Buyi people in Guizhou worship mountain gods.
"March 3" was originally a day for Buyi people to sacrifice to mountain gods. Legend has it that the third day of the third lunar month is the birthday of the three kings. On this day, he will release all kinds of locusts and grasshoppers to damage crops, so people will sweep the village to worship the gods and ask the mountain gods for mercy. In the past, Buyi people closed the village within a few days after sweeping the village to exorcise ghosts, and outsiders were not allowed to enter the village. Otherwise, it was regarded as destroying the village, and they had to spend money to sweep the village again and apologize to the villagers. With the constant changes of the times, "March 3" has changed from a festival of sacrifice in the past to a festival of making friends between men and women. On the third day of March, young men and women dressed in festive costumes happily took part in a large-scale activity of sightseeing and making friends with songs. Singers show their magical powers here, and most of the lyrics are improvised, sometimes for three days and nights in a row.
Folk songs are mostly love songs, which young men and women use to express their feelings, express their love, confide in their hearts, and take the opportunity to show their intelligence to win the favor of the opposite sex. It is said that if the fairy in the sky is moved, whoever sings best will get a golden voice. Since then, no matter where he works, he has a golden voice singing. As long as pests hear golden voice singing, they dare not harm crops. So "March 3rd" is also called "Song Xian Festival".
During the festival, in addition to young people's activities of sightseeing, singing and making friends, there are also customs of eating glutinous rice and boiling red eggs. Some villages also offer sacrifices to mountain gods and sheep; Some villages offer sacrifices to water gods and Longtan, and offer sacrifices to pigs or chickens. The elders in the village don't forget to educate the villagers to protect public facilities such as mountains, Longtan, wells and roads when offering sacrifices, and at the same time educate the younger generation to abide by village rules and regulations. March 3rd is also a good day for young Buyi men and women to fall in love. On this day, boys played bamboo leaves and huqin, while girls sang Buyi folk songs and carried out activities such as "catching the watch" and "whistling waves".
The onion baskets of the Dong people in Guizhou are the media on March 3rd.
On the first day of March, all housewives in the village are busy preparing new clothes for their children and husbands. Grinding bean curd prepares food and drinks to entertain guests when the festival comes.
On the second day of March, it is the day when girls send flower baskets to their lovers. After breakfast that day, the girls invited each other in groups, put on baskets and took off their shoes to catch fish and shrimp. Help each other. After each person catches half a basket of carp and shrimp, each person gives this basket of gifts to his beloved lover. When the lover gets this basket of gifts, he pours fish and shrimp and cooks with his boyfriends, goes on a picnic and shares the fun of love. This custom of "sending baskets" is called "sea millet" in the local Dong language.
On the third day of March, the festival activities reached a climax. The girl went to various vegetable fields with a basket to get semi-green green onions and a few garlic seedlings, and washed them in vain by the Longtan at the foot of the village. Then she put on a wide-brimmed shirt and lace trousers, tied a waist embroidered with flowers, put on round embroidered shoes, put on a silver ring, a silver necklace and silver flowers, carried a green onion basket, and walked hand in hand to the hillside near Moga Tree and Jintang Cave. The younger generation waited in droves on the hillside.
The girls came, and the younger generation asked the girls for baskets. The mountains and the hills are full of people watching the fun. If the girl doesn't give the basket to the right person, the onlookers nearby will boo.
The taunt of "Hush" disappointed the unsuccessful young students and cheered for the girl who was in secondary school in love.
When the girls see the right people begging for swallows, they are willing to give them, and the onlookers give out the admiration of "Ouhu" and "Ouhu". After the lover gets the basket, he will make an appointment with his girlfriend for a day, usually March 8 or June 6, and leave the basket on the slope. At this time, there is usually cloth, candy or silk thread in the basket for my sister. This custom of "begging for baskets" is called "showing sincerity" in JD.COM dialect, which means "onion baskets as a medium".
The tradition of Shangsi Festival on March 3rd.
Shangsi Festival mainly holds activities such as offering sacrifices to lapels, making babies, swimming around the water, meeting men and women, gathering peaches, and praying for a bumper harvest. In the last quarter, when the seasons alternate, the yin has not completely subsided, and the yang fork "shakes". In this season, people are prone to get sick, so they should go to the water to clean their bodies and prevent diseases.
This is also an important part of the ancient Shangsi Festival "hairpin", that is, the ceremony of keeping clean and praying at the water's edge. There is a saying in the Book of Songs Zheng Yan that "only Qin and Yan can have it, and only scholars and women can have it". Guangxu's Notes on Historical Records also recorded that "on the third day of March, water was broken, water was broken." It can be seen that the custom of "hairpin" on Shangsi Festival has a long history. As for why I chose the fourth day, I want to explain that it is because "the dead are also happy", and I chose this day to lead a clean life and pray for happiness. This view has been recognized by modern scholar Wu Bingan, who also believes that Shangsi Festival is "an ancient health care custom to ward off evil spirits and avoid epidemics in spring".
In addition to keeping clean, eliminating disasters and avoiding evil spirits, praying for fertility is also one of the important contents of Shangsi Festival. In ancient times, witches were specially set up to preside over the activities of Shangsi Festival. Perhaps one of the reasons is that women are organized to take a bath by the river on this day. Mainly use the peach blossoms in spring to wash away impurities in women's bodies, drive away all kinds of evil spirits and create conditions for fertility. Nominally, it is to clean the body and wash away dirt. In fact, I hope it can exorcise ghosts and seek education. Therefore, Shangsi bath is also considered as an ancient hydrotherapy for treating female infertility.