What day is the third day of March?

March 3 is a traditional festival for the Han people and many ethnic minorities. It falls on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. It was called Shangsi Festival in ancient times. It is said that March 3rd is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. There has been a saying in my country since ancient times that "on February 2nd, the dragon raises its head; on March 3rd, Xuanyuan is born". After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3rd, which was followed by later generations, and it became a festival for the Han people to have banquets by the waterside and spring outings outside the city.

March 3rd is the "March Festival" in Taiwan and Fujian. "Gather rattlesnake (qu) grass and combine rice flour to make rice cakes to worship the ancestors" (Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty "Taiwan Prefecture Chronicle"), Some people choose to visit tombs on the Shangsi Festival on the third day of March, which has the meaning of outing and getting rid of bad luck.

March 3 can be postponed to commemorate Fu Xi. Fuxi and his sister Nuwa made human beings out of tuán and reproduced their offspring. The area in eastern Henan honored Fuxi as the "Human Ancestor" and built the ancient temple of Taihao Mausoleum in Huaiyang (where Fuxi established his capital). From February 2nd to March 3rd of the lunar calendar, there is the Taihao Mausoleum Temple Fair. Devoted men and women, sailors from the south and horses from the north, all gather in the mausoleum area to pay homage to their ancestors.