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After entering March, the first ancient traditional festival also came as scheduled, it is the Shangsi Festival on the third day of the first month of March, which is a very old traditional festival, which used to be quite popular in the Han nationality, since it was integrated into the Qingming Festival, few people mention it again, but for the people of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, this is a landmark festival, and there will be two days of holiday to celebrate, this traditional festival.
On the third day of March every year, it is just the time when the spring flowers bloom, there are still many sayings about this day among the people, such as it is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor, and it is also the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West.
When it comes to the festival on March 3, what kind of traditions are there? Remember: 1 don't touch, 2 sacrifice, eat 3 things, avoid 2 things, and live the spring in peace!
1. Do not touch
Don't touch someone's head
As the old saying goes: "The head of the first half of the year, the feet of the second half of the year, only allowed to see and not touch", in March 3, you must remember not to touch other people's heads, this is an impolite behavior, but also easy to attract disgust, in addition, on this day there is a custom of wearing a camellia flower, you go to touch other people's heads, it will also lead to people wearing camellia flowers, there are problems, and even bring ominousness to others, attract bad luck, and may cause dissatisfaction with others.
2. Essential Festivals
Sacrifice to ancestors, not be ungrateful
There are generally two kinds of sacrifices on the Shangsi Festival, one is to go to the cemetery to sacrifice, which Qingming Festival does not have time to sacrifice, you can choose to sacrifice during the Shangsi Festival, and there is another way, which is to go to a specific place to sacrifice Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor and the ancestors of the clan, so as to express one of their emotions, but also let us know more clearly where we come from.
Sacrifice to the Queen Mother and pray for blessings
On this day, there is a custom of sacrificing the Queen Mother of the West, the Queen Mother of the West has two magic weapons, one is the elixir, the other is the peach, it is said that if the Queen Mother is sacrificed, she will bless you, and at the same time make the family more healthy, the most important thing is that the elderly can live a long and healthy life, which is also a beautiful expectation in people's minds.
Eat 3 kinds
Five-color sticky rice
This is among the ethnic minorities, people eat more, but also a kind of food must be eaten on March 3, it is soaked into juice with red, yellow and green plants, and then the glutinous rice is dyed into a variety of a color, generally there are five kinds, representing the harvest of five grains, people hope that in such a day, eat a little five-color glutinous rice, can make life more prosperous, and the days are more prosperous day by day.
Boiled eggs with ground vegetables
In the countryside, people believe that it is a birthday of the three things in March, so people will choose to eat a little camelina on this day, so as to bring health to their families. In addition, on this day, there is a saying that it can remove bad luck, and it is also hoped that it can bring good health and blessings, and there will be no disease and no disaster for a whole year. And there is another meaning of shepherd's cabbage, that is, to gather wealth, boil a pot of eggs, eat money into the stomach, and life will get better and better.
Drink flower tea
On the third day of March, there is a custom of drinking flower tea, itself on the festival, it has a Chinese Valentine's Day, a saying on Women's Day, people drink flower tea on this day, but also hope to remove all the ominous, so as to bring health to themselves, in addition, drinking flower tea, also means that women, can be as beautiful as flowers.
Death 2
Not far
March 3 is the first day, and the old tradition says not to travel far from home, which is easy to bring trouble. Because of the main road, the homonym "thing", "death" and "is", there are many signs of right and wrong on the road.
Do not borrow money
You must know that in the past, money was made of metal, such as copper coins, silver ingots, etc., which were all metals, and they were fire, which hurt money, so it was required that the money be hidden, that is, not to lend money to others, otherwise, it would be difficult to recover it.
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March 3rd Shangsi Festival, the old tradition is exquisite, see here everyone should clearly know what "1 do not touch, 2 to sacrifice, eat 3 things, avoid 2 things" refers to, by following these traditions, it will also make us more stable in the spring, in the days to come, life is rich, the days are more and more prosperous.
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