Mountains and rivers are painted in autumn,
The Double Ninth Festival is full of auspicious spirit.
Old friends get together to celebrate the reunion,
Comfort the young lady in her heart.
Celebration, peace and sunshine,
Have a wonderful month, a whole year.
Bless prosperity and higher,
Life will last forever.
The origin of Double Ninth Festival
Double Ninth Festival, also known as Double Ninth Festival, is one of the traditional festivals in China. According to legend, the Double Ninth Festival originated from an ancient legend in China. According to legend, in ancient autumn, there was a plague, and people got sick one after another, with a very high mortality rate. Later, a wise man named Xu came to a high mountain alone to avoid the plague. He found many blue chrysanthemums on the mountain, so he picked some and went back to the village.
When people in the village heard the news, they picked chrysanthemums, put them on their bodies and poured chrysanthemum wine into their throats. As a result, they were not infected by the plague. Since then, they have picked chrysanthemums every year on September 9, to commemorate this epidemic-free event by drinking chrysanthemum wine and climbing high to pray. Later, this custom gradually evolved into the Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival has the custom of climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine, which symbolizes the meaning of blessing and celebrating harvest and reunion in autumn.
The influence of Double Ninth Festival
1. Health and longevity: The Double Ninth Festival is a festival to pray for longevity, so people will climb mountains, hike and exercise on this day for health and longevity. At the same time, the Double Ninth Festival is also called the Festival for the Elderly. People will respect and take care of the elderly and express their respect and gratitude to them.
2. Harvest and reunion: The Double Ninth Festival is in autumn, which also represents the harvest season. People will enjoy chrysanthemums and tea and get together with family, relatives and friends to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival.
3. Inheritance of traditional customs: There are many distinctive traditional customs in the Double Ninth Festival, such as wearing chrysanthemums, climbing mountains and inserting dogwoods, which symbolize blessing, purification and exorcism. The celebrations and customs of the Double Ninth Festival have been passed down from generation to generation and become a part of China's national culture.
4. Literary expression: As a theme, the Double Ninth Festival has become the creative source of many literary works. Many poets, literati painters and painters take the Double Ninth Festival as the theme to describe the feelings and pursuits of human beings yearning for longevity, harmony and reunion.