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Why do you say that on March 3, ghosts went down the mountain?
March 3rd, a traditional festival of the Han nationality and many ethnic minorities, falls on the third day of the third lunar month. It was called Shangsi Festival in ancient times. According to legend, March 3 is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. Since ancient times, China has had "February 2, the dragon looked up; On March 3, I was born in Xuanyuan. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, Shangsi Festival was changed to March 3rd, which was followed by later generations, thus becoming a festival for Han people to have a drink by the water and have a spring outing in the suburbs. There are all kinds of customs in different places

The third day of March here refers to the lunar calendar. Generally speaking, this time is the season when everything is revived, that is to say, many hibernating animals and so on have started to move out. Ghosts should be a "proxy", which should be the previous saying.

Our saying here is "On March 3rd, the snake comes out of the mountain, and on September 9th, the snake goes into the soil" (pronounced as homophonic in Changsha dialect). There is a custom of eating vegetables and cooking eggs.