"Third day of the third month, third day of the third month, the Queen Mother holds her Peach Banquet. People come and go, so be understanding. When mortals are buried, ghosts blind their eyes. Ghosts blind their eyes, ghosts blind their eyes. Each household shuts its doors. Stay inside and make no sound, lest you disturb the immortals in the sky. Immortals in the sky, immortals in the sky, wronged souls on earth crave money for wine. On the third day of the third month, they roam among the living."
This is a folk song often heard from the elderly in central Shandong. It tells of the third day of the third month, the Queen Mother's birthday, when gods and ghosts celebrate together. At that time, the gates of the underworld open, and the living must keep out of the way.
In the older generation's view, nothing should be done on the third day of the third lunar month. Unclean things from the underworld can affect the living. Gamblers will lose every bet during this period, investors are sure to fail, construction workers will accidentally fall to their deaths, and pregnant women will give birth to ghost children... But as times have changed and society has progressed, young people have gradually stopped believing in such superstitions. After all these years, nothing much has gone wrong.
I was born on the third day of the third lunar month. At birth, I had three black handprints on my body and was deathly pale. The doctor thought I was stillborn and threw me into the morgue. But that very night, something strange happened!
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