The origin of March 3 of Zhuang nationality

The March 3rd of the Zhuang nationality originated from offering sacrifices to the Northern Emperor Zhenwu God, and the March 3rd of the Zhuang nationality is the inheritance of the ancient Shangsi Festival in China.

In ancient China, there was a record of "March 3rd, Shangsi Festival". In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu described the customs of the Tang Dynasty in the poem "Two Ways": "There are many tourists in on the third day of the Third-month in the freshening weather and Chang 'an waterfront. Song described the scene of Guilin at 3 o'clock in March today in "March 3 in Guangxi": "The customs of the early old days are flourishing, and the whole city is boiling with Jiangqu".

Nowadays, the "March 3rd Festival" is gradually fading in the Central Plains. The Zhuang people have infiltrated the culture with national characteristics into the March 3rd Festival in the history, which makes the March 3rd of the Zhuang people continue to be passed down in the national culture.

March 3 (the third day of the Zhuang nationality), also known as Gewei Festival, Gepo Festival or Gexian Festival, is a traditional festival for the Zhuang people to worship their ancestors and choose their spouses by songs. It is a traditional festival with Zhuang characteristics gradually formed by the Zhuang people and their ancestors under specific historical conditions and living environment. March 3rd of Zhuang nationality is mainly spread in Luobo Town, Liangjiang Town, Luwo Town, Matou Town in the east of Wuming District and Luo Xu Town and Maling Town in the west of Wuming District.

Main activities on March 3

1. ancestor worship: set up a five-color glutinous rice altar for pigs, cattle and sheep in the ancestral hall, and invite teachers and Taoist classes to do ancestor worship "Yapu". Flags from the village hung around the altar. Before offering sacrifices, the master will set up an altar or mourning hall and light incense sticks. At the beginning of the ceremony, the host who presided over the sacrifice wore a robe, a hat, ribbons and law enforcement devices (teeth and altar wood). In the process of chanting, he sang and danced while opening the altar to invite God.

2. River lanterns: Put river lanterns in the Liao River at night, from the reeds to the Luobo Fair.

3. Performing a big drama: The main family who is willing to pay for the troupe to sing is usually for three consecutive nights. For example, if the main family wants to sing, they can sing for ten nights in a row for a long time, and when they sing, they will carry the sedan chair of their ancestor Yapu to "sing".