The Origin of March 3rd of Yi Nationality
According to legend, the Buyi people in Xincheng Township, Wudang District, Guiyang City called "March 3rd" as "silkworm sacrifice place", commonly known as "silkworm society". Legend has it that there was a plowman in ancient times who found that many silkworms died after spring sowing every year. After repeated observation, he believes that the ground silkworm is a "heavenly horse" put by the gods on earth. In order to prevent the young mu from being harmed by pests, he used many methods to sacrifice the handle, but it was useless. Later, when he was sowing in spring, he fried corn flowers and fed them to the ground silkworm, and as a result, he saved the seedlings. The news soon spread to Buyi families far and near.
Since then, in order to protect crops and strive for a bumper harvest, Buyi people in this area sacrifice "God and Ground Silkworm" to the nearby hillside in groups of three on the third day of each year, so as not to let the Ground Silkworm kill the seedlings in the field and let the crops harvest. After the sacrifice, people walked along the ridge and sang folk songs, scattering corn flowers in the fields. It is believed that offering sacrifices to ground silkworms can not only confuse them, but also seal their mouths and protect the seedlings in the field from pests. Later, March 3rd was designated as "Song Festival".
March 3rd is a Buyi festival?
On the third day of March in Guiyang, young men and women sang in the mountains. According to the local saying, the singing fairy in the sky gives a golden sound to anyone who hears beautiful songs, and pests are afraid to come out and hurt crops when they hear the golden sound. Therefore, the local people also call' March 3'' Song Xian Festival'.
Because the Buyi people live in different areas, the traditional festival March 3 is also different. On this day, all the people in the Buyi village had a dinner together, and after dinner, the respected village elders announced the' village rules and regulations'.
In the past, they also carved the contents of village rules and regulations on stone tablets for everyone to abide by. In the evening, every household will eat five-color glutinous rice. Buyi people in Anlong area celebrate "March 3rd", mainly by "sweeping villages" and "offering sacrifices to mountain gods". Legend has it that March 3rd is the birthday of the heavenly king. On this day of the festival, only one person in each household will stay at home to participate in the sacrificial activities, and the rest will go out and' hide in the mountains'. No outsiders are allowed to enter the village at this time.
According to legend, a long time ago, a young man named Shan Lang fell in love with Shu Mei, a Buyi girl. The magic wolf took Sister Shu away, and Sugiyama tried her best to save Sister Shu. They became very close, but the magic wolf turned into thousands of locusts in Qian Qian to eat crops. Sister Shu got the golden voice that Lotus Song Fairy bought in nine days, and sang from one dam to another according to the guidance of Song Fairy for 27 days until this place. All the locusts floated away from the clouds for nine days with the song, fed the golden cat to the lotus singer and saved the crops, but Sister Shu died of overwork on the third day of March the following year. Sugino also died of grief. People buried them in an earthen bag, and soon two Chinese fir trees grew there. People say they are the embodiment of Shan Lang Shumei. They call it Chinese fir, and the small earthen bag is also called Chinese fir. From now on, on the third day of March every year, people gather under the fir tree to commemorate her sister, sing songs and find lovers.
The festival custom of Buyi people on March 3rd.
1. Sacrifice to social gods: "March 3rd" is a day for Buyi people to sacrifice to gods and pray. Sacrifice to mountain gods, water gods and competition gods on March 3. Sacrifice to National Heroes: Sacrifice to legendary national heroes and ancient heroes, such as He.
2. Sweep the stockade: Mo Gong organized a team to sweep the ghosts and monsters of each farmer's house out of the house, and sweep the ghosts and monsters of the stockade out of the stockade to ensure the safety of one party.
3. Worship silkworms: According to legend, in ancient times, in order to avoid pests on young acres, a farmer fried corn flowers to feed silkworms in spring sowing, and the seedlings were saved.
4. Planting trees and hanging green (sweeping graves): In every household, the male host carries a backpack and sickle with a hoe, and the hostess carries a sacrifice and leads the children. She took the trouble to finish all the ancestral graves in one month and planted trees on the grave hill as a souvenir. There are also cases where clans collectively go to ancestral graves to hang green, and everyone kills pigs and chickens. Married girls should go back to their parents' homes with sacrificial objects to attend the hanging ceremony.
5. Go for an outing: The custom of going for an outing is very old, and it is basically formed by hanging green graves. When people have an outing in Shan Ye, children will pick tender maple leaves and throw them into balls, while women will pick a few tender maple leaves and put them on their buns, and the branches of maple trees will be inserted around the house. Of course, outing is not just about love, but more importantly, games and entertainment. People who are forced to work can now roam freely in the countryside and Shan Ye. As a result, girls hang swings on trees, while boys fly kites and shoot water guns in the open space.
6. Duige: The custom of Duige is also very old, which is basically accompanied by fooling around. Get together for drinks and contact each other. Young men and women singing folk songs is the theme of Buyi people's "March 3" activities. Singing is the most important activity after worship. Carry out social activities through singing, make friends through singing, and seek a spouse.
7. Traditional sports: In duet, in addition to singing folk songs, there are also traditional activities such as hunting, throwing chaff bags, "playing the blessing basket" (unicorn dance), "getting pulp" (similar to gyro), bullfighting, cockfighting, horse racing, horse-bar confrontation (similar to stilts), playing bamboo water guns, playing Buyi chess, swinging and flying kites.