What's the festival on March 3rd?

March 3rd is Shangsi Festival. Han people call March 3rd Shangsi Festival, and the first Shangsi Day in March was regarded as Shangsi Festival in ancient times. Because of the third day of March, Shangsi Festival is set on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar and has been used ever since. According to the History of Etiquette in the Later Han Dynasty, it was the fourth day of the fourth month, and the officials and the people were all drowned in the east running water, saying that it was a great event to wash away dirt. Removing it means taking a bath in the water.

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The third day of the third lunar month, also known as Shangsi Festival, is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, which is typical of Han, Zhuang, Miao and Yao. Since ancient times, there has been "February 2, the dragon looked up; On March 3rd, XuanYuanSheng ". On this day every year, Chinese descendants from all over the world will come to xinzheng city, the hometown of the Yellow Emperor, to seek roots and worship their ancestors; This day is also the fourth festival in ancient times, and it is the most important festival held by the ancients in the activity of "moving to the bath". In The Analects of Confucius, it is recorded that "people are in the late spring, have finished their spring clothes, five or six people are crowned, and the boy is six or seven people, bathing in the release, and the wind is dancing and singing", and the "Qushui Flow" in The Preface to Lanting is related to Shangsi Festival.

On March 3rd every year, young men and women of Zhuang nationality gather in the street to sing and hold a banquet by the river. According to Zhuang legend, March 3rd is the birthday of Buluotuo, the ancestor of Zhuang nationality. The third day of the third lunar month is not only a simple traditional song festival for Zhuang people, but also an important day for Zhuang people to worship their ancestors and ancestors of Pangu and Buluotuo. As a legal traditional public holiday in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, all citizens of the autonomous region have a holiday of 2 days. It is not only a festival of Han nationality, but also a traditional festival of Zhuang, Yao, Dong and Miao nationalities in Guangxi. Song Club is not only a grand event to promote national culture, but also a grand event for national economic exchanges. According to records, the song club has a history of thousands of years. The development of Zhuang folk songs is particularly prominent, and the songs are well-known. In ancient times, young men and women gathered in the street or by the river to hold banquets and sing songs. In the Qing Dynasty, hundreds or even thousands of people gathered to sing.

Social effect

Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hainan and other places held a series of activities with new forms, high creativity and high mass participation, which attracted the attention of tourists from all over the country. From a traditional national festival to a cultural tourism festival, it is finally transformed into a local cultural tourism brand. The development of "March 3rd" provides beneficial reference and enlightenment for the innovative development of traditional national festivals.