Why is the third day of March in Hainan called Miao Valentine's Day?

The third day of March is also called "Valentine's Day" and "Duige Festival" of Miao people. When Miao girls come to the edge of the music scene, they are often put on a silver wreath by their grandmothers before they go on stage. Because the annual Duige Festival is not only a happy spring sowing, but also a good opportunity for Miao young men and women to find their sweethearts, Duige is not only blowing leaves and dancing together, but also contains wonderful joy and philosophy of life.

On the third day of March, Miao girls put on their holiday costumes, and young boys came to Duige in droves to celebrate spring ploughing and sowing, while everyone was still looking for their sweetheart in the crowd.

During the day, the sky is clear and cloudless, the sun is soft and warm, and the chirping of birds and the murmuring of streams are intertwined, forming a wonderful spring movement, which makes people seem to have entered a dream.

When waves of emotional songs came from the hillside, groups of men and women dressed in costumes came from the roads, ridges and mountainsides. Young people are walking and blowing with konoha in their mouths, and beautiful girls are singing while walking with umbrellas. ...

At night, in the bright moonlight, groups of Miao men and women are singing love songs.

In the duet of love songs, several young Miao people invited a beautiful and plump girl to sing duets. The girl just smiled, but kept silent.

She looked around in the dark for her opponent. After the girl aimed at a young duet, the young duet that was not selected automatically quit and went to find someone else to ask for a song. Those sweet and emotional songs stir people's hearts, as if they were drunk after drinking a bowl of mellow corn. ...

Reach out and give me a bite. The more I bite, the more I see my sister's affection.

Green hills don't always leave marks, but seeing teeth marks is like seeing people.

This is a ballad spread among Miao people in Hainan. "Biting designated love" is a unique way for young men and women of Miao nationality in Hainan to express their love.

On March 3rd, young men and women sang beautiful and moving songs under the betel nut tree, in the mango forest, by the stream and on the grass on the hillside, expressing their ideals, interests and wishes and looking for their Mr Right.

Later, the young man picked up a bow and arrow and a harpoon to catch fish in the river, and the girls cooked rice and fish by the stream until the sun set. If the young man likes the girl he loves, he will sing the song of opening the door outside the girl's "Lombardo" with his bow, nose and leaves at night.

Girls don't sing the closing song, they open the door, light a bonfire on the grass or bamboo forest, and dance with each other to show their affection for each other.

At this time, the girl listened to the boy's courtship and shyly took the boy's hand and took a bite. If you bite lightly and politely, the young man will understand that the girl is refusing or suggesting that she has the right person.

If the girl bites hard and even shows signs of bleeding, it shows that the girl is very devoted to him and willing to accept the love of the young man.

After "biting hands", they took out their favorite calligraphy, such as rings, earrings, bamboo hats and waist baskets, and gave them to each other as keepsakes for life.