What day is Yuansi (March 3)? Is it a special public holiday?

What day is Yuansi (March 3)? Is it a special public holiday?
March 3rd (the third day of the third lunar month) is also called Yuansi, and is a holiday mainly for ethnic minorities. What is Yuansi (March 3rd)? Is it a special public holiday? The lunar calendar information is different for different days. If you want to know more about the auspicious and inauspicious days in March 2020, please pay attention to the special articles on March 2020 of the lunar calendar on Shuimoxiansheng.com!

What day is Yuansi (March 3)?

【Chinese Folk Traditional Festivals】——Sacrifices, Outings <br /> Shangsi Festival is the most important festival in the ancient "purification and bathing" activities. People go to the waterside to bathe together, which is called "purification". Later, sacrifices, banquets, wine-cups flowing by the winding stream, and outings in the spring were added.
【Shangsi Festival】——
In ancient times, days were recorded using the "ganzhi" system. The first Si day in early March was called "Shangsi".
The term Shangsi first appeared in the literature of the early Han Dynasty. Zheng Xuan's commentary on Zhouli reads: "It is a festival for purification at the annual festival. Nowadays, Shangsi in March is like the festival on the water."
After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Shangsi Festival was changed to the third day of the third lunar month, so it is also called "Double Third" or "March 3rd".
【Chinese Valentine's Day】——Romance <br /> Other names: March 3, Spring Bath Day, Chinese Valentine's Day, Girls' Day Holiday time: The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar
[Girls' Day] - Coming-of-age Ceremony <br /> March 3 is also called the Girls' Day, or the "Peach Blossom Festival". It is a coming-of-age ceremony for girls of the ancient Han nationality. The coming-of-age ceremony "Ji Ceremony" is usually held on this day.
Daughters would "play in spring on the Shangsi Festival". They would walk along the water, pick orchids by the water, put on beautiful clothes, sing and dance to ward off evil spirits.
And women love playing by the water in spring.

Is it a special public holiday?

——March 3rd is a traditional festival mainly for ethnic minorities and southern regions: it is a special public holiday <br /> It is now a legal traditional public holiday in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and all citizens in the autonomous region have a two-day holiday.
(1) Festival Date: March 3rd of the lunar calendar
(2) Festival types: traditional festivals, special public holidays (3) Popular areas: southern China, ethnic minority areas (4) Origin of the festival: sacrifice (5) Festival activities: grabbing firecrackers, throwing embroidered balls, eating five-color glutinous rice, etc. (6) Festival significance: ethnic minority customary festivals
】Touching colored eggs on March 3: Good luck is coming <br /> Colored eggs are boiled eggs dyed in colors to express love. In the singing festival, the young man held a colored egg and touched the colored egg in the girl's hand;
If the girl doesn't want to, she will hold her eggs and not let anyone touch them. If she is willing, she will let the boy touch them.
After the egg cracked, the two people ate the Easter egg together, which sowed the seeds of love.
Nowadays, touching the Easter eggs has the meaning of "touch, touch, touch for good luck".

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