The Origin and Customs of March 3rd of Zhuang Nationality

The origin of the festival: According to legend, the third day of the third lunar month is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. China has had "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up; I was born in Xuanyuan on March 3rd. March 3 originated from the primitive system of primitive society.

Customs and habits:

1, five-color glutinous rice

Before the festival, every household prepared colorful glutinous rice and eggs. People collect red bluegrass, yellow rice flowers, maple leaves and wisteria, and soak glutinous rice with the juice of these plants to make red, yellow, black, purple and white glutinous rice.

Step 2 catch the fireworks

On the third day of the third lunar month and after the autumn harvest, folk associations in some minority areas in Guangxi spontaneously organized fireworks grabbing activities.

3. Love of hydrangea

Hydrangea in Xu Ge is a handicraft made by girls before the festival. Exquisite craftsmanship, all silk crafts: 12 petals are connected into a sphere, each petal represents a month of the year, embroidered with flowers of that month. Some hydrangeas are made into squares and polygons. Hydrangeas are filled with beans, millet or cottonseed. The balls are connected by ribbons, and the tassels and decorative beads symbolize pure love.

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Holiday status:

"March 3rd of Zhuang" is not only an important traditional festival of Zhuang in our region, but also an important traditional festival of Han, Yao, Miao, Dong, Mulao and Maonan. Mainly concentrated in ethnic minority areas such as Nanning, Liuzhou, Baise, Hechi, Chongzuo, Laibin, Qinzhou and Fangchenggang, and some Han areas such as Wuzhou, Yulin and Hezhou.

After careful study, the Party committee and government of the autonomous region decided to designate "March 3rd of Zhuang Nationality" as a traditional festival in Guangxi, with a two-day holiday, which will be beneficial to inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional culture of ethnic groups in our region, strengthen the construction of socialist spiritual civilization in our region, further consolidate and develop the socialist ethnic relations of equality, unity, mutual assistance and harmony, and promote the unity, struggle and prosperity of all ethnic groups.

Baidu encyclopedia-March 3 rd

People's Daily Online-Ethnic Affairs Committee of the Autonomous Region: "March 3rd of Zhuang Nationality" is the same festival of Guangxi people.