Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival in China, which is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year. The number of "Nine" is a positive number in the Book of Changes, and the two positive numbers of "Nine Nine" are heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; It is also called "Double Ninth Festival", because both the date and the month conform to nine. Returning to the truth of 1999, the ancients thought that 1999 Chongyang was an auspicious day.
In modern times, the Double Ninth Festival has been given a new meaning. 1989 the China government has designated September 9th as the festival for the elderly, which harmoniously combines tradition with modernity, making this traditional festival a new festival to respect, love and help the elderly.
Festival custom of Double Ninth Festival
Appreciate chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemum has a deep relationship with Double Ninth Festival, which is also called Chrysanthemum Festival. Therefore, chrysanthemum appreciation has become one of the first customs of the Double Ninth Festival.
Climb high. This is what we know in ancient poems. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called ascensiontide. People climb mountains not only to climb mountains, but also to see the red leaves and wild flowers on the mountains and drink and eat meat.
Insert dogwood. The Double Ninth Festival has the custom of rewarding dogwood, so it is also called "Dogwood Festival". Cornus officinalis is an important symbol of the Double Ninth Festival. Cornus officinalis is nicknamed "evil-ward Weng". The ancients believed that wearing Rongyu could ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters.
Put the paper harrier. This is the main custom for Huizhou people to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival. The folk Double Ninth Festival in Huizhou is mainly characterized by flying kites. In some parts of China, there is also the custom of flying kites.
Eat Chongyang cake. Besides drinking dogwood and eating chrysanthemum food, eating cakes is one of the most famous eating styles in Chongyang. Of course, this is in the north, and the wind of eating Chongyang cake is particularly strong.
Drink chrysanthemum wine. Because chrysanthemum is called "the flower of longevity", it is customary to drink chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival.
Double ninth festival taboo
Nine is the largest number in the number, so this day is also a day of great disaster. According to China's traditional thinking mode of "turning bad luck into good luck", it is reasonable to think that festivals appear to turn bad luck into good luck on odd days, and set up a series of festival activities to restrain and overcome bad luck. Therefore, in this day to ward off evil spirits, it is not appropriate to say happy holidays, but to say good health or family safety. ?
Poems related to Double Ninth Festival
1, mulberry picking Chongyang
Life is easy to get old, but it is hard to get old.
Today is Chongyang, and the yellow flowers in the battlefield are particularly fragrant.
The autumn wind is very strong, unlike spring,
Better than spring, just like Wan Li frost on the vast river.
I thought of my brothers in Shandong when I was on holiday in the mountains.
(Tang) Wang Wei
I am a lonely stranger in a strange land, and I miss my family more often during the holidays.
From a distance, I know where my brothers have climbed, and there are few people in Rongyu.
3. Nine Days of Mountain Climbing
(Tang) Du Mu
On the river, the geese just flew south, and they made friends with wine and hip flask mountain. Laughter makes people laugh, when chrysanthemums are in full bloom.
However, I will try my best to pay for the festival, and I won't hate it when I board the plane. After all, life is a short history, so why do you cry like Qi Jinggong?
4. "September 10th"
(Tang) Li Bai
I climbed the mountain yesterday and lifted it today.
Chrysanthemum is too bitter, and it is the Double Ninth Festival.
Xuanwu Mountain Scenic Spot on September 9, 5.
(Tang) Lu
Looking at the mountains and rivers on September 9, returning to the heart and looking at the wind and smoke.
In another country, drinking Jinhua wine, Wan Li shares the same sorrow with Hongyan.