March 3rd is the same festival of the Han nationality and many ethnic minorities. In the vast China, the definition of "March 3rd" is different in different regions, and the names and customs of the festival are naturally quite different. ★ Shangsi Festival Shangsi Festival is an ancient traditional festival of the Han nationality, commonly known as March 3. It was designated as the first day of March before the Han Dynasty and later fixed on the third day of March in the summer calendar. "Shangsi" is not only a festival to get rid of evil spirits and seek good luck, but also known as Daughter's Day, at which time the daughters will have a rite of passage. Shangsi Festival has a long history: in ancient times, the first Shangsi day in March was regarded as "Shangsi", and the Han Dynasty was designated as a festival. "It is the third day of the month, and the officials and the people are all (clean) on the east running water. It is said that washing and removing dirt (illness) is a big one." Later, the content of water banquet and outing was added. In ancient times, March was three very important festivals. Unfortunately, after the Song Dynasty, the ethical code became stricter, and private meetings between men and women were not allowed. This festival also declined day by day and was finally forgotten by people. The outing was also changed to Qingming. > > > > Water Festival: If the Double Ninth Festival can be called a festival on the top of the mountain, then the Shangsi Festival can be called a festival on the water's edge. This festival is on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, and its main content is bathing in the water to dispel the ominous. When it's late spring, the wind is warm and the sun is warm, officials and people are waiting, gathering at the water's edge, splashing water in the body, and stepping out in the wild, don't have a life feeling. It is recorded in The Analects that Confucius and several of his students wore spring clothes and bathed in Yishui in late spring, which is the trace of this festival custom. The earliest record of this festival is the literature in the early Western Han Dynasty. Zheng Xuan's "Zhou Li" notes: "It was cut off at the age of 18, and now it is on March, like water." Decorated by cultural celebrities, this festival has an elegant atmosphere. > > > > The custom of Shangsi Festival: wearing Hanfu, dancing "Dancing", flying kites, bathing, hiking, and offering sacrifices to Gao Qi. Legend has it that "Shangsi Festival" is also related to China's calligraphy. On the "Shangsi Festival" in 353 AD, Wang Xizhi and 41 literary friends gathered at the Lanting Pavilion in Shaoxing and wrote a preface to the Lanting Pavilion. Shangsi Festival food custom: The ancients had the custom of floating eggs to beg for children. At a picnic, boiled eggs and duck eggs are thrown into the river, so that they can flow down the river, and people waiting downstream can take them from the water and eat them, which is called "floating eggs in water"; Some people also throw red dates into the torrent, which is called "Qu Shui Fu Jiang Zao". Hot eggs that have just been cooked are difficult to peel, so it is a fun idea to throw them in clear water for a while before eating. Eggs are symbols of fertility in any culture. Zhuang, Dong and other ethnic groups still have the custom of eating eggs on March 3rd. In the Tang Dynasty, March 3rd was still an important national festival. During this festival, the emperor would feast his ministers in Qujiang. The so-called "meandering water" gradually disappeared from many traditions of Shangsi Festival since the Song Dynasty. > > > > The ancestor worship festival is first of all a "three-day festival". On the third day of the third lunar month, Minnan people have the old custom of respecting their ancestors, which is called "three or three festivals", also known as "three-day festival". According to legend, the origin of "March 3rd" is closely related to the national hero Zheng Chenggong. Origin: One legend is that Zheng Chenggong fought against the Qing Dynasty in the bases of Xiamen and Jinmen. In order to realize the desire of "fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty", he was United with the enemy and was determined. Even when he heard the word "Qing", he felt uncomfortable. At that time, someone said "drinking tea" was "drinking green tea". He was very angry and immediately reprimanded and corrected it. Especially for "Tomb-Sweeping Day", putting the word "Qing" on the word "Ming" made him even more annoyed, so he ordered the local people not to sweep graves in "Tomb-Sweeping Day" but to worship their ancestors on "March 3". Another legend is that the Qing army held a grudge after being defeated by Zheng Chenggong's army for many times. Later, Zheng Chenggong moved troops to expel the Netherlands and recover Taiwan Province. The Qing army took the opportunity to invade Xiamen and Kinmen, destroy the city and demolish the house, burn and plunder it, resulting in the tragedy of "Jiahe cut off the race". > > > > Among Taiwan compatriots, some families sweep graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and some families sweep graves on March Day (three-day festival). The former is Quanzhou immigrants, while the latter is Zhangzhou immigrants. Custom: Eating Pancakes Every year, on the third day of the third lunar month, people worship their ancestors with pancakes, and then the whole family eats pancakes around. Pancakes, also known as moist cakes or spring cakes, are made of fine flour with a thin and tough skin and rolled with ingredients. The key to pancakes is the ingredients. Ingredients, or stuffing, are usually made of dried tofu, pork, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, carrots, white radishes, leeks, garlic white and so on. When eating, put the ingredients on the pancake skin, roll it into a bamboo tube shape, and coat it with some hot sauce, mustard, etc. Because all kinds of dishes are mixed together, it tastes delicious. Some people say that there is nothing better than pancakes in Minnan cooking. > > > > There are two legends about pancakes. First, in the Ming Dynasty, there was a scholar named Cai Fuyi, a native of Tongan, who was ugly, awkward, lame, but born smart and knowledgeable. At that time, the emperor also loved his talents and made him a tour guide for seven provinces and thirteen provinces. Some people in the court supported him, some envied him, and some wanted to murder him. Someone deliberately kept him too busy to eat, trying to starve him to death ... On the other hand, after Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan Province, people sacrificed pancakes to their ancestors on the third day of the third lunar month. People in southern Fujian worship their ancestors with pancakes every year on the third day of March, commonly known as the three-day festival or the three-day festival. > > > > ★ The origin of "March 3rd" can be explained by remembering Fu Xishi. Fuxi and his sister, Nu Wa, made people out of the earth to reproduce. In the eastern part of Henan Province, Fuxi was honored as the "grandfather of ancestors", and the ancient temple of Taihaoling was built in Huaiyang (the capital of Fuxi). From February 2 to March 3 of the lunar calendar, the temple fair of Taihaoling was held. Good men believed in women, and all of them gathered in the mausoleum area to worship ancestors. Xuanyuan Huangdi's Birthday According to legend, March 3rd is the birthday of Huangdi. Since ancient times, China has had "February 2nd, the dragon looked up; On March 3, I was born in Xuanyuan. Xuanyuan Huangdi is regarded as the ancestor of Chinese culture and the same ancestor of Chinese descendants. According to historical records, xinzheng city, Henan Province was called the Bear Country during the period of the Yellow Emperor, and there are more than 2 cultural relics of the Yellow Emperor, which is the place where the Yellow Emperor was born, started his business and established his capital. Xuanyuan Huangdi rallied troops in Xiu De, caressed all the people, spread all directions, and melted Emperor Yan to unify the whole country. > > > > In order to commemorate the merits of the Yellow Emperor, all kinds of ancestor worship activities were held in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor on the third day of March every year. Especially in the Spring and Autumn Period, this folk activity was further carried forward by the name of Zheng Xiangzi, and the activity of worshipping Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor on March 3 (located in xinzheng city, a relic of the Yellow Emperor's activities) was launched, and the folk custom was continued. There is a seven-character poem in the late Qing Dynasty's "Du Men Zayong" that describes the grand occasion of the temple fair that year: "Spring is growing on the third day of March, watching incense burning in the Flat Peach Palace; The wind rises slightly along the river, and the red dust rises everywhere. " Legend has it that the Queen Mother of the West was the patron saint of a primitive tribe in the west. She has two magic weapons: one is to eat the immortal elixir, and the other is to eat the peach-flat peach, which can prolong life. The full name of Flat Peach Palace is "Flat Peach Palace for Protecting National Peace", which is located on the small earthen platform on the south bank of the moat. Sit south facing north, facing the Dongyue Temple outside Chaoyangmen. It was first built in the Ming Dynasty, and was dedicated to the immortals such as the Queen Mother and the Goddess Doumu. Later, it was destroyed and rebuilt in the first year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It is the urgent desire of many pilgrims to make pilgrimages and beg for children. This is also the difference between the Pantao Palace Temple Fair and other temple fairs in Beijing. The pilgrims knelt down and begged the empress. After making a wish, they respectfully chose one of the clay dolls at the foot of the idol, wrapped it in small clothes prepared in advance, and put it in their arms. Please go home and "raise" it in order to have a child. This is called "tying the doll" in Beijing. In recent years, on March 3rd, in the north of the former site of Pantao Palace, next to the ruins park of the ancient city wall in Ming and Qing Dynasties, there will be a lively scene of flowers and crowds. > > > > According to legend, Duke Zhou led a skillful craftsman and made great efforts to move mountains to build Luoyi. After the completion of Luoyi, he climbed Mangshan Mountain, saw the streets and lanes in the city orderly, and saw Luoshui winding around the east of the city, which made him very happy. He ordered hundreds of officials to gather at the Luoshui River to hold a large-scale activity. This large-scale activity is based on the old habits of the Yin people. When the spring sun is on, the cold is not exhausted, it is warm and cold at first, and it is easy to get sick, so that everyone can hold a "shrivel" activity at the Luoshui River to prevent diseases and pray for health. > > > > Gu Mi's Birthday She nationality's "March 3rd" is really unique. It is Gu Mi's birthday. On this day, every household of She nationality eats traditional black rice, and the fragrance wafts in front of and behind the village. Why is "March 3rd" of She nationality Gu Mi's birthday? And must eat black rice? There's another story. It was a long, long time ago in March of one year. Due to insect pests and poor harvest years ago, coupled with the increase in rent and taxes by mountain owners, every family of the She people was deprived of food. The hateful mountain owner even took the grain seeds. She people suffer from hunger. However, the ruthless mountain owners gloated. Instead of lending grain seeds, they released vicious dogs and bit the She people who came to borrow them. > > > > After the rise of Taoism, it is believed that the third day of the third lunar month is the day of the Western Queen Mother's Flat Peach Festival. Worship the Queen Mother of Xi is popular all over the country, but other places also have the custom of offering sacrifices to other gods to pray for their children, such as worshipping the Three Mao Zhenjun in Yangzhou, also known as the blind race. Wenzhou offered sacrifices to Ghosts on the third day of the third lunar month, praying for health and having more children. There is a lion club in Xiamen and a boy thrower club in Chengdu. At the boy throwing party, whoever grabs the boy can have children, so the person who grabs the boy is regarded as a hero. Infertile women in Qihe, Shandong Province, will go to Niangniang Temple to burn incense and worship on the third day of the third lunar month, and the host will give them a red line. Those seeking education will tie a clay doll with the red line to symbolize the son given by the empress, and put the clay doll in a hole in the wall after giving birth. Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, they will burn incense for the empress. Now the third day of the third lunar month has been gradually eliminated, but there are similar customs in various places, such as Jiesan Girl in Fanchang, Anhui, Longzi Temple Fair in Lishui, Zhejiang, Dragon King Festival in Yongji, Jilin, Shuangzhong Temple Fair in Haining, Zhejiang and so on. The folk legend of Mai's birthday holds that Mai has the same fertility as people. There are many festivals in Jilin on the third day of the third lunar month: one is the blind people's meeting, that is, the blind people's meeting, the election of the meeting leader, the * * * dinner, and self-protection; The other is the Great God Festival, where the shaman will be held and the gods will be carried out on patrol, and then they can jump independently when doing so. Some people even offered sacrifices to Cang Shen on the same day, which became the day of offering sacrifices to plows, and began spring ploughing activities from then on. Because of this, people began to be busy with farming after the last Festival. > > > > "March 3, stepping on the beach" is a folk custom in Shipu Town, Xiangshan. There are several theories about its origin. One of them is related to productive labor: around the third day of the third month of the local lunar calendar, the ground temperature and water temperature began to rise, and shallow sea spicy snails scrambled to climb the beach to breed. The local people go to the beach to pick up snails in this season, resulting in the labor scene of "March 3, stepping on the beach". Nowadays, although the beachhead resources are gradually exhausted, the local old people still can't bear to take their younger generation to the beach on this day and relive the scene of collecting snails in the past. The labor scene of "March 3, stepping on the beach" has gradually formed a brand-new folk cultural activity. > > > > Love plot "March 3" is a traditional festival of the Li and Miao people, also known as "love plot". This is a traditional festival for Li and Miao people to mourn their ancestors, celebrate their new life, praise life, praise heroes and love. It is called "March 3" because it is celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month. Origin: "March 3rd" is a traditional festival of Li and Miao people, also known as "love plot". This is a traditional festival for Li and Miao people to mourn their ancestors, celebrate their new life, praise life, praise heroes and love. It is called "March 3" because it is celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month. As for the legend of "March 3rd" of the Li nationality, it is said that in ancient times, human beings suffered a great flood, and a man and a woman hid in a gourd melon and drifted to the sparsely populated Hainan Island with the flood. In order to breed human beings, on March 3, the two expressed their love for the song and became husband and wife, thus breeding the descendants of the Li nationality. On March 3rd, the descendants of the Li nationality commemorate their ancestors' happy marriage and their achievements in breeding the Li nationality in various ways. "March 3rd" is also a traditional festival for Miao people to commemorate their ancestors. According to the legend in Miao ancient songs, in ancient times, five Miao ancestors (surnamed Deng, Pan, Li, Zhao and Jiang) traveled across the ocean to Hainan Island. On their way across the sea, they agreed that after arriving at the shore, they would go their separate ways and make their own living, but they would meet once a year on the third day of the third lunar month. Later, in accordance with the instructions of our ancestors, on March 3 every year, the Miao people would get together in groups to commemorate their ancestors. > > > > The legend of "Fu Nianfu" of the Li nationality is translated by Li Phonology, which means "March 3". Traditional festivals of Li people's property. Popular in Li nationality area of Hainan Island. It is held every year on the third day of the third lunar month. In order to commemorate the ancestors' inheritance, Li people worship every year and follow the customs. Later, it developed into a festival to wish "mountain orchids" (dry valleys in mountainous areas) and harvest hunting. It is said that a long time ago, Qizhiling area encountered a rare drought, and people lived like years. One morning, a young man named Yayin told everyone that he dreamed of a lark. To get rid of this disaster, he had to climb to the top of Wuzhishan and blow his nose flute to trap it. > > > > Speaking of March 3, there is an old legend. According to legend, in ancient times, floods flooded the plains and mountains and swallowed up everything on the earth. Only two brothers and sisters, Tian Fei and Guanyin, were left. They hugged the gourd ladle and drifted around in the monstrous flood. The two brothers and sisters decided to look for their relatives separately. Before leaving, the two agreed to return to Yanwoling on March 3 every year. They have traveled all over the world, and no one has been seen anywhere. My brother can't find a girl spouse, and my sister can't find a man to marry. On March 3rd of a year, brother and sister became husband and wife under the Yanwo Ridge and had children. On March 3rd every year, when the flowers are blooming, Guanyin and Tian Fei lead their children and grandchildren to sing and dance together to welcome the arrival of spring. Later, I don't know how long it took. Tian Fei and Guanyin died in the cave and turned into Guanyin stone. In order to commemorate Tian Fei and Guanyin, the descendants of the Li family named the cave Mother Cave. Since then, March 3 has become a day for young men and women to make love. > > > > Custom: Half a month before the festival, men from all villages invited each other to hunt in the mountains, and concentrated their catches in pickling and air-drying for use during the festival. During the festival, the village elders presided over the worship ceremony. Unmarried men and women take glutinous rice wine and zongzi to the wild to intercede with songs. The rest went to the river to fish, cook, eat and drink, and celebrate the festival. At night, people sit around the bonfire and hold entertainment activities such as swinging, drilling fire circles, wrestling and dancing. On March 3rd, the traditional festival of Li and Miao people in Hainan, in addition to rich recreational activities, there are also traditional foods of Li and Miao people on March 3rd, such as whole cattle, fish tea, Shanlan wine, bamboo rice and tricolor rice. Three-color rice with bamboo tube and all-beef banquet: On March 3rd, all-beef Li people take cows and gongs as symbols of wealth, and the more they own, the higher their social status. "Eating cattle" is the biggest memorial for Miao people, which lasts for four to five days. On March 3rd, Li Miao people in Hainan, citizens and tourists can taste the whole cow for free. Fish tea: the famous instant fish tea is not a kind of tea soaked in water in the ordinary sense, but a kind of pickled food, but its fragrance can be comparable to that of tea, which is used to "eat" and has a big appetite.