What festival is the third day of the third lunar month?

The third day of the third lunar month is the traditional Valentine's Day in China, and it is also the Song Fair Festival of Zhuang nationality.

First, the traditional Valentine's Day in China.

Poems in The Book of Songs are also recorded. On this day, a couple of men and women often go for an outing. There are also many expressions in Han Yuefu poems; Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, also wrote such a poem: On March 3rd, it was sunny and sunny, and there were many beauties by the Chang 'an River.

In addition, among some ethnic minorities, the custom of singing on March 3rd still exists. Ethnic minorities in Yunnan, on the third day of the third lunar month, many handsome boys and girls make love to songs in droves, give each other tokens and meet in the depths of the jungle. This scene is only similar to Valentine's Day in Europe and America.

Second, the Zhuang Song Fair Festival

The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, also known as "March Song Festival" or "March Song Festival", is a traditional song festival of Zhuang nationality. 1985, the district people's government designated March 3rd as Guangxi National Arts Festival.

There are several regular folk song gatherings of Zhuang nationality every year, such as the 15th day of the first month, the 3rd day of March, the 8th day of April and the 15th day of August, among which the 3rd day of March is the most grand. Songs usually last for two or three days at a time and are located in an open space not far from the village. Bamboo and cloth were used to build a singing studio to receive singers from other villages. Duets are mainly composed of unmarried young men and women, but old people and children come to watch and entertain.

A large-scale song concert was attended by dozens of young men and women in Fiona Fang, with a sea of people and songs, which was really lively. Qiao Ye has always been a big song fair in Tianyang County. People go to song parties to compete and enjoy songs; Young men and women sing, and if they hit it off with each other, they give each other tokens as tokens of their love. In addition, there are interesting activities such as throwing hydrangeas and touching eggs.

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There is also a legend about the third day of the third lunar month-that is, the day when the Queen Mother held a flat peach party. There is a seven-character poem in Dumen Zayong in the late Qing Dynasty, which describes the grand occasion of the temple fair in that year: "Born in spring on the third day of March, watch the Flat Peach Palace burn incense; The wind rises slightly along the river and the red dust is everywhere. "

Legend has it that the Queen Mother of the West was originally the patron saint of a primitive tribe in western China. She has two magic weapons: one is to take the elixir of life, and the other is to eat peaches-flat peaches, which can prolong life. The legendary Chang 'e flew to the Moon Palace after stealing the elixir from her husband Hou Yi. Since then, in some strange novels, the Queen Mother of the West has been described as the god of longevity.