Is March 3rd according to the new calendar or the lunar calendar? What are the customs of the Zhuang ethnic group on March 3rd?

Is March 3rd according to the new calendar or the lunar calendar? What are the customs of the Zhuang ethnic group on March 3rd?
Introduction: March 3rd is also an important festival. So, is March 3rd according to the new calendar or the lunar calendar? What are the customs of the Zhuang ethnic group on March 3rd? Mr. Shui Mo website has carefully compiled detailed information about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2019. If you want to know about the auspicious and inauspicious days in the third month of the lunar calendar, please come to Mr. Shui Mo website!

Is March 3rd according to the new calendar or the lunar calendar?

March 3rd is the third day of the third month in the lunar calendar.
The third day of the third lunar month in 2019 is Sunday, April 7, 2019 (the third day of the third lunar month in the Year of the Pig, 11 days away from the Shangsi Festival in the 2019 lunar calendar)
March 3rd is a traditional festival for many ethnic groups in China, which falls on the third day of the third month in the lunar calendar.
It was called Shangsi Festival in ancient times and is a festival to commemorate Emperor Huangdi. According to legend, March 3rd is the birthday of Emperor Huangdi. There is a saying in ancient China that "On February 2nd, the dragon raises its head; on March 3rd, Xuanyuan is born." After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3rd, and it was inherited by later generations, thus becoming a festival for banquets by the water and spring outings in the suburbs.
The third day of the third lunar month is also the birthday of the Taoist deity Zhenwu Emperor. The full name of Zhenwu Emperor is "Beizhentian Zhenwu Xuantian Emperor", also known as Xuantian Emperor, Xuanwu, and Zhenwu Zhenjun.
Born in the ancient Xuanyuan era, on the third day of the third lunar month.
March 3rd is also a traditional festival of the Zhuang people. The Zhuang people call it "Wobupo" or "Wopo", which originally means to sing outside the cave or in the fields, so it is also called "Singing Festival". It is also said that it is to commemorate Liu Sanjie, so it is also called "Singing Fairy Meeting".

What customs does the Zhuang ethnic group have on March 3rd?

Zhuang ethnic group’s custom of March 3rd: expressing love with embroidered balls
The hydrangeas at the singing festival are handicrafts made by girls before the festival. The workmanship is very delicate, and each one is a silk handicraft: twelve petals are connected into a round sphere, and each petal represents a month of the year and is embroidered with the flower of that month. Some hydrangeas are made in square, polygonal shapes, etc. The hydrangea is filled with bean, millet or cotton seeds. The ball is connected to a silk ribbon with silk tassels and decorative beads hanging down, symbolizing pure love.
Zhuang ethnic group’s March 3rd customs: carrying a shoulder pole
Carrying a shoulder pole is a traditional self-entertainment activity. Every Zhuang family member is an actor in "Dazhetang". Women's movements are light and graceful, while men's movements are vigorous and powerful. "Dazhetang" for self-entertainment carries the Zhuang people's wish for a good harvest.
The dance forms of carrying a shoulder pole include various sets such as couple dance, four-person dance and multi-person dance. There are usually even numbers of dancers. The performers hold carrying poles in their hands and gather around a bench or rice pounding trough, rhythmically beating the bench or bumping the carrying poles against each other.
Zhuang ethnic group’s custom of March 3rd: wrapping five-color glutinous rice
Before the festival, every household prepares five-colored glutinous rice and colored eggs. People picked red orchid grass, yellow rice flowers, maple leaves, and purple ivy, and soaked glutinous rice in the juice of these plants to make five colors of glutinous rice: red, yellow, black, purple, and white.
According to legend, this food was passed down after being highly appreciated by fairies; some also say it was used to worship the singing fairy Liu Sanjie. Eating this kind of food will make the family prosperous and the body healthy. Easter eggs are items used by young men and women to communicate and express their emotions during singing festivals. Zhuang ethnic group’s March 3rd customs: singing and talking about love
The "March 3" singing festival is a good opportunity for young men and women to socialize. Every time there is a singing festival, young men and women from dozens of miles around gather at the festival. The young man sang with the girl he liked under the guidance of the singing teacher.
Usually, young men will take the initiative to sing "tour songs" first, observe and look for opponents, and when they meet the right one, they will sing meeting songs and invitation songs. If the woman is interested, she will agree. The young men sang the questioning song again, and they developed friendship with each other, singing love songs and friendship songs. The lyrics are all improvised and spoken out spontaneously.
If the girl is satisfied with the man's talent and singing ability, she will quietly give the hydrangea in her arms to her beloved while others are not paying attention. "He" will respond with something like a handkerchief or towel, and then their singing will become even sweeter, and they will get married.
Zhuang ethnic group’s March 3rd customs: grabbing fireworks
On the third day of the third lunar month and after the autumn harvest, people in some ethnic minority areas of Guangxi will spontaneously organize a firecracker grabbing movement.
Each team participating in the firecracker grabbing game has 8 people. The team members rush into the opponent's artillery position by breaking through, blocking, changing direction, and rushing quickly, and scoring by placing the fireworks. The rules are similar to those of Western rugby, so it is called "Oriental rugby".
The traditional "firecracker" is an iron ring with a diameter of about 5 cm, wrapped with red cloth or red silk. The competition venue is usually set up on the river bank or hillside. There is no limit on the number of people or the number of teams. Every shot must be grabbed and the game ends after three shots.
Zhuang ethnic group’s March 3rd customs: playing bronze drums
Some ethnic minorities in Guangxi have always had the habit of beating bronze drums during festivals, celebrations or sacrifices, and this custom has been passed down to this day. Now the Zhuang people in Donglan, Tian'e and other places celebrate the "March 3" and the Spring Festival every year, the Yao people in Du'an, Bama, Dahua and other places celebrate the Zhu Festival, the Nandan Yao people hold funerals and sacrifices, and the Nandan Zhongbao Miao people celebrate the Spring Festival or encounter festive occasions by beating bronze drums to express their congratulations or condolences.
Zhuang ethnic group’s March 3rd customs: touching colored eggs
Easter eggs are boiled eggs dyed in different colors to express love. During the singing festival, a young man would hold a colored egg and try to touch the colored egg in the girl's hand; if the girl didn't want to, she would hold the egg and not let the boy touch it; if she was willing, she would let the boy touch it. 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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