Double Third Festival
double third festival chinese 三月三日 pinyin sānyuèsān sometimes also called washing festival traditional holiday originating china celebrated multiple east asian country including china korea double third festival chinese 三月三 pinyin sānyuèsān shangsi festival traditional chinese 上巳節 simplified chinese 上巳节 sometimes translated washing festival chinese holiday celebrated third day third month chinese calendar said origin festival come dinner party qushui river zhou dynasty – bc others say origin come ceremonial custom getting rid evil bathing river day people would hold sacrificing ceremony riverside honor ancestor take bath river herb cleanse body filth following young men woman would go spring outing many scene described shi jing book song shangsi festival activity changed course subsequent dynasty entertainment feast praying descendant along riverside added han dynasty bc ad wei jin dynasty – ad festival developed doublethird shangsi festival fixed third day third lunar month modern time observe festival people would go outing water picnic pluck orchid also day invoking cleansing ritual prevent disease get rid bad luck day also traditionally considered possible birthday yellow emperor ancient tradition shangsi mostly celebrated several community spread among province today ancient village xinye hold elaborate ancestor worship ceremony day great calligrapher wang xizhi mention festival famous work preface orchid pavilion poem written regard orchid pavilion gathering six dynasty era zhuang culture festival higher prominence celebrated song dance performance well variety game food japan double third festival celebrated hinamatsuri samjinnal one sesi pungsok 세시풍속 korean traditional custom season fall third day third month chinese calendar called samjil 삼질 old korean language referred sangsa wonsa 원사 元巳 sungsam 중삼 重三 sangje 상제 上除 dapcheongjeol 답청절 踏靑節 hanja samjinnal implies overlapping sam three according choi namseon samjil derived consonant samil sangsa defined first snake day rd lunar month samjinnal people pick azalea flower knead glutinous rice dough make hwajeon korean traditional rice cake mung bean powder used make mung bean noodle also occasionally used azalea flower dyeing mung bean powder red water seasonal dish called sumyeon prepared white bubble rice cake made red bean paste called santteok goritteok made glutinous rice pine endodermis mugwort ssuktteok made glutinous rice mugwort leaf eaten day pulssaum 풀싸움 pulgaksi noleum 풀각시놀음 fortunetelling hwajeon nori 화전놀이 花煎 – literally mean flower pancake play dragon boat festival midautumn festival lantern festival qingming festival chuseok dano