The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is the Shangsi Festival.
Han Nationality
March 3rd, known as Shangsi Festival in ancient times, is a festival to commemorate the Yellow Emperor. According to legend, March 3 is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. There has been a saying in China since ancient times that "on February 2, the dragon raises its head; on March 3, Xuanyuan is born." After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3rd, which was followed by later generations, and it became a festival for the Han people to enjoy banquets by the waterside and spring outings in the countryside.
Li Nationality
March 3 is the traditional outing festival of the Li nationality. According to legend, during the flood period, the brother and sister Tianfei and Guanyin wandered in the Wuzhi Mountains and survived. In order to carry on the family line, the younger sister had her face tattooed so that her older brother could not recognize her. They got married, had children, and slashed and burned to make Wuzhishan rich. Since then, every year on March 3rd, young Li people bring fragrant rice in bamboo tubes and flower umbrellas to Wuzhi Mountain to welcome spring.
Every March 3rd, Li compatriots from various villages gather in the wilderness, carrying Shanlan rice wine and rice in bamboo tubes, holding powder gun and archery competitions, and singing duets between middle-aged and elderly Li men and women. , bamboo pole dancing and other distinctive folk activities. At that time, you can also see young men and women in pairs engaging in the unique love method of "mountain love".