March 3 holiday arrangement 2019 A holiday only for people in Guangxi

March 3rd is a festival for the people of Guangxi. When this festival comes, the Guangxi region will have a collective holiday. So how many days of holiday will Guangxi have on March 3rd in 2019? Let’s learn more about it below.

March 3 holiday arrangements

The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar falls on April 7 (Sunday), which overlaps with the Qingming Festival holiday. In order to create a good festive atmosphere for the "Zhuang March 3rd" in our region, April 4th and 8th will be holidays in this autonomous region, that is, the holidays for the "Zhuang March 3rd" and Qingming Festival will be from April 4th to April 8th.

According to the notice issued by the General Office of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the "Zhuang March 3" holiday in 2019, all citizens of the autonomous region will have a two-day holiday during the "Zhuang March 3" period. According to the "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on the Arrangements for Some Holidays in 2019" (Guobanfa [2018] No. 15), the Qingming Festival holiday will be from April 5 to 7.

What is March 3?

March 3rd is an important festival for the Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Dong and other indigenous ethnic groups, and its status in the local people's minds is no less than that of the Spring Festival. The third day of the third lunar month is a traditional festival of the Zhuang ethnic group, and also a traditional festival of many ethnic groups in China. March 3rd is also known as the March Singing Fair and the Singing Fairy Meeting. It was called Shangsi Festival in ancient times and is a festival to commemorate Emperor Huangdi. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3rd, and it was inherited by later generations and became a festival for banquets by the water and spring outings in the suburbs. On that day, the Zhuang people make five-color glutinous rice, dye red eggs and celebrate the festival, which sometimes lasts for two or three days. The participants are mainly unmarried young men and women, and the elderly and children also come to have fun. People go to the singing fair to compete and appreciate singing. The young men and women sing to each other, and those who are in love give each other tokens of love as a token of their love. In addition, there are other entertainment activities such as throwing embroidered balls, touching colored eggs, and performing Zhuang opera. The song festival is not only a grand event of national culture, but also a grand event of national economic exchange. In 1985, the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region designated "March 3" as a Cultural and Art Festival. In addition, the third day of the third lunar month every year will become a public holiday in Guangxi, and the entire autonomous region will have a two-day holiday.