"March 3rd" is an important festival for our people. Not only the Han nationality, but also many other ethnic minorities celebrate this day as a major festival. Many people may be curious that March 3 is actually a festival for so many nationalities. So, what are the methods for the origin of March 3?
March 3rd can be postponed until Fu Ji. Fuxi and his sister, Nu Wa, unearthed human beings to reproduce. In eastern Henan, Fuxi is honored as the "ancestor", and the ancient temple of Taihaoling was built in Huaiyang (the capital of Fuxi). From February 2nd to March 3rd of the lunar calendar, the Temple Fair of Taihaoling was held. Good men and women all gathered in the mausoleum area to worship their ancestors.
The ancestor worship ceremony in Huangdi's hometown is a ceremony for Chinese descendants to worship Huangdi in Xuanyuan Mountain (now Xiaxinzheng city, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province) since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After the Tang Dynasty, it was upgraded to an official festival. Xuanyuan Huangdi is the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation and the same ancestor of Chinese descendants. According to the Book of Changes and Historical Records/
Xuanyuan Huangdi's hometown is now under the jurisdiction of xinzheng city, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. In the history books of the Spring and Autumn Period, there is a record of going to Juci Mountain (commonly known as "Shizu Mountain") in Xinzheng on March 3 to worship the Yellow Emperor. After the Tang Dynasty, it gradually became a regulation. In prosperous times, it was an official sacrifice, and in troubled times, it was ruled by the people, which has continued to this day.
The ancestor worship ceremony in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor carried forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, remembered the achievements of ancestors, highlighted the theme of ancestor worship of the Chinese nation, and symbolized that the descendants of the Yellow Emperor are connected by blood and passed down from generation to generation.
The third day of the third lunar month is also the day when the legendary Queen Mother opens a flat peach party. There is a seven-character poem in Dumen Zayong in the late Qing Dynasty, which describes the grand occasion of the temple fair in that year: "Born in spring on the third day of March, watch the Flat Peach Palace burn incense; The wind rises slightly along the river and the red dust is everywhere. " Legend has it that the Queen Mother of the West was originally the patron saint of a primitive tribe in western China.
She has two magic weapons: one is to take the elixir of life, and the other is to eat peaches-flat peaches, which can prolong life. The legendary Chang 'e flew to the Moon Palace after stealing the elixir from her husband Hou Yi. Since then, in some strange novels, the Queen Mother of the West has been described as the god of longevity.