What is the folk custom of Shangsi Festival?

On Shangjie Festival, the traditions of the Han nationality include eating rice, swimming around water, having a spring outing in the suburbs, boiling eggs and enjoying peach blossoms.

Sickness is a ritual in ancient times. On March 3, officials and people will go to the water's edge to wash and decontaminate the unknown. On March 3, everyone sat on both sides of the river, and the glass was placed upstream and downstream. Whoever stops in front of the glass will have a drink, which is intended to pray for disaster prevention and to celebrate entertainment.

Wang Xizhi's famous calligraphy work "Preface to Lanting Collection" records the elegant ceremony of "winding water and floating clouds" held in Yonghe Lanting on March 3, 2009.

Other customs of "March 3"

Gu Qingming 1

This festival appears in Guangdong and Fujian every day. The third day of March, also called "Ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day", is also the day of ancestor worship. Many people will choose this festival to worship their ancestors.

2, Zhenwu Emperor's birthday

The Taoist Zhenwu Emperor was born on the third day of the third lunar month, and Taoist temples all over the country will hold grand ceremonies on this day to commemorate the birth of this figure.

3. Daughter's Day

In ancient times, girls' adult ceremony was usually held on March 3. On this day, women go out in beautiful clothes, which are as bright as peach blossoms, and pick orchids by the water to "have fun in spring" (the special daughter's day in neighboring countries is also held on March 3, and this tradition has spread from China to the local area).