1, Chongyang cake
Flower cake is one of the must-eat foods in the Double Ninth Festival, which is also commonly known as Double Ninth Festival cake. Because the cake is homophonic with Gao, and it has the meaning of being promoted step by step and living a long life, Chongyang Flower Cake is the best gift for the elders and also the popular food for the Double Ninth Festival. Flower cakes are mostly made of rice flour and fruit materials. The practices vary from place to place, some are simple, some are colorful, they look beautiful and unique, and they are sweet, soft and delicious.
2. Chrysanthemum wine
September of the lunar calendar, also known as Chrysanthemum Month, is the season when chrysanthemums are in full bloom. It is also a festive season. Autumn is crisp, chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and the window bars are golden. The industrious and intelligent people in China will collect chrysanthemums before the Double Ninth Festival and brew chrysanthemum wine with glutinous rice and distiller's yeast. When the Double Ninth Festival comes, the whole family will enjoy delicious chrysanthemum wine. Because wine takes a long time, there is a traditional custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine in ancient Chongyang.
The origin of the name
Chongyang is named after the ancient book Yijing, in which Yang is nine. In the Book of Changes, six is regarded as a negative number, and nine is regarded as a positive number, which means that the height of the sky is nine. Nine is Lao Yang, and this is the number of anodes. Two anodes are counted together, nine are unified, one is started, and Vientiane is updated. Therefore, the ancients thought that Chongyang was an auspicious day to celebrate.
In ancient times, there was a custom of drinking to pray for longevity. On the ninth day of September, the day and the month meet on the ninth day, which means that two and nine are very important, so it is called the Double Ninth Festival. At the same time, it is a combination of two yang numbers, so it is called Chongyang. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Dai wrote "Sailing at Night": "Nine is the yang number, and its day coincides with the month, so it is called Chongyang." Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and July 30th are all traditional festivals in China, and ancestor worship is a major theme of major festivals.
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