According to the legend of "March 3rd" of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi, every household cooks red, yellow, blue, purple and white rice with light green maple leaves and red bluegrass on the third day of the third lunar month. People put maple leaves on the lintel and around the houses, set up a cloth shed at the end of the village, and put five-color rice and other offerings on the hem of the cloth shed. Why do Zhuang people have this custom on March 3?

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a man named Wei in Zhuangxiang. He was a minister under the local tyrant. Da Gui is young, but he is knowledgeable and talented. Moreover, he is very concerned about the sufferings of the Zhuang people. He took the salary given to him by the emperor and distributed it to the people when he returned to his hometown. He has nothing he can call his own. One year, there was a drought in Xiangxiang, and the villagers begged Da Gui to explain to the local emperor that he could be exempted from paying imperial grain. Da Gui knelt down and said, "The people in Xiangxiang have no food. I will accompany Chitose to inspect." When Da Gui and his driver came to Zhuangxiang, he saw the fields cracked, the ears of grain withered and scorched, and groups of sallow and emaciated people kneeling on the mountain road complaining. Da Gui knelt down and said, "Chitose has seen your relatives. I hope to avoid food." Local tyrants can only be exempted from the imperial grain of villages and towns. Since then, he hated Da Gui, but in view of Da Gui's reputation, he couldn't find anything wrong with him, so he used a deadly trap and plotted against Da Gui.

One day, he called Da Gui to his side and said, "Da Gui, you have always been very capable. Now I want you to do something for me." Da Gui knew that the local emperor was up to no good, but he said quietly, "Please come to Chitose." Half squinting, the local tyrant said, "I'm building a pavilion, and I'm short of tiles. It is said that human skin can prevent cold and heatstroke, be waterproof and fireproof and be durable. I want you to get me 900 pieces of human skin as tiles in two months, and there will be a big reward then. If it fails, it will be severely punished. " Da Gui replied easily: "Then please go to the city gate to order in person."

A month later, nothing happened in Da Gui. After 59 days, nothing happened to Da Gui. By the deadline, Da Gui called 900 strong men, each with a catty of glutinous rice, a catty of rice wine and a catty of Chili noodles, and came to the foot of the imperial city to cook glutinous rice and Chili vegetable soup in a pot. They took off their shirts one by one and sat at the gate with bare arms, drinking, drinking Chili soup and eating glutinous rice. Just as everyone was sweating with food and drink, local tyrants came in eight sedan chairs. Da Gui hurried forward to salute, saying, "The goods have been sent to Chitose, but all these poor bastards got away with it. Can they be used? " When the local tyrant got off the sedan chair, he saw that his black and red skin was wet, like being fished out of the water, and the smell was pungent. The local tyrant covered his nose with his hand and frowned. He stepped back and said, "It's leaking and smelly. Can't use it. Can't be used. " Say that finish, turned on the sedan chair back to the palace.

If one plan fails, two plans will be born. Tomb-Sweeping Day is coming, and the local tyrants have replaced Da Gui with him, pretending to be very sincere: "Da Gui, you have always been smart, and now I have something you have to do." Hearing this, Da Gui knew that the local tyrant was malicious again, but Da Gui said fearlessly, "Please tell the emperor." The local tyrant squinted and said, "Tomb-Sweeping Day, I need a pig's head as heavy as the mountain behind the palace to worship my ancestors. You can bring it to me within a month, and there will be many rewards. If you miss the activity, you will be severely punished. " Da Gui smiled easily: "Easy, easy."

Twenty days later, nothing happened in Da Gui, and thirty days later, nothing happened in Da Gui. After the deadline, the local emperor sent troops to catch Da Gui. Da Gui took a big scale and soldiers to see the local emperor: "Your Majesty, there are many pig heads bigger than mountains here, but I don't know how heavy the mountain behind the palace is. Please weigh it with this scale so that I can go back and get it. " "This ..." Local tyrants were speechless.

Seeing that Da Gui was clever, the local tyrant had to get rid of him. Because staying in the palace was a curse, he came up with a deadly trap. One day, he called Da Gui to his side: "Da Gui, you have always been smart and capable. In another month, the queen will sit on the moon. It is said that the male eggs of the Zhuang family are very nutritious. You can get me 490 male eggs in 20 days, and there will be a lot of rewards. " Da Gui readily promised. ? When the deadline came, the local emperor sent troops to capture Da Gui. He quickly saluted and said, "I'm very sorry for delaying my confinement. According to the banker's rules, I have to take care of it for 7749 days before I can go out and then send the male eggs to the emperor. " The soldier shouted, "How can there be children in the world?" "If a man doesn't have children, how can a cock lay eggs?" The soldiers were speechless. I must go back and report to the emperor. The emperor was furious and ordered the arrest of Da Gui.

When the Zhuang people heard the news, they immediately sent them to Guangxi and hid in the maple forest on the mountain. Imperial soldiers searched the mountain and surrounded them. They saw glutinous rice left in the forest, but no one was there. The emperor ordered the release of Yamakaji, which happened to be March 3rd. After the imperial soldiers left, the villagers went up the mountain and found Da Gui's body in a hole in a maple tree. Everyone buried him with tears in their eyes. Men, women and children burst into tears at the grave. Cry! Cry! Tears spilled on the grave, and suddenly a small green maple tree and a clump of green, red and blue grass grew on the grave. In memory of Da Gui, the villagers built a temple next to the tomb and named it "Da Gui Hall". Because Da Gui liked drinking and eating glutinous rice before his death, he defeated the emperor by drinking and eating glutinous rice, and was later killed because he could not get male eggs. Therefore, on the third day of March, every family in Xiangxiang came to Da Gui's grave with rice wine, glutinous rice and boiled eggs to pay homage. While people were mourning, the sky suddenly thundered from the temple? A colorful snake rushed out of the palace. The snake nodded to the villagers and went straight to the palace to kill the emperor.

Since then, in order to commemorate Da Gui, Zhuang people in western Guangxi have set up greenhouses in their villages every year until the third day of March. Because it is said that the dead who died outside can't enter the house, people have to put colorful glutinous rice and other sacrifices under the tent to offer sacrifices to the dead in Da Gui, and praise and thank Da Gui for his strong music around the tent. It has been passed down from generation to generation, forming the custom of catching March 3 songs.