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Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, it is also called Ghost Festival. It is said that ghosts haunt this day. At night, every household will set off firecrackers to scare away ghosts and drive them away.

The Buyi people's "March 3rd", commonly known as "be kind" in Buyi language, is a traditional festival held by Buyi people on the third day of the third lunar month every year, with the main form of offering sacrifices to social gods and sweeping graves for ancestors, which lasts for 30 days. The "March 3rd" of Buyi people in Wangmo County, Guizhou Province is the most vivid embodiment of the national characteristics among Buyi people in Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces.

The Buyi people's "March 3rd" culture has a long history and rich connotations, including religious culture, gratitude culture and Fengxiang culture. The "March 3rd" in Wangmo County is one of the most solemn festivals of the local Buyi people. During the festival, the local Buyi people offered sacrifices to social gods, spring ploughing, farmland and ancestors. Every household is surrounded by maple branches. Adults wear maple leaves on their heads and children wear maple clothes. Every household cooks colorful flowers and rice, offering sacrifices to the country and ancestors. Young people take this opportunity to go for an outing, sing folk songs and throw sachets at each other. The cultural activities lasted for a month before and after.

During the festival, pigs are sacrificed to the country and mountain gods and eat yellow glutinous rice. The villages did not communicate with each other for three or four days. Yao people regard March 3rd as "Ganba Festival", which is a collective fishing and hunting festival. They distribute the caught wild fish door to door, enjoy the joy of harvest, and then gather in the square to sing and dance to celebrate the festival.

Wangmo County, the county with the largest population of Buyi people in China, held the 20 1 1 China featuring the Buyi ancestor worship culture. Wangmo's "March 3rd" Buyi Culture Festival. In addition to displaying traditional festival culture, the Buyi Culture Festival will also hold activities such as the China Buyi Culture Forum, the Buyi Intangible Culture Exhibition, and the Buyi Traditional Art Show.

"On March 3rd, the peach blossom and plum blossom are fragrant, and the flute is warm in Yun Lan. It's quite a song for a woman to find a man and a woman. " This is a poem describing the folk custom of "March 3rd" in Wang Mo during Daoguang period in Qing Dynasty.

According to tradition, on March 3, every household should plant maple leaves around the house, adults should plant maple leaves on their heads, children should wear maple clothes, and every household should make colorful flowers and rice to sacrifice to social gods and ancestors. People will entertain their friends on the mountain and entertain themselves by going to the grave. As the capital of Buyi ancient songs, Wangmo County, Buyi people will never forget to express their love by singing folk songs and wrapping chaff.

At first, there were only three colors of "Flower Rice on March 3", black for thanking father, yellow for thanking mother and purple for thanking matchmaker. With the deepening of people's emotions, the flower rice has changed from three colors to five colors.