The Double Ninth Festival is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In the Book of Changes, "nine" is defined as yang number. On the ninth day of September, 29 is the most important day, so it is called Chongyang, also known as Double Ninth. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period. In the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a folk festival, which has been inherited ever since. The Double Ninth Festival on the third day of March, also known as "stepping on autumn" and "stepping on spring", is a family matter. On this day, all relatives of the Double Ninth Festival will climb the mountain together to "avoid disaster", insert dogwood and enjoy chrysanthemums. Chongyang is one of the traditional festivals sung by scholars in past dynasties. The Double Ninth Festival and the three festivals of "the first day", "the Qing Dynasty" and "Chongqing" are also the four major festivals for ancestor worship in Chinese traditional festivals. 20 12 on February 28th, 12 the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) voted to pass the law on the protection of the rights and interests of the elderly, and the law clearly stipulates that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month (Double Ninth Festival) is the festival for the elderly.
According to legend, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in Ruhe. As soon as it appeared, people in every household fell ill and died every day, and people in this area were ravaged by plague demons. A plague claimed the lives of young Huan Jing's parents, and he almost died of illness himself. After recovering from his illness, he bid farewell to his beloved wife and his elders and villagers on the Double Ninth Festival, and decided to go out to study in immortals to rid the people of diseases and demons. Huan Jing visited teachers everywhere to find the way, visited celebrities all over the world, and finally found an oldest mountain in the East. There is a magical fairy on the mountain. Under the guidance of the crane, Huan Jing finally found the mountain and the miraculous fairy. The immortal was moved by his spirit, and finally took Huan Jing in, taught him the sword to subdue the demon, and gave him a sword to subdue the demon. Huan Jing forgot to eat and sleep and practiced hard, and finally developed an extraordinary martial arts.
On this day, the immortal called Huan Jing to his side and said, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of September, and the god of plague will come out to do evil again. When you learn the skill, you should go back and kill the people. " Xianchang gave him a pack of dogwood leaves and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and secretly taught him how to ward off evil spirits and let him ride a crane home.
Huanjing returned to his hometown. On the morning of the ninth day of September, according to the fairy's instructions, he led the villagers to a nearby mountain and gave everyone a dogwood leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine to prepare for subduing the evil spirits. At noon, with several strange calls, Mo Wen rushed out of the Ruhe River, but just as Mo Wen jumped down the mountain, he suddenly smelled the strange fragrance of Cornus officinalis and the alcohol smell of Chrysanthemum, and his face suddenly changed. At that time, Huan Jing chased Mo Wen down the mountain with a demon sword in his hand, and stabbed him to death in a few rounds. Since then, the custom of climbing mountains on the ninth day of September to avoid epidemics has been handed down year after year.
Later, people regarded the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival as an activity to avoid disasters. In addition, in the traditional concept of Central Plains people, the Double Ninth Festival still means longevity, health and longevity, so the Double Ninth Festival was later established as 1989 Festival for the elderly. ...