The third day of the third lunar month. She people eat "black rice", have family banquets, hold songs and answer folk songs, stay up all night, and indulge in a happy and simple homesickness.

Black rice is a kind of rice made from the tender leaves of wild barnyard grass collected by She people from the mountains. It is mashed with a stone mortar, wrapped in cloth, soaked in a pot, and then the glistening glutinous rice is taken out of a cloth bag and poured into black soup for cooking.

She nationality's black rice is worthy of the name, and even the dishes and chopsticks are dyed black when eating. However, it tastes quite good. It's delicious, delicate, pleasant to eat, and it's not interesting. If black rice is stored in a cool and ventilated place, it will not go bad for several days. Stir-fried with lard when eating, soft and delicious, which can be called the first food in Shexiang.