The origin and customs of the Double Ninth Festival. How did it come from?

1, the origin of the name "Chongyang" was named after the ancient book Yijing. In the Book of Changes, "six" is defined as yin number, "nine" is defined as yang number, and "extreme number" means that the height of the sky is "nine times". "Nine" is the Lao Yang, which is the anode number. The two anode numbers are combined, 1999 is unified, one yuan starts, 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 sun and every month meet on the ninth day, which means "the weight of 29", so it is called "double ninth". At the same time, the two yang numbers are combined, so it is called "double ninth". In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Dai wrote "Night Flight": "Nine is the yang number, and its day coincides with the month, so it is called' Chongyang'."

The origin of Double Ninth Festival can be traced back to ancient times. According to legend, Chongyang is the day of enlightenment in Yuan Di. The existing written records about the activities of the Double Ninth Festival can be found in Lu Chunqiu's Qiu Ji Ji: "In September, the family is ordered to slaughter and prepare for farming, and five important things are introduced. The Tibetan emperor's book is collected in the holy warehouse, and it is only respectful. It's the day, great emperor, and I'll taste the sacrifice and tell the son of heaven. " It can be seen that there was an activity of offering sacrifices to God and ancestors at the autumn harvest in September to thank them for their kindness. This is the primitive form of the ancient Double Ninth Festival as a sacrificial activity. At the same time, there are large-scale catering activities, which developed from the banquet to celebrate the harvest in the pre-Qin period. Worship of gods and ancestors, longevity, banquets, etc. , which constitutes the basic content of the Double Ninth Festival.

3. Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes activities such as sightseeing, climbing high and looking far, watching chrysanthemums, picking Chinese herbal medicines, planting dogwood everywhere, holding old-age banquets, eating double ninth cake, keeping in good health with medicinal wine, and drinking chrysanthemum wine. The Double Ninth Festival is a season of "clear sky rising, turbid air sinking". The higher the terrain, the more clear the sky, so "climbing to enjoy the clear sky on the Double Ninth Festival" has become a folk custom. Autumn in September, the sky is crisp, this season, climbing high and looking far can achieve the purpose of refreshing, fitness and recuperation. On the Double Ninth Festival, all localities organize activities for the elderly to climb mountains, have an autumn outing, exchange feelings and exercise. The younger generation of many families will also help the elderly to go to the suburbs. There are many folk activities and rich cultural connotations in the Double Ninth Festival.