What's the festival on March 3rd?
March 3rd in ancient times was a very important festival. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu described this festival in "Two Roads": On the third day of March, it was sunny and sunny, and many beauties enjoyed the cool by the Chang 'an River.
Unfortunately, in the Song Dynasty, the etiquette was stricter, and private meetings between men and women were allowed. Festivals are also decreasing, people finally forgot about it, and the outing was changed to Qingming.
Fortunately, the ethnic minorities in southwest China still keep the custom of March 3rd.
March 3rd Song Festival is a traditional festival of Zhuang people, also called March Song Festival. Guangxi is called the ocean of songs. There are several regular folk song gatherings of Zhuang nationality every year. On the third day of the third lunar month, every household makes colorful glutinous rice and dyed red eggs to celebrate this festival. This festival lasts for two or three days. There is a specific meeting place like a cave. There are bamboo and cloth on the slope to receive singers from other villages. Unmarried men and women, young people, old people and children also come to play. Around Gexu, vendors gathered in Fiona Fang, where folk trade was active. Thousands of men, women and children have come to participate in the sea of people singing. Famous song concerts include Panyang River in Bama, Mianshan in Du 'an, Qiao Ye in Tian Yang, Yang Yan in Tiandong, Xiajian in Yishan and Yufeng Mountain in Liuzhou. Young men and women like singing, so they give each other souvenirs. In addition, there are recreational activities such as throwing hydrangeas, touching eggs and performing Zhuang opera. The festival is only a national cultural activity and a national economic exchange activity. 1984, the people's government of the autonomous region organized a song meeting on March 3, and singers from all over Guangxi gathered in Nanning. Brothers, nationalities, compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao and foreign friends from all over the country also came to visit, which was unprecedented.