The Shangsi Festival
The Shangsi Festival is a holiday to commemorate the Yellow Emperor. According to legend, March 3rd is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. There has been an old saying in China, "February 2nd, the dragon rises. March 3rd, the birth of Xuan Yuan." In Chinese culture, the Shangsi Festival is also known as the "Daughter's Festival." The most common custom of the Daughter's Festival is various kinds of begging skills activities by women. The way of begging skills is mostly that the girls try to thread needles and test their skill, make small items to compete for skill, and offer fruits to beg for skills. The ways of begging skills vary from region to region, each with its own charm.

March 3rd of the lunar calendar is a grand festival for the Zhuang people. It is said to have originated from the commemoration of Liu Sanjie, the song fairy of the Zhuang nationality, hence it is also called the Song Fairy Festival. On March 3rd, people gather at the "Ge Xu" (song fair), set up song pavilions, and hold song gatherings. Young men and women sing songs, hit eggs, and throw embroidered balls, expressing their feelings. The Zhuang people often visit graves on March 3rd. Usually, they steam five-color sticky rice during this time. The Ge Xu usually starts with singing mountain songs, showcasing the cultural characteristics of being good at singing and dancing. Thousands of people dance the bamboo stick dance together. Each square has the unique characteristics of the Zhuang area. People carry five-color sticky rice, hold the beautiful wine of the Zhuang area, carry farming tools, and raise the exquisite winnowing baskets in their hands.

The Dry Meat Festival
On this day, Yao men go to the old forest a week in advance to hunt, catch wild animals, and fish in the river and then roast them into dry meat to bring back home. Women go up the mountain to pick natural dyes like small indigo leaves, boil water, and dye the sticky rice into four colors: red, yellow, blue, and purple, which are used to offer to Pan Gu. This tradition has been passed down year after year until today. At the same time, the Yao people also take March 3rd as a song festival. They sing not only the opening song, tea song, and scattered song, but also the sorrowful song and thanks to the fairy song, but rarely sing love songs.

The Onion Picking Festival
On every March 3rd, men and women gather on the hillside under the name of digging wild onions, chatting, singing Miao songs, and this custom has continued to this day. On this day, Miao girls wear their finest clothes and come to a fixed place to show their beauty. The young men also wait for this day, as they have the opportunity to meet many girls and sing with them. If they like each other, they can immediately take her home. Therefore, after the song festival ends, many couples can be seen walking hand in hand.

The She nationality regards March 3rd as the birthday of the grain, and everyone eats black rice cakes. Among the She people, March 3rd is a major festival comparable to the Spring Festival. On this day, families slaughter livestock and worship ancestors. Many families often choose this day to hold weddings. During the festival, people eat black rice cakes. When night falls, a bonfire party is held, where people compete in singing songs.

The Outing Festival
Every year on March 3rd, Li youths take bamboo baskets with fragrant rice, umbrellas, and head to Wuzhi Mountain to welcome spring. Every March 3rd, the Li people from various villages gather on open fields, carrying mountain rice wine and bamboo rice, holding competitions such as powder gun shooting and archery, and elderly Li men and women sing and dance bamboo stick dances, showing rich folk customs. At this time, you can also see young men and women forming pairs to engage in the unique "mountain love" method of courtship.