairy Festival. The Dong ethnic group, the festival is also known as the "Flower Cannon Festival", which is held on the occasion of snatching firecrackers, bullfighting, horsefighting, singing and stamping. Buyei, in the festival to kill pigs to sacrifice the god of the community, the god of the mountain, eat yellow glutinous rice, the cottage within three or four days do not interact with each other.

The Yao people to March 3 for the "Ganba Festival", is the collective fishing and hunting festivals, and will catch wildlife fish distributed by household, *** enjoy the joy of harvesting, and then gathered in the square, singing and dancing, celebrating the festival. She to March 3 for the birthday of the grain rice, families eat umi rice.