Which ethnic group’s festival is March 3rd? How do different ethnic groups celebrate the March 3rd Festival?

Which ethnic group’s festival is March 3rd? How do different ethnic groups celebrate the March 3rd Festival?
March 3rd is a traditional Chinese festival, but not all of our friends know which ethnic groups celebrate it. So, let’s take a look at which ethnic group’s festival is March 3rd? How do different ethnic groups celebrate the March 3rd Festival? The third month of the lunar calendar is also called Chenyue, Jichun, Peachyue, Tongyue, and Silkwormyue. Want to know whether the third month of the lunar calendar is auspicious or inauspicious? Then go to Mr. Shui Mo's website and have a look.

Which ethnic group’s festival is March 3rd?

March 3rd is not just the Shangsi Festival of the Han people.
March 3rd is also a traditional festival for the Zhuang, Yao, Dong, Miao and other ethnic groups in Guangxi.
According to Zhuang legend, March 3 is the birthday of Buluotuo, the ancestor of the Zhuang people. The Han ethnic group celebrates the Shangsi Festival, and there are sayings that on the third day of March, one should worship ancestors[1-2], worship Xuanyuan[3], or worship Chiyou.

How do different ethnic groups celebrate the March 3rd Festival?

Zhuang Nationality’s March 3rd Festival:
When it comes to the Zhuang ethnic group’s “March 3rd” customs, many people only know about singing and expressing love. In fact, the Zhuang ethnic group has many “March 3rd” customs. Grabbing firecrackers, throwing embroidered balls, eating five-color glutinous rice, etc. are also interesting festival customs.
Dong Nationality March 3rd Festival:
The Dong ethnic group’s “March 3rd” festival is also known as the “Sowing Festival”, “Onion-asking Festival” and “Fireworks and Firecrackers Festival”. According to the Dong legend, in ancient times they always regarded the flowering of tung trees as the rice planting festival. But one year the tung trees did not bloom, and as a result the farming season was missed, so they had to flee to the Baojing area. In order to learn from past lessons, every March 3rd people play the reed pipe and sing, visit relatives and friends, and remind each other that it is time to get busy with farm work.
The Yao ethnic group’s March 3rd Festival:
The Yao ethnic group celebrates March 3rd to commemorate national heroes, so people name this day March 3rd, also known as the "Ganba Festival." Every year before March 3rd, Yao men go to Laolin a week in advance to hunt and kill wild animals, go to the river to catch fish and shrimps, and roast them and take them home to distribute them among households so that they can share the joy of the harvest. Women went up the mountain to pick indigo leaves and other natural dyes, boiled them in water and dyed them into glutinous rice in four colors: red, yellow, blue and purple, to offer to Pangu.
Bouyei Nationality’s March 3rd Festival:
The third day of the third lunar month every year is a traditional festival for the Buyi people in Zhenfeng, Wangmo and other places.
According to traditional concepts, in order to help all the villagers achieve the goal of "avoiding disasters and praying for blessings, ensuring peace in the village, good weather and a good harvest", the Buyi people in Zhenfeng who have lived on the banks of the Beipan River for generations hold corresponding sacrificial activities on the third day of the third lunar month.
She Nationality March 3rd Festival:
The She ethnic group regards March 3rd as the birthday of rice, and every family eats black rice.
Li Nationality March 3rd Festival:
The third day of the third lunar month is a traditional auspicious festival for the Li people to commemorate their ancestors, celebrate the new life, praise life and pursue love. In 1984, the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government agreed to the report of the former Standing Committee of the Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture People's Congress and the former People's Government of Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, and officially designated the third day of March as a traditional festival of the Hainan Li people.
Tujia March 3rd Festival:
March 3rd of the Tujia ethnic group is their "Valentine's Day", also known as "Daughter's Day".
Tu Nationality March 3:
Tu ethnic group’s traditional festival, the Egg Festival. The festival time is on the third day, eighth day or eighteenth day of the third lunar month every year, depending on the place.
Miao Nationality March 3rd Festival:
The "March 3" Miao Love Song Festival is a traditional festival of the local Miao compatriots. During the event, villagers working outside, married women and young men and women from dozens of neighboring villages will gather here to celebrate. Therefore, the "March 3" Love Song Festival is not only a festival for villagers to worship their ancestors and reunite with relatives and friends, but also a beautiful day for young people in the village to talk about love.

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