What is the festival on the third day of the third month with fine weather?

Shangsi Festival is also called March 3rd.

The third day of the third lunar month, called Shangsi Day in ancient times, was a day for the ancients to go out for an outing, and it was also a good opportunity for men and women to meet in the wild and express their love last year.

In ancient times, there were three very important festivals in March. Du Fu's two poems for the road in the Tang Dynasty described the grand occasion of this festival: on the third day of March, the weather was fresh and many beautiful women were walking along the Chang 'an seaside.

Unfortunately, after the Song Dynasty, the ethical code became more and more strict, and private meetings between men and women were not allowed. This festival is gradually fading away and finally forgotten by people. The outing is also in Qingming.

Fortunately, however, the ethnic minorities in the southwest of China still keep the festival custom of March 3rd.

On this day, all the Hezu men and women dressed up and held a song party, which was quite like the Tang Dynasty.

"March 3rd" is the biggest folk festival of Li nationality. Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, all counties, towns, townships and villages will hold grand celebrations. The venue is generally located in an open rubber forest, with green leaves covering the sky and carpets under the feet, which is quiet, cool and quiet. No wonder "March 3rd" has become a "love story" for local people to choose their spouses freely.

Legend has it that in ancient times, Li people living in Changhua River suffered a big flood. Only a couple survived in the ladle and were drifted to the edge of Yanwo Mountain. On the third day of March, the flood receded and they got married. Men plow and women weave, have children, and work hard to help each other, gradually making the Li nationality multiply and develop. Later generations regard it as an ancestor, the third day of March.

During the festival, men, women and children dressed in costumes brought cakes and zongzi, boys fished, girls cooked grilled fish, and then offered sacrifices to caves with Tian Fei and Guanyin fossils. After the worship, young people came to the activity venue to shoot arrows, climb poles, wrestle, tug-of-war and swing. As night fell, piles of bonfires were lit on the shore, the boys opened their flower umbrellas, and the girls' silver ornaments and shell ornaments sparkled in the fire.