The third day of the third lunar month is a folk song meeting of Zhuang, Yao, Dong, Miao and Bai nationalities in Guangxi. For these ethnic minorities, the third day of the third lunar month is one of the grand traditional festivals, and the most representative activity on this day is to sing folk songs, mostly with men and women singing traditional love songs, so it is called the folk song club.

The custom of Zhuang people singing on March 3

Zhuang people call this day "Song Festival", also called "Song Fairy Festival", in memory of Song Wang Liu Sanjie. Some people say that in ancient times, there were two lovers, both famous singers, who often sang folk songs to express their affection for each other. However, due to the shackles of feudal ethics, the two could not get married, so both of them died in despair. People sang in memory of the couple on March 3rd. It is also said that in the Tang Dynasty, there was a singer named "Third Sister Liu" in Zhuang nationality. She is very clever. She often praises labor and love with folk songs and exposes the sins of the rich, who hate and fear her. Therefore, on the third day of March one year, when Sanjie Liu was chopping wood on the mountain, the rich sent someone to cut off the vines, causing her to fall off the cliff and die. In memory of the singer, later generations gathered to sing on the day of Liu Sanjie's death. Singing for three days and three nights, the song fair was formed in this way.

The custom of Dong people singing on March 3rd.

On the third night in March, Dong people were very happy. Men and women, each with its own advantages, have their own place. That night, a group of three or five girls were singing in a wooden building, and their boyfriends came to the building to express their condolences to the girls and sing love songs. But there is a partition, and the lover is not allowed to enter the house, and the feelings are pure. Dong people here have a habit that young people can only sing quietly in the mountains instead of on March 3. From the first day to the third day of March, you can only sing in the stockade, so these three days are called "three days of the masses" and young men and women cherish them very much. They sang, "On March 3rd, bloom was covered with flowers, and the mountains were covered with flowers. Everyone comes to this group to play. "

Miao people's singing custom

Love is born with singing at work. Miao people also call March 3rd "onion picking festival". On this day, hardworking Miao youth will gather on the hillside, pick onions and sing folk songs, and then take the opportunity to find the right person. Miao songs float melodiously on the hillside, shuttling between the smiling Miao young men and women.

Singing custom of Yao nationality

Eliminate fatigue with singing. The third day of March of Yao nationality is also called Ganba Festival. On this day, the traditional customs of Yao nationality include playing with camellia oleifera and singing folk songs. Miao men will go hunting, fishing and shrimping in the mountains one week in advance, and bake all kinds of dried meat to bring home as holiday food. According to legend, a fairy couldn't bear to watch the Yao people work hard, so she put a rope on people's shoulder poles and baskets, which lightened people's burden and taught Yao people to sing folk songs, thus eliminating people's fatigue. Since then, in order to thank the immortals, the Yao people have defined the day when they met the immortals as the folk song festival.

The custom of she nationality singing on March 3

The third day of the third lunar month is a traditional festival of She nationality. Every year around March 3rd, the places where she people gather are decorated with lanterns, colorful flags are flying and firecrackers are deafening. She people dressed in festive costumes flock from village to village like a flood. Folk song duet, sacrificial dance, folk performances, sports competitions and other activities are very lively in Cato.

Different customs of different nationalities on March 3rd.

1, Zhuang nationality

Before the festival, every household prepared colorful glutinous rice and eggs.

Collect red, yellow, black, purple and white glutinous rice and soak it in the juice of these plants. Legend has it that this kind of food was handed down after the fairies praised it, and some people said it was given to the singer Liu Sanjie. Eating this kind of food will make people rich and healthy.

2. Dong nationality

According to the legend of the Dong nationality, in ancient times, the birthplace of the Dong nationality always used tung flowers as a transplant festival. But one year, the tung tree didn't blossom, missed the farming season and had to flee to Baojing. In order to learn lessons from the past, people will sing Lusheng on March 3 every year, visit relatives and friends, and remind each other of their busy farming. There are many festivals, and the Dong people hold fireworks, bullfighting, Touma, dueling songs, stepping on the hall and other activities, also known as the "Fireworks Festival".

3. Yao nationality

During the festival, people kill pigs to sacrifice to commune and mountain gods and eat yellow glutinous rice. Every village has no contact for three or four days. Yao people designated March 3rd as "Ganba Festival", which is a collective fishing and hunting festival. They distributed wild animals and fish to every household to share the joy of harvest. Then they gathered in the square to sing and dance to celebrate the festival.

4. She nationality

March 3rd is Gu Mi's birthday. Every household eats black rice. According to legend, Lei Wanxing, a hero of the She nationality in the Tang Dynasty, led the rebels to fight against the encirclement and suppression of government forces. He used Wu Renguo to satisfy his hunger and gained a powerful military force. On March 3, he successfully broke through and Lien Chan won.