Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Zhongyuan Festival are collectively called the four traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China. China people have a tradition of pursuing the future cautiously, and they will never forget to pay homage to their dead ancestors in festivals. In China, it is a common ceremony to offer food or flowers to express one's heart. The form of ancestor worship may vary according to different religious beliefs, but the significance of commemorating ancestors is the same.
China has inherited the tradition of ancestor worship for thousands of years, which has multiple psychological functions, one of which is the most important, that is, influenced by Confucianism, drinking water and thinking of the source, and worshiping ancestors because of filial piety.
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Speaking of the Double Ninth Festival, it seems that its weight in modern people's minds is far less than that of the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. Speaking of the tradition of the Double Ninth Festival, people seem to remember only inserting dogwoods, enjoying autumn, enjoying chrysanthemums, climbing mountains, stepping on autumn, eating double ninth cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine.
People have a contempt for Chongyang; The rest of the attention is filled with elegant impressions and feelings. However, the original intention and true meaning of the Double Ninth Festival are hidden in the noise of modern times, and few people know it. It's time to rediscover the profound connotation of Chongyang.
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