What folk activities are there on the third day of the third lunar month in 2020?
March 3rd, which is the third day of the third month in the lunar calendar, is a day when many handsome boys and girls gather in groups to sing songs to express their love, give each other tokens of love, and meet in the deep woods. This scene is very similar to Valentine's Day in Europe and the United States. The third day of the third lunar month is also the day when the Queen Mother of the West holds the Peach Banquet in legend. So, what folk activities are there on the third day of the third lunar month in 2020? It’s March again, the season of colorful flowers and green willows. All things come back to life, presenting a beautiful scene of vitality. Shuimoxiansheng.com has compiled detailed information for you about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2020!What day is the third day of the third lunar month in 2020? How about the lunar calendar?The third day of the third month of the lunar year 2020 (lunar calendar)Aries (Thursday, March 26, 2020) 【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】 [Do not use it for important events on the day of the red yarn] Taking office, receiving money, seeking heirs, erecting pillars, raising beams, planting, building houses, offering sacrifices, traveling, raising livestock, seeking money, seeking medical treatment, and lifting the ceremony of opening the eyes of the deceased. [Taboo in the old almanac today] [Do not use it for important events on the day of the red yarn] Moving, moving into new house, installing incense and setting up the bed, fasting and offering sacrifices to pray for blessings, breaking ground, funerals, burials, releasing water, taking in livestock, building, breaking ground, purchasing property, building embankments, accepting betrothal gifts, and getting married. This year's March 3rd day [do not use it for important matters as it is the day of red gauze], so you must be careful in what you do! Common customs on March 31. Boiled eggs with shepherd's purse. A folk proverb says: "On March 3rd, shepherd's purse is a panacea." "On March 3rd, boiled eggs with shepherd's purse." Spring is the season for eating shepherd's purse. On the third day of the third lunar month, Chinese people have the custom of eating ground vegetables and boiled eggs. Shepherd's purse, also known as ground vegetable, field vegetable, etc., is a kind of delicious, nutritious wild vegetable that grows in the corners of fields. There is a line in the Book of Songs that goes "Its sweet as shepherd's purse"; Xin Qiji also has the line "The peaches and plums in the city are worried about wind and rain, while spring is in the shepherd's purse flowers by the stream." Eating shepherd's purse in spring is also a long-standing traditional custom in our country.2. Family outing to enjoy apricot blossoms On the third day of March, the whole family goes out for a picnic. Some families bring wine and food for a picnic in the suburbs. This is the time when the first apricot blossom of spring blooms. There is an old saying that "the apricot blossoms are fragrant in March" and "It's another year of green spring grass, and the apricot blossoms are still fragrant for ten miles." In fact, from the perspective of flower viewing, apricot blossoms are not very beautiful, but apart from the forsythia, they are the "first branch of the east wind" that blooms early, and they are already blooming in March of the lunar calendar. After dormant in the city for a winter, people go to the suburbs to enjoy the apricot blossoms when the spring comes, which has become an activity on the "March 3rd" festival. 3. Eating chicken-arrow vine Eating chicken-arrow vine on the third day of the third lunar month is a traditional custom of the local people in Beihai, Guangxi. According to legend, the third day of the third lunar month is the birthday of Emperor Huangdi, the ancestor of the Chinese nation. The people of Beihai use this to commemorate this great man. They mix the leaves with rice and grind them into powder, and then make them into slices of chicken-arrow vine noodles. The chicken-arrow vine rice cake soup made with this kind of noodles has a fragrant and sweet taste, and is a favorite snack of the locals. 4. Flying kites There is a custom of flying kites on the third day of March. “It is the third day of March in the world, and kites are flying all over the sky.” There are many theories about the origin of kites. Some say that they were once a tool for transmitting intelligence in wars, but among the people, it is a game. Adults and children all like to fly kites, and some people think it is a fitness activity. There are many different ways to make kites, and it is rare to see major differences. Many of them have become handicrafts. People also believe that after the winter, they should go outdoors. In fact, not only on this day, but from Shangsi Day to Qingming Festival are all good times for flying kites, so they fly kites on the third day of March. 5. Eat Spring Pancakes Eating "Spring Pancakes" is also on the third day of March. There is also a food custom on Shangsi Day. Roll the dough into thin pancakes, boil the eggs, peel them, and mash them. Some families even add mashed garlic and roll up the pancakes to eat. In some places where it warms up early and there are green onions, people roll the spring pancakes with green onions and eat them. Customs and activities of different ethnic groups1. In Fujian, Taiwan and other areas of the Han ethnic group, March 3rd is the "March Festival". "People pick rat koji grass and mix it with rice flour to make cakes to worship their ancestors." (Taiwan Prefecture Records by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty) Some people choose to sweep the graves on the Shangsi Festival on the third day of March, which has the meaning of going out for an outing and getting rid of bad luck.There is a "March Meeting" in Zhong County, Sichuan and other places, where a grand event is held to commemorate the anti-enemy general Ba Manzi. On that day, the masses carry the idol of Ba Manzi and parade around the city, followed by a folk art team, playing with dragon lanterns and lion dances. Every household hangs up lanterns and lights off firecrackers, making it very lively and lively. 2. March 3rd of the Tujia ethnic group is the Tujia ethnic group’s Valentine’s Day. On the third day of March, brothers and sisters of the Tujia ethnic group gather together, sing folk songs as a matchmaker, and engage in marriage by stepping on each other's feet. "March 3rd, walking on the beach" is a folk custom in Shipu Town, Xiangshan. There are several theories about its origin. One of the theories is related to productive labor: around the third day of the third lunar month in the local area, the ground temperature and water temperature begin to rise, and shallow-sea snails rush to climb onto the beach to reproduce. The locals go to the beach to pick snails during this season, thus creating the labor scene of "March 3rd, walking on the beach". 3. The Li ethnic group celebrates March 3rd on the 2nd lunar month as "Fu Nian Fu", a festival to wish for a good harvest of "Shanlan" (mountain dry valley) and hunting. It is also a day for young men and women to interact freely, and people call it the Love Day. It is said that a long time ago, the Qizhiling area encountered a rare severe drought and people lived in misery. One morning, a young man named Yayin told everyone that he dreamed of a lark. In order to escape the disaster, he had to climb to the top of Wuzhi Mountain and blow the nose flute to lure it. Yayin volunteered to climb to the top of Wuzhi Mountain, where he played his beloved nose flute. After blowing for three days and three nights, a lark finally flew out of the valley. Yayin hurriedly chased it. He chased it over a hill. Finally, Yayin looked carefully and found that the lark had turned into a very beautiful Li girl. The girl agreed to go to the human world with Yayin to save the world from disaster. After the drought was lifted, unexpectedly, the cave master was angered. He sent his servants to capture Miss Bailing. At this time, Yayin arrived and the two of them hid in a cave. The cave master ordered his servants to burn the cave. Suddenly, dark clouds rolled in, thunder roared, rocks cracked and mountains collapsed, crushing the evil cave master and his servants to death. Yayin and Miss Bailing turned into a pair of birds and flew into the sky. Upon hearing the news, the villagers came and watched them go, dancing and singing excitedly, wishing them happiness. This day happened to be the third day of the third lunar month, and from then on this day became a traditional festival for the Li family. 4. The She ethnic group’s March 3rd is the birthday of rice, and every family eats black rice. The legend goes that in the Tang Dynasty, Lei Wanxing, a hero of the She ethnic group, led an uprising army to fight against the encirclement and suppression by government troops. The army used black apples to satisfy their hunger and boosted their morale. They successfully broke through the encirclement on March 3 and won battle after battle. To commemorate this event, the She people eat black rice and sing songs at a gathering on March 3rd every year. Among the She people, March 3rd is an important festival that can be compared with the Spring Festival. On this day, every family slaughters animals and offers sacrifices to their ancestors. Many families often choose this day to hold their wedding. Eat black rice during festivals. When night falls, a bonfire party is held and people compete in singing. The She people are good at singing duets, and on this day they often invite She singers from all over the province and outside to perform on the stage, and the scene is very lively. During the festival, people go to the dance floor to perform the torch dance, wooden clap and sword dance, bamboo pole dance, dragon lantern dance, lion dance and fish lantern dance. There are also She ethnic minority folk sports such as asking for stools, manipulating stone steps, balancing sticks on the belly, manipulating poles, and driving wild boars. 5. Zhuang people hold a grand festival singing party on the third day of the third lunar month - the singing festival, which is called "Wobei Festival" in Zhuang language. According to legend, this day is the day when Liu Sanjie, a Zhuang singing fairy, died, so a festival is set up to commemorate her. Liu Sanjie was a famous female singer of the Zhuang ethnic group during the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Dynasty. This singing fairy cultivated by the singing festival could sing many beautiful and melodious folk songs and was revered by people as the founder and disseminator of singing activities. On this day, every household will make five-colored glutinous rice dyed with red orchid grass, yellow rice flowers, maple leaves, purple ivy, etc., and also dye colored eggs to celebrate the festival. The singing festival usually lasts for two or three days each time. It is held in an open space not far from the village. A singing tent made of bamboo and cloth is used to receive singers from other villages. The singing duets are mainly performed by unmarried young men and women, but old people and children also come to watch and add to the fun. The content of the duets is very rich, including knowledge-based songs, witty songs and love songs. The content covers everything from astronomy and geography to literature, society, ethics and morality. Among them, love songs are divided into meeting songs, invitation songs, love songs and so on. 6. The March 3rd Flower and Fireworks Festival of the Dong ethnic group is a traditional sports event of the Dong people, which has a history of hundreds of years. On this day, young men and women from the Dong, Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Han and other ethnic groups at the junction of Hunan, Guangxi and Guizhou came to the Fulu area of Sanjiang, Guangxi to attend the meeting dressed in their ethnic costumes. The young men gave candies to the girls one after another. The girl who received the most candies would be the most popular girl. Grabbing fireworks is the main activity of the Fireworks Festival. As soon as the firecrackers sounded, the iron ring with red and green cloth strips rushed into the sky and immediately became the focus of everyone's attention. Hundreds of players on the field scrambled to grab it. The players who grabbed the firecrackers were both smart and brave. They would not only get prizes awarded by the elders, but also be favored by the girls. At the fireworks party, everyone gathered together to play the reed pipe, sing songs, sing colorful tunes, watch Dong opera, bullfighting, cockfighting, bird fighting, etc. There was a joyful scene everywhere. On the third day of March, the Buyi, Yi and other ethnic groups slaughter cattle and pigs to offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God and the mountain god. They also sweep the village and drive away ghosts. Outsiders are absolutely not allowed to enter the village on this day, otherwise it will be regarded as disrupting the village sweep. 7. The Yao ethnic group celebrates the Ganba Festival on March 3rd, a collective fishing and hunting festival. The captured wild animals and fish are distributed among households, and the joy of the harvest is shared. Afterwards, they gather in the square to sing and dance and celebrate the festival happily. 8. Other nationalities “Playing in Xishan on March 3rd” is a traditional folk custom in Kunming. On this day, young men and women from the Yi, Bai, Dai, Miao, Hani, Naxi, Lisu and other ethnic groups, dressed in festive attire, go to the Western Hills for an outing in spring. Everyone enjoys the beauty of nature and the joy of the festival, and returns home only when the sun sets. To this day, other ethnic groups such as the Shui, Miao, Mulao, Maonan and others have their own traditional March 3rd festival customs. |
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