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Every year on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, the She people celebrate the "Black Rice Festival". Every family makes black rice, has a meal with the whole family, and gives gifts to relatives and friends. At the same time, they also gathered to sing and dance to commemorate this festival. People of the She ethnic group in Xiaocang National Autonomous Township, Lianjiang County also celebrate the Wufan Festival, and the village is bustling with activity on this day. Glutinous rice is made by the She people using the leaves of a wild plant called the Wu Ning tree in the mountains to cook soup, then soaking the glutinous rice in the soup for several hours, scooping it up, and steaming it in a wooden steamer. This kind of black rice is blue-green and jet-black in color, with an oily sheen, and is soft and delicious in your mouth. Since black rice has antiseptic and spleen-opening effects, the black rice is packed in ramie bags and hung in a ventilated and cool place to prevent it from going rancid for several days. If it is cooked with lard, it will be even more delicious. Therefore, there is a saying that "one family steams and ten families fragrant".
The origin of black rice is said to be that during the Tang Dynasty, Lei Wanxing, a hero of the She nationality, led the She army to resist the government. He was besieged by the imperial army in the mountains. With no foreign aid and no food and grass, the She army had to fight in the mountains. Find food. It was late autumn, and most of the trees in the mountains had lost their fruits. There was only one wild plant called the Wumin tree. Although its leaves had fallen, there were strings of sweet fruits like pearls hanging on the branches. Everyone picked a handful and took them back to the camp. Wanxing also tasted it and found it sweet and delicious, so he sent an order to collect a large number of wild fruits to satisfy his hunger. The army rations were settled and the battle against the official army was won.
One year later, on the third day of March, Lei Wanxing suddenly remembered the sweet fruits he had eaten in the mountains, and wanted to eat Wu Ni fruit again. However, it was spring at this time, and the Wu Ni tree had just sprouted its green leaves. What about sweet fruits? The villagers had no choice but to pick the leaves of the Wu Nin tree, process them, and cook them with glutinous rice. As a result, the glutinous rice turned out to be the same blue-black color as the Wu Nin fruit and had a strong fragrance. Lei Wanxing ate it, his appetite increased greatly, and he was extremely happy, so he ordered Shejun cooks black rice on this day every year.
In order to commemorate the victory of the She army led by Lei Wanxing in resisting the officers and soldiers, on the third day of the third month of the third lunar month every year, men and women go out for an outing, collect black leaves, and make black rice at every house. , has been passed down to this day and has become a festival of the She people. In addition to retaining the original customs, the current "Wufan Festival" also includes singing and dancing, making it even more lively.
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Tu traditional festival egg party. The festival takes place on March 3rd, March 8th or March 18th of the lunar calendar every year, depending on the place. At that time, animal sacrifices will be held in the temple, and the masters will be asked to chant sutras and perform dances to honor the gods, so as to ward off disasters and ensure a good harvest and prosperity for both humans and animals. Participants also carried many cooked eggs with them, either for eating themselves or for beating each other for fun.
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March 3 is a common traditional festival of the Buyi people, commonly known as "March 3". The origin and activities of the festival vary depending on the region where you live. The Buyi people in Xinbao Township, Wudang District, Guiyang City also call "March 3rd" "Sacrifice to Earth Silkworms", commonly known as "Earth Silkworms Meeting". Legend has it that there was a farmer in ancient times who discovered that many ground silkworms would kill the seedlings after sowing in spring every year. After repeated observations, he believed that earth silkworms were "celestial horses" placed on the earth by gods. In order to prevent his young acres from being infested by insects, he tried many methods, but none worked. Later, he stir-fried corn flowers to feed ground silkworms during spring sowing, and the seedlings were saved. The news soon spread to Buyi people near and far.
After that, in order to protect their crops and strive for a good harvest, the Buyi people in this area would pack grains and grains with sand as offerings every year on the third day of the third lunar month, and would go to the nearby hillsides in groups to offer sacrifices. God, Earth Silkworms", praying to the Gods to bless and prevent the Earth Silkworms from killing the seedlings in the field, so that the grain will be abundant. After the sacrifice, people walked along the ridge beside the fields, sang folk songs, and scattered corn flowers into the soil. People believe that sacrificing ground silkworms can make them confused and seal their mouths, so that the seedlings in the fields can be protected from pests. Later, March 3rd was designated as the "Singing Festival". The Buyi people in the southern suburbs of Guiyang call March 3rd the "Fairy Song Festival". The content of the festival is roughly the same as that in Xinbao Township, Wudang District, but they use singing to pray to the gods to avoid disasters. On this day, young men and women go up the mountain to sing in dialogue. Legend has it that whoever sings the most beautiful song will be given a golden voice by the singing fairy in heaven. Wherever you work, you will hear the golden voice singing, and pests will not dare to harm the crops when they hear this sound.
"March 3" is the "Tomb Sweeping Festival" of the Buyi people in Luodian County, Guizhou. On this day, two families or clans collectively go to the ancestral gravesite to hang green leaves, kill pigs and chickens, and arrange wine, vegetables, flowers and glutinous rice to commemorate the ancestors. After sweeping the tomb, people entertain, hunt and have picnics on the tomb hill. In the Hongshui River area in southern Luodian County, "March 3" is also known as the "Maple Leaf Festival".
In the Bawang River area in the north, due to the low temperature, the maple leaves are still small and fail to color, so March 13th is designated as the "Maple Leaf Festival". On this festival day, people go out for spring outings in the mountains. Children pick tender maple leaves and make balls to throw them, while women pick a few pieces of tender maple leaves and insert them into their buns. In addition, every family dyes the glutinous rice into colorful colors and makes colorful glutinous rice to eat. Young people go to the hillside to blow leaves and sing folk songs. If they meet a suitable opponent, they will invite them to Buyi Village in the evening and sing to each other all night long. When leaving, the host wraps glutinous rice and chicken drumsticks in banana leaves and gives them to the singer as a holiday gift. According to the legend of the Buyi people in Wangmo County, Guizhou, the third day of March is the "cold day" and eating dog meat can ward off the cold. There is a custom of treating a dog to guests on this day. According to the legend of some Buyi people in Anlong County, Guizhou, March 3rd is the birthday of the "Mountain God".
In order to prevent the mountain god from releasing locusts to damage crops and ensure a good agricultural harvest, people have the old custom of sweeping villages to worship the mountain god. On March 3rd, people go to the village altar to place offerings such as roosters and knife heads, kill a dog, and sprinkle the blood on paper flags, paper horses, and stones at the entrance to the village. "Gong" and other personnel carried paper flags soaked with dog blood, and paper horses went to every house to sweep away demons and ghosts. A bench should be set up at the entrance of each house, with a "water bowl" filled with water and a bowl filled with gravel and gravel placed on the bench. The "old devil" chanted the "Magic Sutra" at the gate, made several "Nongyang Gua", then scattered rubble and stones into the house, poured water from the water bowl everywhere, and overturned the door. On the bench, the water bowl is buckled, which means to drive away the devil. Finally, I put a paper flag stained with dog blood on this house, put a paper horse on it, and went to his house to sweep it. After all the residents in the village have finished sweeping, the "Old Devil" goes to the altar and suppresses all the demons and ghosts in front of the gods. Then all the men in the village have a meal on the spot at the altar, which is called "eating with the gods."
Dewo Town of the county calls March 3rd "Catching the Mao Fir Trees", also known as the "Mao Fir Tree Song Festival", which lasts for three days and attracts tens of thousands of people. March 3rd is a festival for the Buyi people in the Badahe area of ??Luoping, Yunnan, where young men and women sing in harmony. On this day, men, women and children came to the river to listen to young people singing folk songs and watch children competing in rowing bamboo rafts and shooting water guns. Some families also make colorful glutinous rice for their children and deliver it to Bianhe Village; others use small floral cloth bags to fill eggs and various foods for the teenagers who play and participate in competitions. The Buyi young men and women in Luoping Niu Street will hold grand mountain tours, antiphonal songs and socializing activities during these three days.
Young people of all ethnic groups from dozens of miles around will also come to the Maba mountainside area to participate in and watch this traditional singing competition. Singers can show their talents on such occasions. With their talent in improvising poetry and singing, they can sing with their opponents for three days and three nights or even longer. Many young men and women have established romantic relationships through these activities.
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According to legend of the Dong family, in ancient times, the original territory of the Dong family always used the time when the paulownia trees were in bloom as the rice transplanting festival. But one year the tung trees did not bloom, and as a result, the farming season was missed, so they had to flee to the Baojing area. In order to learn from the past lessons, every third day of March, people played the Lusheng and sang, visited relatives and friends, and reminded each other that they should be busy with farming. Dong people, more than The festival includes activities such as grabbing fireworks, bullfighting, horse fighting, antiphonal singing, and marching in the hall. It is also called the "Fireworks Festival".
On March 3rd, the Dong people’s festival lasts for five days. Every first day of the third month of the lunar calendar, every household begins preparations.
On the second day of junior high school, the girls were invited to the river to catch fish and shrimp, and they prepared a picnic on the slope with the boys.
On the early morning of the third day of the lunar new year, the girls dress up carefully, carry exquisite bamboo baskets, go to the vegetable garden to pick onions and garlic, and wash them with water by the spring. They lined up in a long line, standing on the path by the water, waving the basket shyly, quietly looking towards the hillside, waiting for their lover to ask for it. At this time, the hillside was already full of people, including the girl's family, who wanted to see which family member had taken away the basket.
A group of young men wearing neat blue cloth cardigans walked onto the waterside path one by one amid people's good-natured laughter. At this time, the young men ask for the basket from the person they like in public, and the recipient will be greeted with a burst of "ooh"s of praise. The young man can quietly agree with the girl on the time to return the basket. The young man who cannot get the basket will attract the ridicule of "hiss" from the onlookers, and then sing antiphonally on the hillside next to the village, continuing to search for a close friend with his singing until dawn. At noon that day, people gathered in the center of the village to sing and dance.
A grand masquerade party will be held on the fourth day of March. On the afternoon of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, a farewell ceremony will be held for guests from neighboring villages who come to watch.
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The Yao people regard March 3rd as the "Ganba Festival", which is a collective fishing and hunting festival. After the joy of harvest, people gathered in the square to sing and dance to celebrate the festival.
According to legend, a long time ago, wild beasts often entered and exited the Yao villages, hurting people and damaging crops. In order to protect his homeland, Pangu, the national hero of the village, led his warriors up the mountain to hunt and kill the beasts. Unfortunately, Pangu was gored by an antelope and killed Hattori with its horns. He died on the spot on the third day of March in the lunar calendar. In order to commemorate the national hero Pangu, the Yao people set the third day of March every year as a day to commemorate Pangu and named it "March 3", also known as "Ganba Festival". Before "March 3rd" on March 3rd, Yao men go to the old forests a week in advance to hunt, kill wild animals, go down to the river to catch fish and shrimps, and bake them into dried meat to take home. Women went up the mountain to pick natural dyes such as indigo leaves, boiled water and dyed glutinous rice in four colors: red, yellow, blue and purple to offer tribute to Pangu. Year after year, it has been passed down to this day. In the past, on March 3rd, the Yao people put down their farm work and rested for a day to commemorate Pangu. That is, the women rested and did needlework, the men read scriptures, drank, and entertained, but the girls and boys met on the barren hills next to the village. , singing to each other, talking about love, and playing in the forest.