Introduction to the Yaochi Club on March 3rd

Introduction to Yaochi Hui on March 3

March 3 is the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. This day is a traditional festival for the Han people and many ethnic minorities. Different regions have different definitions of "March 3", and the names and customs of the festival are naturally very different. March 3rd is also known as Shangsi Festival in ancient times. It is also a festival to commemorate the Yellow Emperor. According to legend, March 3 is the Yellow Emperor’s birthday. There has been a saying in China since ancient times that on February 2, the dragon raises its head; on March 3, Xuanyuan is born. There are also legends among the people that it is the birthday of the Queen Mother, and on this day, a peach festival will be held in the sky.

March 3rd Yaochi Fair

According to folklore, the third day of the third lunar month is the Queen Mother’s Christmas. On this day, the Queen Mother will hold a grand peach party in Yaochi to entertain all the gods. Immortals also regard being invited to the banquet as a symbol of honor and status, so the third day of the third lunar month has also become an important Taoist festival.

At the east end of Huanshan Road in the urban area of ??Tai'an City, there is an ancient building called Queen Mother Pond to the south of Hushan Reservoir. The Queen Mother Pond was called "Yao Chi" in ancient times. Cao Zhi of the Wei Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms wrote a poem about "passing the Queen Mother's House in the east and looking down at the five mountains". Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem about "drinking from the Queen Mother Pond in the court and throwing myself into the Tianmen Tower in the dark", which shows the history of temple construction. For a long time.

There is a poem about bamboo branches in Beijing that describes the grand occasion of the Pantao Palace Temple Fair like this: On the third day of March, spring is in full swing, and incense is being burned in Pantao Palace; the wind is picking up along the river, and hundreds of feet of red dust are covering the ground. ?Legend has it that the Queen Mother of the West was originally the patron saint of a primitive tribe in western my country. She has two magic weapons: one is to eat the elixir that can lead to immortality, and the other is to eat the fairy peach? Flat peach that can prolong life. In some strange novels, the Queen Mother of the West is described as the god of happiness and longevity. Therefore, March 3rd is also called the Qianqiu Festival of the Queen Mother. The traditional folk customs on this day are to go on youth tours, climb mountains and visit temple fairs. ;