The Origin of Guangyuan Daughter's Day

Guangyuan International Daughter's Day is a cultural tourism festival to commemorate Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in China history and an outstanding female politician in feudal times.

The third day of March in the Gregorian calendar is the last day. In ancient times, the first March of March in the summer calendar was called "thinking on top", so this day was also called "thinking on top". On the third day of March, there are always four days. On this day, people scatter shepherd's purse flowers on the stove and where they sit and sleep, thinking that they can kill ants and other pests; Hide cauliflower and tung flower in sweaters and down jackets, thinking that clothes can be eaten; Women wear cauliflower on their heads, thinking that they can avoid headaches and sleep soundly at night.

Tanabata is also a Daughter's Day, a traditional festival of Han nationality in China, and a popular Daughter's Day in Guangyuan, Sichuan. According to legend, Wu Zetian's mother got pregnant while swimming in Guangyuan River bend in the Tang Dynasty and arrived in Hiuke on the 23rd day of the first lunar month. Therefore, in the old society, people regarded this day as the meeting of Wu Zetian. On this day, people flocked to Huangze Temple, Zetianba and Jialing River.

There are many sayings about China Daughter's Day. The third day of March, the Dragon Boat Festival in May and the seventh day of July are called Daughter's Day by China people every year. 1988, Guangyuan municipal government decided to resume this folk festival and named it "Daughter's Day", and set the date of the festival as 1 day in September of Gregorian calendar.

The customs of Guangyuan Daughter's Day;

The most common custom of Daughter's Day is all kinds of begging activities carried out by women. Most girls try their best to make small things and put some melons and fruits on them. Different regions have different ways to please others, and each has its own interests.

In Xihe County, Longnan City, Gansu Province, unmarried girls in Xihe County, Longnan City, Gansu Province hold a grand ritual song and dance activity every year from the evening of June 30 to the seventh day of July in the lunar calendar, praying for the "smart queen" to bless their intelligence, dexterity and happiness in marriage.

"West and Begging for Cleverness" is known as the living fossil of the ancient custom of begging for cleverness in China. Every year from the evening of June 30th to the evening of July 7th, lasting seven days and eight nights. This is one of the longest-lasting folk activities. The whole activity is divided into seven parts: sitting skillfully, welcoming skillfully, offering skillfully, worshiping skillfully, entertaining skillfully, giving skillfully and sending skillfully.

Every link is accompanied by songs and dances, and there are several special ceremonies, so a large number of begging lyrics, music scores, dance forms and sacrificial ceremonies related to farming civilization, as well as textile women workers, costumes, props and fruit offerings related to life are preserved. Its activities have a long time, a large scale, a large number of participants, and well-preserved folk programs, which are unique in the country.