The significance of the March 3rd activity of Zhuang nationality lies in commemorating Sanjie Liu, promoting excellent national culture, promoting national unity and harmony, and showing national elegance. March 3rd of Zhuang nationality is a grand event in Guangxi to show the charm of national culture, promote economic development, enhance national unity and condense development momentum. Every year, during the "March 3rd of Zhuang Nationality", more than 65,438+0,000 celebrations are held in the whole region.
March 3rd (Zhuang March 3rd) is one of the national intangible cultural heritage lists in Wuming District, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 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. This is a special historical condition and living environment for Zhuang people and their ancestors.
Traditional festivals with Zhuang characteristics gradually formed with the passage of time. 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.
Introduction to the historical origin of March 3rd;
According to historical records, the March 3rd of the Zhuang nationality comes from the sacrifice to the Northern Emperor Zhenwu God, and the March 3rd of the Zhuang nationality is the inheritance of the ancient Shangsi Festival in China. 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.
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".
The Southern Song Dynasty Zhou Dynasty's "Qu Fei answers the generation outside the ridge" records: "It is agreed to meet at the address, and the men and women in the fourth grade get together, each living in a row, tie a ball with five colors, and throw it with the song, which is called flying." When men and women succeed, women get married and men get married. "Qi Fei (now hydrangea) is a common entertainment and affection object in the gathering activities of Zhuang nationality.