What should we do during the Shangsi Festival? When is the Shangsi Festival in 2019?
Shangsi, commonly known as March 3rd, is one of China's traditional festivals. So what do people do during the Shangsi Festival? When is the Shangsi Festival in 2019? March is also called the Oriole Month. It is named after the chirping of orioles in late spring in March. Check out the special topic on March 2019 of the lunar calendar on Shuimoxiansheng.com.What to do during Shangsi Festival?1. Bathing . In ancient times, people went to the riverside to bathe. During the Tang and Song dynasties, it was popular to take a hot spring bath, especially an open-air hot spring pool, to wash away dirt with spring water. It was believed that doing so could remove diseases accumulated throughout the winter, and be clean, immune, and auspicious in the new year. At that time, people believed that women's infertility was caused by ghosts and gods, so they used bathing during the Shangsi Festival to treat infertility. Over time, this became a custom and bathing became an important part of the Shangsi Festival.2. Shepherd's purse and boiled eggs During the Shangsi Festival, Chinese people have the custom of eating shepherd's purse and boiled eggs. Shepherd's purse, also known as ground vegetable, field vegetable, etc., is a wild vegetable that grows in the corners of fields. Although it is a wild vegetable, it is fresh, delicious and nutritious. Spring is the season for eating shepherd's purse. Eating shepherd's purse in spring is also a long-standing traditional custom in our country. 3. Outing On the third day of March, families go out for an outing. Some families bring wine and food for picnics in the suburbs. This is the time when the first apricot blossom blooms to welcome the spring. There is an ancient saying that "the apricot blossoms are fragrant in March". People who have been dormant in the city for a winter, when the spring comes, go to the suburbs, which becomes an activity of "March 3rd". 4. The custom of Girls’ Day on March 3rd is still preserved among ethnic minorities. For example, on this day, the Miao girls dressed up and came to a fixed place to show their beauty. 5. There are also purification, repair or bathing activities during the Shangsi Festival. Bathing is to ward off disasters. Prehistoric humans believed that fertility was the result of totems entering into women's bodies. It was not until the patriarchal era that people understood that sexual intercourse between husband and wife was the cause of reproduction. However, whether it is the concept of totem-induced reproduction or the understanding that reproduction is caused by sexual intercourse between husband and wife, both acknowledge that women are the embodiment of reproduction and that children are conceived by mothers. When is the Shangsi Festival in 2019?The third day of the third month of the lunar year 2019 (lunar calendar)April 7, 2019, Sunday, Aries (Gregorian calendar) 【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】 [Do not use it for important matters when the sun is inauspicious or the moon is inauspicious] Getting married, taking up a post, marrying a son-in-law, offering sacrifices, seeking an heir, seeking medical treatment, litigating, planting, using a broken house as a stove, taking medicine, sailing. [Today’s taboos in the almanac] [Do not use it for important matters when the sun is inauspicious or the moon is inauspicious] Separation, opening a business, registering a contract, collecting money, fasting and offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, traveling, seeking wealth, building, installing a bed, moving into a house, accepting marriage proposals, installing doors, breaking ground, closing the tent, getting married, burying, raising beams and erecting pillars, building a house, buying property, releasing water, collecting livestock, migrating The Shangsi Festival in 2019 is on April 7, 2019 in the new calendar. The third day of March is still a grand and solemn festival in some ethnic minority areas in southwestern China. The shadow of the ancient Shangsi Festival purification custom can be vaguely seen from the Water Splashing Festival held on March 3 every year in Dali, Yunnan. As the saying goes, "A good fate is not as good as good luck." A person's destiny is already determined, and the only thing that can be controlled is his or her "luck." Unexpected changes in the world may happen at any time, so use Mr. Shui Mo's [Premium Calculation] function to learn more about your fortune in 2019! |
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