The custom of March 3 of She nationality

The traditional customs of the She nationality on March 3rd are rich and colorful. The basic contents mainly include eating black rice, offering sacrifices to dances, catching songs and performing some traditional sports activities.

March 3rd is a traditional festival of She nationality. Every year, this festival will hold a grand song meeting. The ancestors first worship the Valley God, singing and dancing, which is very lively. In addition, we should eat black rice, remember our ancestors and entertain visitors, so "March 3" is also called "Ebony Festival".

Jingning is the only She Autonomous County in China and the only ethnic autonomous county in East China. For thousands of years, the She nationality has created a rich and colorful national culture in this beautiful land. The traditional culture of She nationality has a long history and distinctive national characteristics. Folk songs, dances, marriages and sacrifices are simple and profound, full of interest, simple folk customs and simple enthusiasm.

While maintaining the tradition, the "March 3rd" in Jingning, a She nationality township, has continuously excavated the customs connotation of the She nationality township and innovated the content and form of activities, thus becoming a major brand of Jingning, a she nationality township.

Festival activities

On the third day of March every year, all ethnic groups, men, women and children in Jingning Shexiang put on festive costumes, express their feelings with songs, meet friends with songs, and have various sacrificial activities, folk performances and folk songs. * * * Express yearning and love for a better life. Streets and alleys are decorated with lanterns and colorful flags, and they are jubilant for three days and three nights.

Since 200 1, the "She March 3rd" Festival in Jingning has gradually embarked on the road of normalization and classification, and has become a national grand event to "show the elegant demeanor of She nationality, show her culture and enhance Jingning's image".

In She folk songs, the themes of politics, economy, history and knowledge of nature can be expressed through narration, chanting, lyricism and satire. There are long ballads of national origin, novels and stories, and a large number of miscellaneous songs involving a wide range, which are composed into solo or chorus songs in the form of loose bars, long lines and short lines, with lively and diverse forms.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-March 3 of She Nationality