March 3 is a traditional festival in China. It is an important festival for Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Dong and other ethnic groups in China. Especially for Zhuang ethnic minorities in Guangxi, March 3 is the most worthy of celebration. Is March 3 a national legal holiday?
What festival is March 3, 2019 in Guangxi
In Guangxi, the third day of the third lunar month, also known as the 'third March Song Festival' or 'March Song fair', is a traditional song festival of the Zhuang nationality. There are several regular folk song gatherings of the Zhuang nationality every year, such as the 15th of the first month, the 3rd of March, the 8th of April and the 15th of August, among which the 3rd of March is the most grand. On this day, every family makes five colored glutinous rice and dyes colored eggs to celebrate the festival. The festival usually lasts for two or three days at a time. It is located in the open space not far from the village. Bamboo and cloth are used to build a singing shed to receive singers from other villages. Unmarried men, women and young people are the main body of the duet, but the old and young people all come to watch. There are one or two thousand people in small fairs and tens of thousands in large ones.
Beside the fair, there are many vendors and people are active in trade. The people nearby provide food and shelter for the people who come to the fair. They are warmly received whether they know each other or not. In a large song fair, young men and women from tens of miles around come to participate. There are a lot of people, singing one after another, which is very lively.
Qiaoye in Tianyang County has always been a big song fair. People go to the song fair to compete and enjoy the songs. If the young men and women agree with each other through singing, they give each other keepsakes to express their love. In addition, there are also interesting activities such as throwing hydrangeas and touching eggs.
Throwing Hydrangea is mainly for entertainment, but also for love keepsake. When the girl takes a fancy to a young man, she throws the hydrangea to him. Touching the eggs is to make fun of each other. Song Festival is not only a grand meeting of people's trade, but also a grand meeting of carrying forward national culture. In 1985, the District People's government designated March 3 as Guangxi's National Art Festival.
Arrangement of Guangxi March 3 holiday in 2019
According to the spirit of the notice of the general office of the people's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the holiday of March 3, 2019, all citizens of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have two days off during the period of March 3, 2019. According to the spirit of the notice of the general office of the state Council on the arrangement of some holidays in 2019 (gbfd [2018] No. 15), the holiday time of Qingming Festival is from April 5 to 7.
The third day of the third lunar month is April 7 (Sunday), which overlaps with the Qingming Festival. In order to create a good festival atmosphere of "March 3 of the Zhuang nationality" in our region, the autonomous region has holidays on April 4 and 8, that is, the holidays of "March 3 of the Zhuang nationality" and Qingming Festival are from April 4 to April 8.
What kind of food do you have on March 3 in Guangxi
Colored sticky rice
Black, red, yellow, white and purple glutinous rice is colorful, which makes people feel like eating. Although the color is bright, it uses natural plant pigments such as maple leaf, yellow ginger, purple rice leaf, red and blue grass. Every family of Zhuang nationality likes to make five colors on traditional folk festivals such as Qingming Festival, March 3, April 8 of lunar calendar, Niuwang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and so on Glutinous rice is eaten for the purpose of traveling to song fair or worshiping ancestors and gods. It is the hope of people's grain harvest. Five color glutinous rice has the function of 'strengthening muscles and bones, benefiting intestines and stomach, being able to do and tonifying marrow'. On March 3, you can also see the street breakfast shops in Nanning.
Black rice
In Wuzhou, Guangxi, eating black rice is a traditional custom on March 3. Many people choose to buy maple leaves in the market and make black rice at home. On March 3, black rice is fragrant on the street. The taste of black rice can be divided into salty and sweet. Some people say that the black and shiny black rice has the effect of eliminating pathogenic factors, strengthening health and warming the stomach. It is also delicious to eat.
Pingxiang bamboo tube rice
In Guangxi life, we often see bamboo tube rice. Lingnan is rich in bamboo. Pingxiang's climate and environment are very suitable for the growth of bamboo. Bamboo tube rice is a kind of rice and water put into the bamboo Festival, sealed and roasted. It tastes soft. It has the fragrance of rice and bamboo. It is refreshing and delicious. It is very popular among people.
Eight treasure fish
Wuming Liangjiang town's babaoyusheng is most famous for its peanut, shredded papaya, shredded radish, shredded sour ginger, coriander, perilla, as well as self pickled lemon and sour plum. These ingredients are mixed with Yusheng, which can be described as a mixture of five flavors.
Moxa leaf Ciba
Around the Qingming Festival, Artemisia argyi grows luxuriantly and is the most tender season. As the third of March of the lunar calendar is close to the Qingming Festival, Artemisia argyi Ciba has become a must eat food on the third of March. As the saying goes, "every year, Artemisia argyi leaves are green and fragrant. On that day, Artemisia argyi Ciba is all over the streets of Nanning and is loved and sought after by many people, The role of appetite.