What's the festival on March 3rd? What are the customs in Guangxi?

In Guangxi, the third day of the third lunar month is also called "March Song Festival" or "March Song Festival", which is a traditional song festival of Zhuang nationality. 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.

On this day, every household will cook colorful glutinous rice, color eggs and celebrate festivals. 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. There are one or two thousand people in the small song fair and tens of thousands in the big one.

Festival activities:

Grab 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.

Eight people from each team took part in the fireworks grab. Players rush into the opponent's battery by breaking through, blocking people, changing direction and sprinting. , and put the fireworks into the music. The rules are similar to western football, so it is called "Oriental football".

The traditional "fireworks" is an iron ring, about 5 cm in diameter, wrapped in red cloth or red silk. The competition venue is generally located on the river bank or hillside, and the number of people and teams is not limited. Every shot must be robbed, and the third shot is over.

Hydrangea flirting

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.