The special delicacies of the Zhuang people on March 3rd include black rice, banana leaf glutinous rice, moxa leaf glutinous rice, mugwort cake, five-color glutinous rice, etc.
Before the festival, every household prepares colorful glutinous rice and colored eggs.
People collect red orchids, yellow rice flowers or yellow gardenias, maple leaves, and purple sweet potato vines, and use the juice of these plants to soak glutinous rice to make red, yellow, black, purple, and white glutinous rice.
According to legend, this kind of food was passed down after being highly praised by fairies; some people also say that it was offered as a sacrifice to the singing fairy Liu Sanjie.
After eating this kind of food, people will be prosperous and healthy.
Other customs of the Zhuang ethnic group on March 3rd include Easter eggs. Easter eggs are cooked eggs dyed in colors to express feelings.
The young man holds the easter egg in the song fair and touches the easter egg in the girl's hand; if the girl is unwilling, she should hold the egg and not let her touch it; if she wants to, she should let the young man touch it.
After the egg cracked, the two of them ate the eggs together, thus sowing the seeds of love.
Nowadays, touching Easter eggs has the meaning of "bumping for good luck".
The "March 3" Song Fair is a good time for young men and women to socialize.
Whenever there is a singing fair, young men and women within a radius of dozens of miles gather at the singing fair.
The young man sings duet with the girl of his choice under the guidance of the singer.
Usually the young men take the initiative to sing the "tour song", observe the opponents, and when they meet a suitable person, they sing the meeting song and invitation song.
If the woman is interested, agree.
The young men sang interrogation songs again, and they developed friendship with each other, singing love songs and friendship songs.
The lyrics are all improvised and blurted out.
If the girl feels that the young man in front of her is satisfied with his talent and singing ability, she will secretly give the hydrangea in her arms to the person she likes while others are not paying attention, and "he" will reciprocate with items such as handkerchiefs and towels, and then the singing will become sweeter, so she makes an appointment.
Qin and Jin are good.