On the third day of March in the Gregorian calendar, after the ceremony, people sit on both sides of the canal and put their glasses on the upstream. Whoever stops in front will take a glass of wine, which means to eliminate misfortune. This traditional history is very old and can be traced back to the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Qushui has two main functions, one is to celebrate entertainment, and the other is to pray for disaster relief.
Wine glasses are ancient containers for holding wine. Usually wooden, small and light, with a bracket at the bottom, it can float in the water. There are also pottery, which has ears on both sides and is also called feather clothes. Because it is heavier than a wooden cup, it is placed on the lotus leaf to make it float when playing.
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Shangsi has a long history. In the third month of the lunar calendar, people go out of their homes and gather at the water's edge to hold a ceremony to clear the ominous. Before the Han Dynasty, the third day of the first three months of the lunar calendar was designated as Shangsi. There is a saying in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: On the fourth day of the fourth month, the officials and the people were clean on the east running water, saying that washing away dirt means great purity, which means a custom of washing the body with running water and letting disasters and diseases go with the water.
After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, due to the fashion of advocating nature and indulging in landscapes, the significance of celebrating the last festival was greatly weakened for people, while the significance of enjoying the Spring Festival became stronger and stronger. The Biography of Xia Zhongyu in the Western Jin Dynasty described Luo Yang as a gaudy man and a gaudy woman. Shangsi Festival is also scheduled on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar.
One of the most famous meandering activities in history was the Lanting gathering in Yonghe (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it was a friend of Yonghe for nine years (353 years). In this activity, Wang Xizhi, Sun Chuo, Xie An and other Eastern Jin celebrities gathered in Lanting, where they drank and showed their talents, winning 37 poems, which became Preface to Lanting Collection. Wang Xizhi prefaced the masterpiece Preface to Lanting Collection.
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