三月三

Sānyuèsān

noun

Meanings

1 Sanyuesan, the festival on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month, today above all the Zhuang song festival of Guangxi

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Examples

HSK 5

每年三月三，广西放假两天，到处都有人对山歌。

Měi nián Sānyuèsān, Guǎngxī fàngjià liǎng tiān, dàochù dōu yǒu rén duì shāngē.

Every year at Sanyuesan, Guangxi has two days off and people everywhere sing folk songs back and forth.

HSK 7-9

三月三是壮族最重要的节日之一。

Sānyuèsān shì Zhuàngzú zuì zhòngyào de jiérì zhīyī.

Sanyuesan is one of the most important Zhuang festivals.

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history

The date was the ancient 上巳 festival, when people washed in rivers to drive away bad luck; 王羲之's 《兰亭集序》 Orchid Pavilion Preface records such a gathering on this day in 353. Today the festival is kept mainly by the Zhuang, Li, Yao and She peoples, and Guangxi has made it a public holiday.

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三 sān

月 yuè