According to legend, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was a woman named Liu Sanjie in Guangxi. She is good at singing folk songs and her voice is euphemistic. On March 3 every year, she sings in the mountains to convey her feelings and inspire people's fighting spirit. With the passage of time, this festival has become a traditional festival in Guangxi and an important cultural activity for local people. On March 3rd every year, folk song competitions, song and dance performances and other activities are held all over Guangxi to commemorate Sanjie Liu and her folk song culture.
Sanjie Liu is a real person, but there are different opinions about the real existence period and various aspects of Sanjie Liu. Some people say that she appeared in Yizhou, and some people say that she appeared in Los Angeles. No one can confirm where Sanjie Liu was born, but we can only guess according to the words left by the ancients.
The customs of March 3 in Guangxi are:
1, singing and being a sister
The song fair welcomes guests, and thousands of people dance bamboo poles. "March 3rd" is the most important national festival of Zhuang nationality. On the third day of March, Zhuang men and women will gather on the hillside to sing folk songs and carry out a series of cultural and sports activities with national characteristics, such as grabbing fireworks, playing bronze drums and throwing hydrangeas. Grab "fireworks" to show national charm, and "sing and sit with sisters" to write romance.
Step 2 eat boiled eggs
"On March 3rd, shepherd's purse boiled eggs." Spring is the season to eat shepherd's purse. Eating shepherd's purse in spring is also a long-standing traditional custom in China. Han people have the custom of eating local dishes and boiling eggs on this day.
Step 3 kill pigs
During the festival, pigs are sacrificed to the country and mountain gods and eat yellow glutinous rice. These villages have not communicated with each other for three or four months. Yao people regard March 3rd as "Thousand Bars Festival", which is a collective fishing and hunting festival. They distribute the caught wild fish door to door, enjoy the joy of harvest, and then gather in the square to sing and dance to celebrate the festival.