The origin of March 3 of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi

"March 3rd" is the biggest national traditional festival and song festival in Zhuang area. Every year, the third day of the lunar calendar will become a public holiday in Guangxi, and the whole autonomous region will have a two-day holiday. The following is the origin of March 3 of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi that I sorted out and shared. Welcome to read and learn from!

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The origin of March 3 of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi

The significance of March 3 of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi

The traditional customs of the Zhuang nationality in Guangxi on March 3rd.

The origin of March 3 of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi.

The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as "March 3", is the day when the Zhuang people hold a song party. Therefore, it is also called Gepo Festival (Song and Dance Festival).

"Xu Ge" is a Chinese name given to Zhuang by foreigners, and Zhuang language is called "Huanlongdong", which means a song sung in the field; Some places are called "Huanwo Dare", which is a song sung outside the cave. Because in the past, the Zhuang people rarely built temples, and the gods were placed in caves. The cave is a sacred place, and it must be solemn. Only outside the cave can you sing freely.

The lyrics of the folk song "Now Guangxi has become an ocean of songs, all handed down by Third Sister" circulating in Guangxi explain the origin of the Zhuang Song Fair Festival, which is closely related to the singer Liu Sanjie.

It is said that Sanjie Liu was born in a fisherman's family in Yishan, Guangxi in the Tang Dynasty. I love to sing folk songs since I was a child. When I grow up, I look beautiful and export them into songs. There is a rich man named Mo Huairen nearby. He wants to rob Third Sister Liu to marry him. Third Sister Liu vowed to die, and Mo Huairen threw Third Sister Liu into the river. Sanjie Liu drifted to Longzhou along the river. Fortunately, she was rescued and lived at the foot of Yufeng Mountain. The villagers rushed to learn songs when they heard the news. Later, she married a young hunter and has been preaching songs here. When Mo Huairen learned about it, he colluded with the government and threw Liu Sanjie and his wife into the Xiaolongtan at the foot of Yufeng Mountain. At midnight, the moon and stars are scarce. When the villagers fished them out, there was a sudden breeze. I saw Sanjie Liu and the young hunter riding on the back of a fish, singing and flying away. From then on, people said that Sanjie Liu became an immortal, so they called Sanjie Liu a singer. In order to commemorate this singer, later generations sang folk songs for three days and three nights on the third day of the third lunar month. This day was the day when Liu Sanjie became immortal, and the song fair was thus formed.

According to records, Gewei Festival has a history of thousands of years. It is recorded in The Jade Ring of Taiping written by the Song people that Zhuang people "both men and women are dressed in costumes" ... gathering to make songs ". After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the development of Zhuang folk songs was particularly prominent, and song festivals were very popular. In the Qing Dynasty, a large-scale "song market" was formed where hundreds or even thousands of people gathered to sing.

During each concert, young men and women put on festive costumes and gathered in Shan Ye or on bamboo forests and grassy slopes to improvise duets and answer questions from each other. In the song market, the industrious and intelligent Zhuang people created colorful folk songs, which made this traditional national festival full of charming charm.

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● The significance of March 3rd of Zhuang nationality.

This is a precedent for Guangxi autonomous local government to determine its own legal national traditional festivals, which is of far-reaching significance.

This is the first time in the history of Guangxi, and it is also the first time that the government of Guangxi ethnic autonomous areas has established the coverage of ethnic festivals in their own ethnic autonomous areas according to the traditional customs and festivals of autonomous subjects. The significance is profound, which is reflected in two aspects. First, it can be further improved at the level of the autonomous region. As the main autonomous ethnic group in Guangxi, the main festivals of Zhuang nationality are "March 3rd", "June 14th" and "Frog Girl's Day". Whether it can also be determined as a national holiday is worth considering. Xinjiang, Tibet, Ningxia and other autonomous regions have more than one national festival; Secondly, it is possible for the people's government at the autonomous county level to introduce national traditional festivals covering the local area according to the traditional customs and festivals of the major ethnic groups in the autonomous region. There are 12 ethnic autonomous counties in Guangxi, all of which are inhabited by ethnic minorities. The main ethnic groups in each autonomous county have their own major traditional festivals. According to the relevant laws and regulations, the local government has the right to stipulate the traditional festivals and holidays of all ethnic groups in the region. Therefore, the introduction of ethnic traditional festivals at autonomous county level provides a basis for the introduction of ethnic traditional festivals at autonomous county level in theory and practice, making it possible.

Each nation's traditional festivals have their specific connotations, either from commemorating ancestors or heroes or major events, or from offering sacrifices to various gods, or from various economic activities, but they all have two outstanding essential attributes: First, they are all one of the most important carriers of national traditional culture, carrying it intensively. A nation's material and cultural aspects such as clothing, food, housing, transportation and use, as well as spiritual and cultural contents such as beliefs, etiquette, customs, songs and dances, myths and legends, are often reflected in its traditional festivals, and some traditional cultures with the most national characteristics even come into being because of a traditional festival. March 3rd of Zhuang Nationality is no exception. For example, Zhuang Nationality is known as "a nation that can sing and dance well" and Zhuang Township is known as "an ocean of songs". The most concentrated external expression of this cultural feature is the March 3 event, and the most representative colorful glutinous rice of Zhuang nationality was originally eaten for the March 3 event, and so on. Secondly, it is the most important way and platform to show the traditional culture of our nation. For an outsider, the quickest and most effective way to observe and understand the traditional culture of another nation is to attend the traditional festivals of this nation in person and feel the same at the festivals. Through the "window" of ethnic festivals, you can enjoy colorful and elegant ethnic costumes and taste ethnic food with unique flavor and rich characteristics. In short, through traditional festivals, you can observe, understand and love a nation from multiple angles and in all directions. By participating in or observing various forms of "March 3" activities such as singing folk songs, grabbing fireworks, throwing hydrangeas, hiking, and various sacrifices, we can appreciate and feel the profound national traditional culture of the Zhuang nationality in an all-round and multi-angle way.

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The traditional custom of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi is March 3rd.

How grand is the third day of the third lunar month? Take Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region as an example. In the local area, March 3 is commonly known as the duet festival. At that time, Liu Sanjie of Guangxi got her image of folk songs in this way. Therefore, every year on this festival, Guangxi gives the people of the whole province a day off as a holiday. In addition to elder brother, there will be other traditional practices, including the tradition of eating three things and doing 1 thing!

Eat three kinds.

Eat yellow peaches

Since it is a legendary flat peach banquet, everyone will eat peaches on March 3. If there are no fresh peaches, everyone will use canned yellow peaches instead. After all, eating peaches is a good treat in such an important festival!

Eat shepherd's purse eggs

In late spring, shepherd's purse is a kind of wild vegetable which is very suitable for flowering and fruiting. In many local traditions, it is used to boil eggs with shepherd's purse. Eggs cooked with shepherd's purse smell fragrant, and drinking shepherd's purse soup is said to have the effect of clearing heat and benefiting qi. Therefore, it is also auspicious to eat boiled eggs with shepherd's purse on such an important festival.

Eat sake koji

Qu Ma Cai is famous for "chicory" and "invading Ma Cai". It's sweet to eat in your mouth, and it's a little sweet in your stamina. Quma Cai has the function of clearing away heat and fire, and is planted as a treasure in many rural areas. Because it is inconvenient for people in the city to grow, it is sold in the city according to the quantity, which is of high value. Because Quma dish is sweet and delicious, it has a symbol of beautiful meaning, so it will be sold on March 3.

Do 1 thing: take a bath together.

In many places, there is this traditional practice. On March 3, people invited relatives and friends to take a bath together. The so-called bathing is not as simple as what we usually do. It is said that in the process of bathing, it is a process of introspection and sobriety. In this process, all dirt and bad things are washed away, and collective bathing with relatives and friends is a symbol of gathering wealth and happiness. So there is a collective bath on March 3!

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