1. Saying 1:

Legend has it that in ancient times, the Li people living along the banks of the Changhua River suffered a great flood. Only a pair of lovers sitting in a large gourd dipper was spared, was drifted to the side of Yanwoling. On the third day of the third month, the floodwaters receded and the two were married. Men plowed and women weaved, had children and raised them, and worked hard for each other, and gradually made the Li tribe flourish and develop. The descendants worshiped them as their ancestors and commemorated them solemnly every March 3rd.

Festival men, women and children dressed in full costume, with cakes, dumplings, boys fishing, girls cooking and baking fish, and then the offerings to the mouth of the cavern with Tianfei and Guanyin fossils. After the worship, the youth came to the activity venue, archery, pole climbing, wrestling, tug-of-war, swinging and so on. As night falls, bonfires are lit along the shore, young men open their umbrellas, and the girls' silver and shell ornaments glitter in the firelight.

Love songs, dance gradually, from the calm lyrical and into the joy of exuberance. Sometimes a pair of lovers quietly leave the bonfire, the young man hung in the girl's ear, the deer bone hairpin in the girl's hair bun, the girl to their own hand-woven colorful belt tied to the waist of the groom, the two sides swore, promised to next year on March 3 do not see each other. Because of the March 3 from its origin and the main activities of the content, are related to marriage, so it is also known as the love plot.

2, said two:

Legend has it that a long time ago, the cave has a evil crow spirit, so that the people can not live in peace and happiness. One day the crow spirit captured the beautiful Li minority girl Rongniang, March 3 of this year, Rongniang's sweetheart A Gui with a sharp knife and bow and arrow on the mountain to save Rongniang, was killed by the crow spirit. The crows were so strong that they took advantage of the crows' sleep to kill them, avenging the death of A Gui and removing a great evil from the people of the Li tribe.

On the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar every year, she would go to Ruixian Cave to sing the love songs of her and Gui's love. Later, the Li people named the cave Oh Niang Cave (Chang Jiang) in her honor. Every year on March 3, unmarried young Li men and women from the neighborhood would gather at Oh Yin Ling and sing love songs to find their sweethearts. This activity has expanded year by year and spread to all the Li compatriots living areas in Hainan, Hainan Li compatriots in the formation of a grand traditional festival.