Rites of the Three Dynasties, an ancient traditional fertility custom. It is popular in most parts of the country. A gift from my daughter's family on the third day after giving birth. Mother is the place where the first child is born, and her mother's family should give gifts to her husband's family. See "Marriage" in volume 20 of "Lu": "On the third day, the woman's family sent a crown of colorful satin ... This is called three dynasties and one ceremony." Washing three dynasties is also called "washing three". In the old society, babies usually took a bath three days after birth, so they were called "washing three". It is said that this can wash away the dirt and bad luck brought by the "previous life" to the baby and make it prosperous and safe.

The custom of "washing three" originated very early and became popular in the Tang Dynasty. Hanwu's "The Story of the Golden Bell" says: "In the summer of two years, I was in Qionglai, and I was given fruit for three days." Song Sima Guang's Zi Tong Zhi Jian contains the custom of "washing three times" in the Tang Dynasty: "When you hear the laughter of the harem, ask why, the imperial concubine washes the land for two days in three days. Look at it from above, happy and happy, and wash the children for the imperial concubine. " According to Xuancheng Mei Family Tree, Mei has 58-year-old sons Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan. Everyone wrote "washing children's poems" to congratulate him. It shows that this custom was very popular in the Song Dynasty.

Wash the children, use two peach roots, two Megan, two Megan, decoct with water, take a bath after slag removal, which can remove bad omen and avoid sores and scabs for life; Eating two kilograms of wormwood leaves and a tiger skull on the Dragon Boat Festival, and taking a bath with three kilograms of water in soup are also useful to ward off evil spirits; Ginger and onion are also used to decoct soup, indicating cleverness. Ginger is similar to "Zhuang" and takes the meaning of Zhuang Zi.

The "washing three" ceremony was held under the auspices of the midwife. The first is to burn incense and candles, worship the gods, and worship Bi Xia Yuan Jun, the goddess of fertility, the goddess of childbirth, the goddess of bean rash, the goddess of vision and other gods in the main hall; In the delivery room, worship the mother in bed. After the worship, we began to "wash three".

Relatives and friends get together, pour the prepared delicious soup for children into the basin, add fruit, money, onions and garlic, and surround it with dozens of colored strips, which is called "surrounding the basin". Then our family took the lead in adding a spoonful of water to the basin according to the generation, and then put some money. If gold and silver coins were added, it was called "adding the basin" and put it in the basin. If silver tickets were added, it was put in the tea tray. In addition, you can also add some happy fruits, such as longan, litchi, red dates, chestnuts and so on.