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What is the custom of March 3 in Guangxi?
1, Five-color glutinous rice: Every family prepares five-color glutinous rice and eggs before the festival. People collect red bluegrass, yellow rice flowers, maple leaves and wisteria, and soak glutinous rice with the juice of these plants to make red, yellow, black, purple and white glutinous rice. According to legend, this kind of food was handed down after winning the appreciation of fairies; Some people say that this is a sacrifice to the Song fairy Liu Sanjie. After eating this kind of meal, people will be prosperous and healthy. Eggs are objects used by young men and women in Gewei to communicate and convey their feelings.

2. Fireworks grabbing: On the third day of the third lunar month, after the autumn harvest, folk associations in some ethnic minority areas in Guangxi spontaneously organized fireworks grabbing activities. Men, women and children will wear festive costumes and rush to the event site at dawn. The person who wins fireworks is considered to be the most blessed and favored by girls in the coming year.

Hydrangea: Hydrangea in Xu Ge is a handicraft made by girls before the festival. The production process is very exquisite, all of them are silk handicrafts: twelve petals are connected into a ball, each petal represents a certain month of the year, and the flowers of that month are embroidered on it. Some hydrangeas are made into squares and polygons. Hydrangeas are filled with beans, millet or cottonseed. The balls are connected by ribbons, and the tassels and decorative beads symbolize pure love.

4. Play with the pole: Playing with the pole is a traditional self-entertainment activity. Every banker is an actor in the hall. Women's movements are graceful and graceful, men's movements are vigorous and powerful, and the "drama hall" that entertains themselves entrusts the Zhuang people's desire for a bumper harvest.

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The third day of the third lunar month is not only a simple traditional song festival for Zhuang people, but also an important day for Zhuang people to worship their ancestors and ancestors of Pangu and Buluotuo. It is also a traditional festival of Zhuang, Han, Yao, Dong and Miao nationalities in Guangxi. Song Club is not only a grand event to promote national culture, but also a grand event for national economic exchanges. According to records, the song club has a history of thousands of years.

The development of Zhuang folk songs is particularly prominent, and the songs are well-known. In ancient times, young men and women gathered in the street or by the river to hold banquets and sing songs. In the Qing Dynasty, hundreds or even thousands of people gathered to sing.