What festival is the third day of the third lunar month, and which ethnic minorities mainly celebrate it?

Mainly Zhuang, She and Buyi people celebrate the third day of March.

According to Zhuang legend, March 3rd is the birthday of Buluotuo, the ancestor of Zhuang nationality. The Han nationality is the Shangsi Festival, and there is a saying that ancestors are sacrificed on March 3 and Xuanyuan is sacrificed on March 3.

Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, the She people gather in the ancestral hall, singing from morning till night, remembering their ancestors and cooking black rice, so it is also called "Black Rice Festival". This is a traditional festival of She people. During the Jingning Festival in Shexiang, China, the people of Shexiang gathered in the countryside, singing songs from morning till night, picking the leaves of barnyard grass, soaking their tender leaves in sticky rice to cook black rice, entertaining guests and praying for exorcism.

The Buyi people's "March 3rd" includes religious culture, gratitude culture and Fengxiang culture. Every household makes colorful flowers and rice to offer sacrifices to social gods and ancestors, and thanks nature, ancestors and society by hanging graves, which embodies the spirit of national unity and friendship.

The custom of March 3:

Eat shepherd's purse and boil eggs

On the third day of the third lunar month, there is a custom of eating shepherd's purse and boiling eggs. Old people say that eating it can relieve the pain in the waist, legs and head for a year. Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, it is the day when the Han people welcome their ancestors. They eat eggs to commemorate their ancestors, hoping to get a little aura.

fly a kite

Jiangnan people have the custom of flying kites in Qingming since ancient times. As the saying goes: "Rub hemp thread on February 2nd, fly a kite on March 3rd", and another example is: "Yangliuqing, fly a kite." It is also said that sending a kite to the sky, cutting the string and letting it float away will take away the pain and troubles of a year together.