On the third day of March, the Han Chinese have the custom of eating eggs boiled with water chestnuts. The folk on that day have flow of cups, flow of eggs, flow of jujube, begging for children and wear willow circle, visit the spring, trekking, eat clear essence of the rice as well as songs and other activities. In addition to rituals, the festival has developed into folkloric activities such as playing by the river, meeting men and women, and planting willows and enjoying flowers. The festival is also a day for men and women to go out and walk in the green, and is also known as China's Valentine's Day and Daughter's Day.
Taiwan, Fujian region on March 3 for the "March Festival", some people will choose to sweep the tomb on the day on the Si Festival, both trekking, to remove the meaning of bad luck.
Sichuan Zhongxian and other places in the "March will", held in honor of the anti-enemy general Bamanzi grand activities. On this day, the masses carry Bamanzi idol parade around the city, followed by social fire team, play dragon lanterns, lion dance, family lanterns, firecrackers, bustling.
The Zhuang people more than in March to catch the song Wei, set up a song shed, held a song, young men and women sing, touch the egg, throw the embroidered ball, talk about love. Legend has it that in honor of the Zhuang song fairy Liu Sanjie and the formation of the festival, it is also known as the song fairy festival. The Zhuang people come to sweep the graves on March 3, usually steaming five-color glutinous rice on March 3, and the festival is also known as the Song Fairy Festival.
The Dong ethnic group holds a lot of activities on March 3, such as robbing flower gun, bullfighting, horsefighting, singing and stepping on the hall, which is also known as the "Flower Gun Festival".
Buyi people on March 3, kill a pig to sacrifice the god of the community, the god of the mountain, eat yellow glutinous rice, the cottage within three or four days of each other.
The Yao people March 3 for the "Ganba Festival", is the collective fishing and hunting festivals, and will catch the wildlife fish distributed by household, *** enjoy the joy of harvesting, and then gathered in the square, singing and dancing, celebrating the festival.
She March 3 is a major festival that can be compared with the Spring Festival, on this day, families slaughter livestock to worship ancestors, many people often choose this day to hold a wedding. Taking this day as the birthday of Gumi, families eat umi rice. Bonfires are held, songs are sung, dances are held, and all kinds of competitions are held.
The Li people call the third of March "Fu Nianfu", for the "Shanlan" (mountain dry valley) and hunting harvest festival, but also young men and women are free to interact with the day, people call it the day of love.
The March 3 of the Tujia people is the Tujia people's Valentine's Day. On the day of March 3, the Tujia's ahoya and ahoya sisters get together, use mountain songs as a matchmaker, and step on the feet to betrothal.
Other ethnic groups such as the Shui, Miao, Mulao and Maonan all have their own traditional March 3 festival customs.
March 3 is also a ghost festival in the Jianghuai and Jiangnan regions. Legend has it that on this day, ghosts come out, and at night, families fire firecrackers in every room of their houses to scare away ghosts and drive them away.
The Valentine's Day on March 3 has a long history, as evidenced by a poem, Li Bai's poem: "Whistling, Qin E dream break Qin Lou Yue; Qin Lou Yue, the color of the willows every year, Ba Ling sad goodbye. In the autumn festival on the Leyou Yuan, the old road to Xianyang was closed to the sound and dust." The color of willow here refers to the Valentine's Day on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. Through this poem, we can see how romantic the Valentine's Day in China is: a couple of lovers strolling on Ba on a sunny day in spring, folding willows to give each other gifts, and whistling incessantly, what a realm! Not only that, but in China, a long, long time ago, it was customary for loved ones to part with each other and for friends to part with each other by folding willows, as evidenced by the poem: "The willow is a gift for no reason". From this we can see, love is willow, willow is love to become a stereotype. The common people will be many lovers of the floating waves called looking for flowers and willow, that is from this. Today, although we can no longer see the ancient love objects and love scenes, but there are countless love poems and love songs, enough for us to enjoy. In addition, among some ethnic minorities, the custom of the March 3rd Song Contest is still preserved. Yunnan's ethnic minorities, in the lunar calendar on the third of March this day, many groups of beautiful men and women sing to love, mutual gifts, the secret meeting deep in the forest, the scene and the European and American countries Valentine's Day only has the same flavor.