Recently, a holiday notice issued by Guangxi has attracted the attention of netizens.
According to the notice, according to the "Measures for Customary Festival Holidays of Ethnic Minorities in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region", the relevant matters related to the "March 3rd of Zhuang Nationality" holiday in 2024 are hereby notified as follows:
April 11-12 holiday, with weekends off.
During the holidays, all localities and departments should make proper arrangements for duty and security, security and other work, and in case of major emergencies, they should promptly report and properly handle them in accordance with regulations, so as to ensure that the people spend the holiday peacefully and safely.
What kind of holiday is March 3rd?
The third day of the third lunar month, also known as the "Shangsi Festival", is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, which can be traced back to the pre-Qin period at the earliest, and has now become the most important traditional festival of the Zhuang people in Guangxi.
On March 3, 2023, in Fengxiang Village, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, Hechi City, Guangxi, villagers are playing tops. Picture from Xinhua News Agency
At the beginning of 2014, the Party Committee and Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region identified "March 3rd of Zhuang Nationality" as a traditional ethnic festival of the whole region, and had a two-day holiday.
The third day of the third lunar month is a common traditional festival of many ethnic groups in Guangxi, such as Zhuang, Han, Miao, Yao, Dong and so on, with the Zhuang nationality being the most typical. March 3 is the oldest Valentine's Day in the Zhuang people. In ancient times, young boys and girls gathered on the streets to sing and gather by the river to feast and drink, with "mountain songs to convey love, hydrangea to convey love".
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