According to legend, in ancient times, there was an old woman who had no children and later saved a wounded snake. The little snake refused to leave after being injured, so the old woman said to the little snake, People and animals are different. We have no tail. If you want to be with me, you must abandon your tail. Later, the old woman cut off a small piece of the snake's tail, and the snake's tail became shorter, so people called it "special digging".
Later, the old woman died of old age. After the neighbors put the old woman in her grave, they said to the little snake, Dig, dig! She always treats you as her own, and when she's gone, let's see how you can be filial to her. Little snake seemed to understand people's words, blinked, and suddenly it was stormy, and a gust of wind swept the old woman's coffin and little snake together to the highest peak of Daming Mountain.
At that time, it was around March 3, and then every March 3, extreme weather, storms or hail occurred in Daming Mountain area, and the local people thought it was a special excavation to visit his mother. ?
Then came the time when the Zhuang people traditionally visited the grave on March 3. On the first day of March, people will pick maple branches and insert them in the cracks of doors and windows, and on the third day of March, they will make colorful glutinous rice to worship their ancestors and the Dragon Mother Temple.
The moral of five-color rice
Zhuang people love five-color rice as a symbol of happiness and auspiciousness. In addition to the third day of the third lunar month, some people cook five-color glutinous rice on social days, Mid-Autumn Festival and even Chinese New Year. On festive days such as children's full moon and the completion of new homes, five-color rice should also be cooked and distributed to neighbors.
Zhuang people also love maple leaves, thinking that maple leaves can "drive away evil spirits" and bring good luck and peace to people. Therefore, when cooking five-color rice on the third day of the third lunar month, a carefully selected maple leaf is inserted at the door of every household. Even the dye residue from cooking five-color rice should be scattered at the foot of the wall outside the house in order to exorcise evil spirits and ensure safety.