What day is the third day of March?

March 3 is a traditional festival for the Han nationality and many ethnic minorities, which falls on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. It was called Shangsi Festival in ancient times. According to legend, March 3rd is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. China has had "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up; I was born in Xuanyuan on March 3rd. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3, which was used by later generations and became a festival for Han people to drink at the water's edge and have a spring outing outside the city.

In Taiwan Province Province and Fujian Province, March 3rd is the "March Festival", and "collecting rat grass and mixing rice noodles is the first worship" (Gan Qing Tommy Tam's "Ode to Taiwan Province Province"). Some people will choose Shangsi Festival on March 3rd to visit graves, which means both going for an outing and driving away the ominous.

On March 3rd, we can remember the Mi Xi family. Mi and his sister Nu Wa created human beings on the earth and produced offspring. In eastern Henan, rice is honored as "the ancestor of mankind", and the ancient temple of Taihaoling was built in Huaiyang (the capital of rice). From February 2nd to March 3rd in the lunar calendar, it is the Temple Fair of Taihaoling, where good men believe in women.