Shangsi Festival (Shangsi Jie)

Shangsi Festival, commonly known as March 3, is a traditional festival of the Han nationality. It was set as the fourth day in early March before the Han Dynasty, and later fixed on the third day of March in the summer calendar. Shangsi Festival is the most important festival in the ancient activities of "taking a bath beside the river". People go to the water to take a bath together, which is called "taking a bath". Since then, sacrificial banquets, Qushui flowing wine cups, spring outings in the suburbs and so on have been added.

In ancient times, "Ganzhi" was used to record the day. The first day in early March was called "Shangsi". The word "Shangsi" was first included in the literature of the early Han Dynasty. Zheng Xuan's note in the book of rites of the Zhou Dynasty: "it was eliminated when I was old, and now it is like water in March." After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the festival period of Shangsi festival was changed to the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, so it is also called "double third" or "March third".

Shangsi Festival is said to originate from the witchcraft activities of LAN Tang to ward off evil spirits. LAN Tang is used to drive away evil spirits. Orchid was used as a spiritual object and had the characteristics of aroma. The ancients had to fast before holding a major sacrificial ceremony, including the best bathing method "orchid soup bathing" at that time.

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Chinese name	Shangsi Jie
Foreign name	ShangsiFestival
alias	March 3, spring bathing day, Chinese Valentine's day, daughter's Day
Holiday time	the 3rd day of the third lunar month
Festival type	Han traditional festivals
Epidemic area	China
Festival origin	Sacrificial rites and bank baths
Festival activities	Spring bath, outing, winding water flowing wine
Holiday diet	Eat fried flowers, drink flower tea and black rice
Holiday significance	Cultural inheritance
Set time	Pre Qin Era