Why do Li people celebrate the third day of the third lunar month?

Because the third day of the third lunar month is a grand traditional festival for Li people, this festival is also called love plot. Because this festival originated from love legends about their own ancestors, their activities are all related to love, so it is also called love plot by local people. It is a traditional festival for Li people in Hainan to remember and mourn their hardworking and brave ancestors, express their beautiful yearning for free love and sing praises for a better life.

According to the tradition of Li people in Hainan, every year on March 3rd, men, women and children will dress themselves up in a grand and beautiful way, bring mellow rice wine, fragrant bamboo rice, zongzi and other home cooking, and go to a fixed meeting place in groups, and then Li people will get together in traditional ways such as singing folk songs, playing the nose flute and dancing.

But if we look at it now, the activities on March 3 are more colorful. In addition to keeping their traditional customs and projects, the local Li people also took advantage of this wonderful gathering moment to join many projects that young people like now, which really kept up with the trend of the times.

For example, there are Li's own traditional song and dance performances, modern song and dance performances, traditional arts and crafts, and even new contents such as ball games and chess. More and more people are involved, and the characteristics and breath of the new era are getting stronger and stronger. Becoming a special festival in Hainan, which integrates tourism culture communication, festival activities and commodity trade, is conducive to promoting Hainan's local economic development and folk culture communication.