Legend of the third day of the third lunar month

There is often a saying that "shepherd's purse boiled eggs on March 3". Both urban and rural areas dig shepherd's purse and boil eggs on this day, which is very popular and can improve their eyesight. On the third day of the third lunar month, people in China have the custom of eating local dishes and boiling eggs. Shepherd's purse Shepherd's purse, also known as ground vegetables and wild vegetables, is a kind of wild vegetables growing in the corner of the field. Although it is a wild vegetable, it is delicious and nutritious. The folk proverb says, "On March 3rd, shepherd's purse is a panacea." "On March 3rd, shepherd's purse boiled eggs." Spring is the season to eat shepherd's purse. Eating shepherd's purse in spring is also a long-standing traditional custom in China. The Book of Songs has a chant of "sweet as water"; Xin Qiji also has a poem that "peaches and plums are full of worries, and spring is at the head of the stream". In the Qing Dynasty, Ye's "Hankou Zhi Zhu Ci" said: "Three or three orders are more important than the kitchen, and the taste is new. Rice meals and eggs are ready, full and fragrant. " The rice meal in this word refers to shepherd's purse, which is not only nutritious, but also can treat many diseases. It is not only a delicious food, but also a panacea. "shepherd's purse, alias shepherd's purse, grass protection, chicken heart vegetables, its roots, flowers, seeds can be used as medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, shepherd's purse has a wide range of medicinal value and is known as "licorice in vegetables". Chinese medicine believes that shepherd's purse is sweet in taste and cool in nature, and belongs to liver, spleen and kidney meridians, which has the effects of harmonizing spleen, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding and improving eyesight.

There are many ways to eat shepherd's purse, which can be mixed, fried, stewed, stuffed or made into soup. All of them are attractive in color and delicious in taste, and they are delicious vegetables with the same origin of medicine and food. Boiled eggs with shepherd's purse is the most common way to eat in Hunan. On the third day of March, shepherd's purse will have long stems and flowers, and women will pick them and put them in their hair. Because the homonym of shepherd's purse is "amassing wealth", according to folklore, on the third day of March, at the time of ancestor worship, people will use the gods and wealth of their ancestors to wash fresh shepherd's purse, tie it into small bundles, add eggs, red dates, balloons and two or three slices of ginger to cook a big pot, and the whole family will eat a bowl and have a good time. It is said that it can remove rheumatism, clear fire, relieve pain in waist and legs, and prevent spring plague.

In ancient times, every year on the third day of the third lunar month, people would go to the river for a picnic. Some people put their glasses in slow water and let them run down, while those who wait not far downstream pick them up from the water and drink them all at once. This is called "meandering water flowing". Some put boiled eggs into the water, and they flow down the river like wine glasses. People waiting downstream take the eggs out of the water and peel them and eat them. This is called "floating eggs in curved water". Some put red dates in the pool and pick them up like eggs. This is called "Qu Shui Fu Jiang Zao". This custom is very popular in some areas and ethnic minorities in China. Brothers Zhuang and Dong have the custom of eating eggs on March 3rd.

The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, also known as "March Song Festival" or "March Song Festival", is a traditional song festival of Zhuang nationality. There are many beautiful and moving legends about the origin of Ge Wei Festival among Zhuang people.

In ancient times, there was a couple, both famous singers, who often sang folk songs to express their affection for each other. However, due to the shackles of feudal ethics, the two could not get married, so both of them died in despair. People sang in memory of the couple on March 3rd.

Second, there was a singer named "Liu Sanjie" in the Zhuang nationality in the Tang Dynasty. She is very clever. She often praises labor and love with folk songs and exposes the sins of the rich, who hate and fear her. Therefore, on the third day of March one year, when Sanjie Liu was chopping wood on the mountain, the rich sent someone to cut off the vines, causing her to fall off the cliff and die. In memory of the singer, later generations gathered to sing on the day of Liu Sanjie's death. Singing for three days and three nights, the song fair was formed in this way. These legends are hard to verify now, but the book Taiping Universe written by Song people records: "A strong man is familiar with the valley, and he chooses a day to worship the gods, and men and women will sing songs at the grand event." This shows that the song fair was also very prosperous at that time. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the development of Zhuang folk songs was particularly prominent, and the song club became a place for cultural entertainment and romance between men and women, and there were games of throwing hydrangeas. After the woman threw the hydrangea to her beloved man, they both quit the music scene and gave each other tokens of love. In the Qing dynasty, a large-scale activity attended by thousands of people was formed. 1934 The Survey of Counties in Guangxi recorded that there were 26 counties in Guangxi at that time, almost all over Guangxi.

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. The duet is 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. Adjacent to Xu Ge, vendors gather and folk trade is active. People nearby provide accommodation for people who come to catch the concert, and they are warmly received whether they know each other or not. A large-scale song concert was attended by dozens of young men and women in Fiona Fang, with a sea of people and songs, which was really lively. Pangang River in Bama, Mianshan in Du 'an, Qiao Ye in Tian Yang, Xiajian in Yishan, Yufeng Mountain in Liuzhou, etc. They are all large-scale song fairs in history. People go to song parties to compete and enjoy songs; Young men and women sing. If they hit it off with each other, they give each other tokens as tokens of their love. In addition, there are interesting activities such as throwing hydrangeas and touching eggs. Throwing hydrangeas is mainly for entertainment, but also as a symbol of love. The girl took a fancy to a young man and threw the hydrangea to him. Touching eggs is for mutual fun, and it is also a promise.

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