What are the origins and customs of March 3 of Zhuang nationality?

The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, also known as "March Song Festival" or "March Song Festival", is a traditional song festival of Zhuang nationality. There are several fixed folk song gatherings of Zhuang nationality every year, such as the 15th day of the first month, the 3rd day of March, the 8th day of April and the 15th day of August. Among them, March 3rd is the biggest. There are many beautiful and moving legends about the origin of Ge Wei Festival among Zhuang people.

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.

These legends are difficult to verify now, but in the book Taiping Universe written by Song people, it is recorded: "A strong man is familiar with the valley, and he chooses a day to worship the gods, and men and women will compose songs for the grand occasion." This shows that the song fair was also very prosperous at that time. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the development of Zhuang folk songs was particularly prominent, and the song club became a place for cultural entertainment and romance between men and women, and there were games of throwing hydrangeas.

After the woman threw the hydrangea to her beloved man, they both quit the music scene and gave each other tokens of love. In the Qing dynasty, a large-scale activity attended by thousands of people was formed. At present, according to preliminary statistics, among the 642 song festivals in the whole region, 96 take March 3 as the song festival day, accounting for 14%.

It is distributed in 22 places in Donglan, 20 places in Wuming County, 0/9 places in Du 'an/KLOC, 7 places in Xincheng, 6 places in Mashan and Longzhou, and 5 places in Bama. There are few in western Guangxi and only two in Jingxi County.

On March 3rd, the traditional famous song festivals include Wuming County, Ningwu and Lu Xiao in Yang Na, Sanka 'ao in Donglan, Yongzhou in Mashan, Panyang River in Bama, Huadong in Jingxi, Mianshan in Du 'an and Ji Fa, Rongshui Sanfang in March 3rd, Sanfeng in Xincheng, Xiajian in Yishan and Yufeng Mountain in Liuzhou.