The custom of the Zhuang nationality on March 3rd is as follows:
1, love song
? March third? Gexu is a good opportunity for young men and women to communicate. Every time, young men and women within dozens of miles of Fiona Fang will gather at the concert. The young man sang against the girl he liked under the guidance of the singer. Young men usually sing first? Tour song? Observe and find your opponent, and sing the song of invitation when you meet the right person. Don't say yes if you are interested. The young men sang inquiry songs again, and became friends with each other, singing love songs and making love songs. The lyrics are all improvised and blurted out. If the girl thinks that all the young people in front of her are satisfied with her songs, she will quietly give the hydrangea in her arms to the right person while others are not paying attention. Him? Then I rewarded them with handkerchiefs and things like that, and then the song became sweeter, so I ordered Qin Jin's.
These legends are difficult to verify now, but the book Taiping Universe written by the Song people records the grand occasion of the Song Festival. When the strong men in the valley are ripe, they will choose a day to sacrifice to God, and the women will sing at the grand event. ?
After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the development of Zhuang folk songs was particularly prominent, and the song club became a place for cultural entertainment and romance between men and women, and there were games of throwing hydrangeas. After throwing the hydrangea to the man they love, they all quit the concert and gave each other token of love. By the Qing Dynasty, large-scale activities involving tens of millions of people had been formed.
Step 2 touch the eggs
On the third day of the third lunar month, every Zhuang family living in western Guangxi cooks red, yellow, blue and purple rice with light green maple leaves and red bluegrass. People put maple leaves on the lintel and around the house, set up tents at the end of the village, and put colorful rice and other offerings under the tents. Men, women and children sing around the tent and catch up with the concert, and so do the old people. Touch eggs? .
The first story is that every year on the third day of the third lunar month, it is a day for Han people to greet their ancestors' souls and mourn their ancestors by eating eggs, hoping to get some aura. The second story is about the communication custom of young men and women in Song City on March 3rd of Zhuang nationality: touching eggs. Eggs are things that dye boiled eggs in various colors to convey feelings. The young man held an egg in the song market to touch the egg in the girl's hand; If the girl doesn't want to, don't touch the egg. Let the boy touch it if she wants. After the egg cracked, they ate the egg, which sowed the seeds of love.
3, throwing hydrangea
Hydrangea in Xu Ge is a handicraft made by girls before the festival. Exquisite craftsmanship, all silk crafts: 12 petals are connected into a sphere, each petal represents a month of the year, embroidered with flowers of that month. 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.
In some places in ancient times, there was a custom that when a girl reached the age of marriage, it was set on a certain day, usually the fifteenth day of the first month or the fifteenth day of August. Let the suitors gather under the embroidery building, and the girl throws hydrangeas. Whoever gets the hydrangea can become the girl's husband. Of course, girls usually look at the right person and throw hydrangeas at him for him to find. Many places carry the bride's sedan chair and tie a hydrangea on the top of the sedan chair, which means good luck. The custom of throwing hydrangea by Zhuang people can be traced back to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and it was first recorded in Huashan murals painted 2,000 years ago. But at that time, it was an ancient weapon made of bronze? Flying? And bottles are mostly used for hunting. Later, people turned the flying heavy objects into embroidered cloth bags and threw them at each other for entertainment.
In the Song Dynasty, it gradually evolved into a way for young Zhuang men and women to express their love, and its grand occasion was very fashionable. According to the Song Dynasty poet Zhu Fu's Xi Man Cong Xiao, the local customs are very old. Men and women in the field are divided into two friends, each with colorful cloth bags and beans and millet. What's your name? Flying? . Foot weapon? Flying? The named colorful bag of five turtles is the later hydrangea, and the description of Song people's going to Africa is more obvious in "A Generation Beyond the Ridge". If both men and women are successful, then women fall in love and men get married? . Now? Throwing hydrangeas? It is still widely circulated in Baise, Liuzhou, Nanning, Hechi and other places in Guangxi. Among them, Nanzhuang County such as Jingxi is the most famous.
Step 4 carry a pole
Spanking the pole is a traditional self-entertainment activity, which is found in every strong family? Hit the hall? Actors, women's movements are light and graceful, while men's movements are strong and powerful, entertaining themselves? Hit the hall? , pinned the Zhuang people's desire for a bumper harvest. The dance forms of the pole are duet, four people wearing flowers, and many people wearing flowers. Dancers are mostly even. Performers hold a pole, beat the bench rhythmically around the bench or spring rice trough, and sometimes hit each other with a pole, which is also called courageous dance. Popular in Du 'an, Lanzhou, Nandan and other counties in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In the rural areas of Mashan and Du 'an counties in the Zhuang area, during the Spring Festival, the sound of knocking on the bar can be heard everywhere on the threshing floor and in the streets, with a strong sense of rhythm, crisp and high-pitched, very lively. Especially at night, the lights are everywhere, the cottage is boiling, the sound of the shoulder pole combined with the light and pleasant bamboo tube accompaniment, the laughter of the village girl and the praise of the aunt converge into a cheerful voice, which shocks the valley and stirs people's hearts. This is the grand occasion of the Zhuang nationality carrying its load, which is deeply loved by the Zhuang people and is also famous in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Step 5 catch the fireworks
On the third day of the third lunar month and after the autumn harvest, folk associations in some minority areas in Guangxi spontaneously organized fireworks-grabbing activities. Eight people from each team took part in the fireworks grab. Players rushed into the other side's battery by breaking through, blocking, asking and rushing to attack, and put fireworks into the score. The rules are similar to western football, so it's called eastern football? . Tradition Fireworks? It is an iron ring, about 5 cm in diameter, wrapped in red cloth or red silk. The competition venue is generally located on the river bank or hillside, and the number of people and teams is not limited. Every shot must be robbed, and the third shot is over.
Fulu? March third? Fireworks Festival has a long history, which began in Qianlong of Qing Dynasty and flourished in Jiaqing period. It has a history of more than 200 years. ? Fireworks? Do Fujian and Guangdong businessmen come here to do business because of their faith? Mazu? , build a temple to worship. Are you online? Mazu? Birthday lunar calendar? March 23rd? When a large temple fair is held. ? The "Grab Fireworks" activity will set off fireworks at the temple fair three times a year.
First shot: roll call? Make a fortune? It means that the first gun was robbed, and the winner of the gun came, and the business must be very prosperous.
Second artillery: naming? Plus Ding Bao? Kun grabbed the second shot, and the lover of the gun king was pregnant with a boy. Add diced food for you, and add incense.
The third shot: naming? Ruyi gun? In order to win the third shot, the winner of the gun is very successful in all aspects of business, production and life, and everyone is very smooth.