I. March 3 of the lunar calendar is the festival of several ethnic minorities within Hunan.
1, Miao
Miao Love Song Festival on the third of March, is a traditional festival of the local Miao compatriots, during the event, the villagers work outside and married women and neighboring dozens of villages of young men and women will gather here to celebrate, so the third of March Love Song Festival is not only the villagers reunion of the ancestors and friends and relatives to catch up on old times and extend the love of the festival, but also the village of the village of the young people talking about the beautiful days of love.
2, Tujia
The Tujia's March 3 is its Valentine's Day, also called the Daughter's Day. On the day of the festival, young men and women dressed in new clothes, gathered from all directions. Want to choose a good son-in-law of the women's clothing is very distinctive, the upper body of the left lapel coat sleeves short and wide, rolled with a number of lace, under the long inside and outside of the short, the clothes are divided into layers of pleated skirt, pretending to catch up with the market, the sale of souvenirs, and waiting for the emergence of the man in the mood for; and want to choose a good match of the unmarried men, the body of the empty basket, pretending to shop. If the man sees a woman, he will go shopping, and if the woman is interested in the shopping man, she will sell the souvenirs at a low price to show that she is willing to give her life to him, and then withdraw from the downtown area and choose a quiet place to communicate with each other.
3, the Turkish
The Turkish traditional festival of eggs. Festival time for the annual lunar March 3 or March 8, March 18, varying from place to place. At that time, in the temple to hold sacrificial offerings, please the priest chanting dance to pay the God, in order to avoid disasters and disasters, to ensure a good harvest, livestock and two prosperous. Attendees also carry a lot of hard-boiled eggs, one is self-catering, the second is to knock each other for fun.
4, Li
March 3 of the Lunar Calendar is the Li people memorial ancestors, celebrating the newborn, praise life, the pursuit of love, the traditional auspicious festival. 1984 Guangdong Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee and the People's Government of Guangdong Province agreed to the former Hainan Li-Miao Autonomous Prefecture Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the former Hainan Li-Miao Autonomous Prefecture People's Government of Hainan, the formal March 3 as a traditional festival of the Li people of Hainan. ?
On this day, people have to get up early, women are busy pounding glutinous rice, preparing food for the festival, the girls go up to the mountains to collect leaves for dyeing rice, the men go up to the mountains in partnership to let the dogs hunt and go down to the water to catch fish. Every family kills chickens, buys meat and prepares wine, and the girls put on costumes, wear gold and silver, and sing and dance to celebrate the annual March 3 Festival. 2006, in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists announced by the State Council, Hainan Province declared the "March 3 Festival of the Li Ethnic Group" on the list.
5, Buyi
Every year on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, is Zhenfeng, Wangmu and other places Buyi national traditional festival. In the traditional concept, in order to make the whole village people to achieve the purpose of avoiding disasters and praying for blessings, village peace, wind and rain, and a good harvest, the ancestors live in the Beipanjiang River Zhenfeng Buyi people in the lunar calendar on the third day of the third of March are to hold the corresponding ritual activities.
Sacrificing the mountain is one of the main activities of the Buyei on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, sacrificing to the mountain gods to be carried out after sweeping the village to drive away evil spirits. On the day of the March 3 festival, every household in the village, in addition to a male parent to participate in the sacrifice of the mountain god activities, the rest of the young and old heard the sacrifice of the mountain god to kill the pig before the firecrackers to go up to the mountain to avoid insects, that is, to avoid all kinds of insect pests, disasters and plagues. 2011, Zhenfeng County, Guizhou Province, Wangmu County, the Buyei people's "March 3" was selected as one of the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. National Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
6, Dong
The Dong March 3 is also known as the Sowing Festival and the Flower Gun Festival. According to the legend of the Dong family, in ancient times they always took the flowering of the tung tree as the rice-planting festival. But one year the tung tree did not blossom, and as a result, they missed the agricultural time and had to flee to the area of the newspaper Jing. In order to learn from the lessons of the past, every March 3, people play the lusheng and sing, visit friends and relatives, and remind each other that it is time to get busy with farming. The Dong ethnic minority on March 3, the day held to grab the firecrackers, bullfighting, horsefighting, singing, stepping on the hall and other activities, so also known as the "Firecracker Festival".
7, Yao
Yao March 3, also known as Ganba Festival. Every year before March 3, Yao men are a week in advance to the old forest hunting, killing wild animals, fish and shrimp in the river, and baked into a dry bar to bring home, distributed by household, *** enjoy the joy of harvest. Women go to the mountains to pick small indigo leaves and other natural dyes, boiled water and dyed into four colors of red, yellow, blue and purple glutinous rice, used to pay tribute to Pangu. On the day of the festival, the Yao people put down their farm work and take a collective rest for 1 day, the men read scriptures, drink wine and have fun, while the girls and young men meet on the barren hills and woods by the walled village to sing, play and talk about love.
Two, the March 3 legend
Legend has it that, in ancient times, there is a Zhuang township of the three daughters born of the beauty of the sky, the eldest daughter and the second daughter are married to the son of a large family, only named Li Mei's third daughter has not been married out. She was very clever, able to poetry and song, kind-hearted, often behind the back of the family to be kind and charitable. When she was eighteen years old, although she was pursued by an endless stream of rich people, but she rejected all of them, making her parents hurt her head.
Originally, Li-mei had a sweetheart, who was the son of a poor family in the village, and the villagers called him Ah Qiang. A strong although poor, but kind-hearted, often for the poor good deeds, no matter who has what farm work is too busy, he always make time to go to help, what is good for his family, but also less relatives, and thus get the love of everyone. Ah Qiang is also smart, although the scriptures and holy books did not read much, but can be exported, the pen into a text.
In particular, he can sing poetry and mountain songs, and he is able to express his feelings and improvise. Although Li Mei reads more than she does, she still worships him as her teacher. A strong see Li Mei modest learning, always treat her as a sister, often together to discuss poetry, this year the lunar calendar in late February, the Zhuangxiang held a mountain song contest, Li Mei, A strong brother are enrolled in the competition. Listen to their songs, everyone is intoxicated, linger. As a result, they both won the first prize. Through this competition, Li Mei has a further understanding of Ah Qiang, especially on his brilliant, now singing and helpful character of deep admiration, and then produced love.
After everyone left, Li Mei intentionally stayed behind and affectionately revealed her love for Ah Qiang, and swore, "If Ah Qiang doesn't marry her, she won't marry anyone in her life." To her words, ah Qiang was very happy, but then thought of his own life, embarrassedly excused himself and said, "I come from a poor background, I'm afraid your parents will not agree to this marriage." Li Mei hugged him tightly and told him, "No, as long as you go to the door and ask for marriage, they will agree." Li Mei's quest for Ah Qiang brother's relatives knew about it, and they all said they were willing to donate the dowry for Ah Qiang as long as the member's family would be open to it.
One late night, Li Mei jumped out of the window to find Ah Qiang brother to go, just as they were pouring out their hearts to each other when, the staff of the family broke in, forcibly arrested Li Mei back, Li Mei sobbed uncontrollably, and begged her parents to fulfill her and Ah Qiang's marriage. The company said that although Aqiang's family is poor, but with his wisdom and hard-working hands will certainly have a good life.
But her stubborn parents still disagreed with her pleas. The love of Li Mei see can not be married to Ah Qiang, they are disheartened, the idea of light life. After her parents have gone to bed, she leaves a suicide note and hangs herself from a beam. Outside the door of the maid woke up in a haze, heard abnormalities in the boudoir, opened the door to see, she was simply stunned, Li Mei has been killed.
She desperately called for help, at once, outside the family howled, they looked at the suicide note, regret should not interfere with the daughter's freedom of marriage, relatives heard the cries, know the Li Mei in order to rebel against parental interference in the freedom of marriage and died of anger, she y sympathize with her, the outside of the couple is extremely resentful.
Again, Ah Qiang from the family failed to propose marriage, returned home, tea and rice, head to bed, parents how to call him, is not pit sound. When Li Mei martyrdom of the bad news came, is undoubtedly a major spiritual blow to the Aqiang, his brain buzzing, thought of life can not be married, and then die in the netherworld also want to be married. Thinking of this, he got up and walked out of the house, three steps and did two steps, walked to the house, "wow" jumped to the Li Mei's body, said when it was too late, then fast, he got up and hit the beam, but also martyred.
This day is the third day of the third lunar month, the relatives to see the good son of the Zhuangxiang, good daughter of the double martyrdom, each grief, choking, crying. Some of the old song to praise their faithful love, a song is three days and three nights, three days before they were ceremoniously buried. In order to commemorate them, every year people will be in March 3 this day, steamed glutinous rice, bring chicken, duck, fish and meat, up the hill for their graves, while singing, singing Wei so formed.