Shangsi Festival, commonly known as March 3rd, is a traditional festival of the Han nationality. It was designated as the fourth day of March before the Han Dynasty, and was later designated as the third day of March in the summer calendar.

Shangsi Festival is the most important festival in ancient times. People go to the water to take a bath together, which is called "praise" Since then, sacrificial banquets, meandering water and outings have been added.

In ancient times, "dry branches" were used as the Japanese standard, and the first day of early March was called "Shangsi". The word "Shangsi" first appeared in the documents of the early Han Dynasty. Zheng Xuan noted in "Zhou Li": "Except for the old, this is like water in March." After Wei and Jin Dynasties, the festival of Shangsi Festival was changed to the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, so it was also called "Chongsan" or "March 3".

There is a saying in Shangsi Festival that witchcraft originated from blue soup to ward off evil spirits, and blue soup is used to ward off evil spirits. Blue grass, as a spiritual thing, has the characteristics of aroma. Before major sacrificial ceremonies were held, the ancients fasted, including the best bathing method at that time, "blue soup bathing".

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March 3rd, also known as Daughter's Day and Peach Blossom Festival, is an adult ceremony for ancient Han girls. Generally, a rite of passage is held on this day. Daughters "play in spring", walk by the water, pick orchids by the water, put on beautiful clothes and dance to drive away evil spirits. Women like to play by the water in spring. ?

Unlike Japan's Daughter's Day, Japan's Daughter's Day is also on March 3, also called "Young Sacrifice". Because the third day of the third lunar month is the season when peach blossoms bloom, it is also known as the "Peach Blossom Festival", which was introduced to Japan during the Sui and Tang Dynasties in China. But the difference is that Japanese also celebrate festivals for young girls, mainly girls of several years old, while China pays more attention to unmarried young girls. On this day, the adults began to dress up their little daughters at home, all dressed up, and their mother led them to visit each other, wearing pomegranate flowers to ward off evil spirits and seek happiness.