In fact, there is not only the custom of boiling eggs with shepherd's purse on the third day of the third lunar month, but also the ancient custom of boiling water with shepherd's purse in some areas. In fact, the ultimate goal is the same as boiling eggs. I hope the whole family will be healthy all year round. Boiling eggs on March 3 may also have something to do with spring ploughing and early spring food tasting. After all, people have spent a long period of vegetable shortage after experiencing severe cold and winter.
Often, fresh ingredients will be particularly favored, so some fresh wild vegetables will be picked in spring for early taste. For example, shepherd's purse, Toona sinensis bud, elm money and other delicious ingredients, combined with local living habits and cultural background, formed a unique custom and passed it down to this day.
Valentine's Day on March 3rd.
March 3rd can become Valentine's Day in China, which is based on ancient legends, folk customs, official advocacy and many other foundations. The Three Principles of March are called Shangsi Festival, which is named after the first day of March. Since the third day of March is not fixed every year, but it is all around March 3, the third day of March has been unified since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. According to the content of this festival, the people also call March 3 as March Festival, March Festival, Valentine's Day, setting the plot, Daughter's Day, seeking children's day, and visiting the Spring Festival.
The emergence of Shangsi Festival was originally related to people offering sacrifices to gods and praying for children, so this day is also a day for people to have fun and young men and women to communicate and love each other. From the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to Yutang, the custom of "the third day of March" was carried forward. Although in the Zhou Dynasty, six wedding ceremonies were strictly stipulated, for the sake of population reproduction, the contents of ceremonies for men and women in Shangsihui were still stipulated, so as to conform to the seasonal conditions, enable men and women of school age to have families and promote the harmonious development of society.