The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is the mountain song meeting of Guangxi Zhuang, Yao, Dong, Miao, Bai and other ethnic minorities. March 3rd Song Festival, one is in accordance with the national tradition, men and women openly singing, singing white, from March 3 to September 9, March 3 is the Bai men and women in the year can sing to their hearts' content one day, the second is the Baohe Temple in the delivery of the bride and Prince statue of incense flourished, come to catch the meeting of the women in many people with the desire to seek a child, the elderly women mostly come to return the wishes of the young and the young and middle-aged for the song, The oldest women come to pay back their wishes, while the youngest come to sing, listen to songs or look for their soulmates.
The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is one of the grandest traditional festivals for these ethnic minorities, and the most representative activity on this day is the singing of songs, mostly traditional love songs sung by men and women, which is why it is known as the Mountain Song Festival.
Customs of different ethnic groups on March 3:
1, the Zhuang
The Zhuang called this day Song Festival, in honor of the King of Song Liu Sanjie is also known as the song will be. Some people say that in ancient times, there was a pair of lovers, are famous singers, often sing songs to express mutual adoration. However, due to the constraints of feudalism, they could not be married, so they were desperate to be martyred to death. In order to commemorate this couple, people sang songs on the third day of March. It is also said that in the Tang Dynasty, there was a singing fairy named Liu Sanjie from the Zhuang tribe. She was very clever, often using songs to praise labor and love, exposing the evils of the rich, the rich hate and fear her, so one year on the third day of March, by Liu Sanjie in the mountains when cutting firewood, the rich sent. The people cut the mountain vine, making her fall to her death. The descendants in order to commemorate the song of the fairy, will be in Liu Sanjie was killed on this day party singing, a singing is three days and three nights, song Wei this formation. Before the festival, every family prepares colorful glutinous rice and colored eggs. Red orchid grass, yellow rice flowers, maple leaves and purple powder vine are collected and soaked in the juice of these plants to make red, yellow, black, purple and white glutinous rice. Legend has it that this food was passed down after the fairies praised it, and some say it was given to the singer Liu Sanjie. When one eats this food, one is rich and healthy.
2, Dong
The night of the third day of the third month of the Dong nationality is a night of joy. Men and women, each with his or her own good, each with his or her own good. That night, three or five girls in a group, in a wooden building to sing, these girls' lovers and three or five companions, came to the front of the building to sympathize with the girls singing love songs. But there is a board wall as a boundary, the lover is not allowed to enter the house, the feelings of innocence. The Dong people here have a habit, not the third of March, young people can only sing quietly in the mountains; only the first to the third of March to sing in the walled village, so the three days called "mass three days". Young men and women cherish these three days, they sing: "March 3, gold and silver flowers bloom all over the mountain, all over the mountain, everyone comes to this group to play. According to Dong legend, in ancient times, the Dong people's place of origin always celebrated the blossoming of the tung tree as the transplanting festival. But one year, the tung tree didn't bloom, so they missed the farming season, so they had to flee to Baojing. In order to learn the lesson from the past, people sing Lusheng every March 3, visit friends and relatives and remind each other of the farming season. During the festival, the Dong people hold fireworks, bullfighting, horsefighting, dueling songs, stamping on the church and other activities, also known as the "Fireworks Festival".
3, Yao
With the song to get rid of all the fatigue. The Yao people's March 3 is also known as the "Ganba Festival", which is a day of traditional Yao customs, including playing oil tea and singing songs. The Miao men will go hunting, fishing and shrimp fishing a week in advance, and bake all kinds of dried meat to bring home as festival food. Legend has it that there was once a god who could not bear to see the Yao people laboring hard, so he added a rope to the people's stretcher and basket to lighten the people's burden, and taught the Yao people to sing mountain songs to eliminate their fatigue. Since then, in order to be grateful to the gods, the Yao people have designated the day when they meet the gods as the Shan Song Festival. During the festival, people kill pigs to worship the commune and the mountain gods, and eat yellow glutinous rice. Each village has three or four days without contact. The Yao people designate March 3 as the "Ganba Festival", which is a collective fishing and hunting festival. They distribute wild animals and fish to each family to share the joy of the harvest. Then they gather in the square to sing and dance to celebrate the festival.
4. She People
The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival of the She people. Every year before and after the third of March, the She people gathered in the place decorated with lanterns, flags fluttering, firecrackers, dressed in festive attire of the She people from large villages and small villages like a tidal wave of people, singing songs, ritual dances, folklore performances, sports competitions, and other activities lively month of Bufan. March 3 is the birthday of the grain rice. Every family eats black rice. It is said that Lei Wanxing, a hero of the She tribe in the Tang Dynasty, led an insurgent army to fight against the siege of government troops. He used Wu Ren Guo to fill up his hunger and gained a strong military power. On March 3, he managed to break through the siege and won a series of battles.