What's the festival in Henan on March 3rd? Thank you.

The third day of the third lunar month is the "Shangsi Festival" in ancient China. Legend has it that this is the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West. In ancient times, the third day of the first three months of the lunar calendar was regarded as "Shangsi", and it was only after Wei and Jin Dynasties that it was designated as the third day of the lunar calendar. Ye Fan in the Southern Song Dynasty uploaded in the Book of Rites: "On the fourth day of the first month, officials and people are clean, saying that washing away dirt and removing phlegm is great purity.

"It is said that ancient people should wash by the Qingshui River on this day for the purpose of health care. Later, it evolved into a festival of drinking by the water and having a spring outing in the suburbs. In the Song Dynasty, Wu wrote in "March of Lu": "Banquet in Qujiang, drinking and hiking in the capital. "At present, the Han nationality in China and many ethnic minority areas still inherit the traditional festival of March 3rd.

It's just that the content and significance of the original "decontamination" have faded. Today, March 3 has become a comprehensive festival, with grand temple fairs, spring outing, leisure, entertainment and fair trade activities.