The famous verses of ancient poems on the Double Ninth Festival are as follows:
1. The sage Geng Ge was written by the saint, and the Ming Dynasty is the same at home and abroad. ——Li Mi's "Fenghe Shengzhi's Chongyang Festival is bestowed upon him to express his thoughts and feelings"
2. At the beginning of the Double Ninth Festival, there are no flying ashes. ——Yin Xingxian's "Climbing High in Central Hunan with Zhang Yangong in Nine Days"
3. If you want to climb high but are unable to go, for whom will the yellow chrysanthemums bloom on the fence. ——"Reply to the envoy Xue Bo of Quanzhou who presented wine to you on the Double Ninth Festival"
4. I wonder whether there are chrysanthemums in the wine in the bottle of Denggao today. ——"Nine Days of Work"
5. When you go out and come back in, your feet are still the same as before. ——Du Fu's "Nine Days to Send Cen Ginseng"
6. The west wind blows and the mountains are picturesque. If you have yellow flowers, don't regret not having money. ——Zhang Kejiu "Wind into the Pine·Nine Days"
7. The garden is full of golden chrysanthemums and tulips, and there is a solitary bush in the middle that looks like frost. ——"Ode on the Double Ninth Festival"
8. When you come to the infinite place, where can you see Beijing. ——Vincent's "Nine Days"
9. On September 9th, at the Wangxiang Terrace, he would have a cup to send off guests from a foreign land. ——Wang Bo's "Nine Days in Sichuan"
10. It's the Double Ninth Festival, and the chrysanthemums are lingering. ——Xu Can's "Bodhisattva Man·Autumn Boudoir"
What is the origin of the Double Ninth Festival:
1. Originated from the Book of Changes
In the "Book of Changes" The overlap of the nine yang numbers is one of the origins of the Double Ninth Festival. Nine is the largest yang number. Double nines overlap on the ninth day of September, so it is called Double Ninth Festival. The ancients believed that "Double Nine" has the meaning of long life, health and longevity, so there is a Double Ninth Festival activity to pray for longevity on the ninth day of September.
2. Originating from the activities of worshiping the heavens
The origin of the Double Ninth Festival can be traced back to the pre-Qin Dynasty, when the activities of worshiping the heavens and ancestors were held during the harvest of crops in September. By the Western Han Dynasty, the custom of planting dogwood, drinking chrysanthemum wine and praying for longevity on the Double Ninth Festival was fully formed.
3. Originated from the Fire Sacrifice Ceremony
One of the prototypes of the Double Ninth Festival is the ritual of sacrificing fire in most areas of the ancient Jiangnan area, and the object of sacrifice is the household fire god. However, with the development of the times, the custom of offering fire sacrifices has gradually disappeared. The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese folk festival that falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year.
The number "Nine" is a yang number in the "Book of Changes". The two yang numbers "Nine Nine" overlap each other, so it is called "Double Ninth Festival"; because both the sun and the moon coincide with nine, it is also called "Double Ninth Festival". Chongjiu". Ninety-Nine Returns to True Truth and One Yuan Begins. The ancients believed that the Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day. In ancient times, people had customs such as climbing high to pray for blessings, worshiping gods and ancestors, and drinking banquets to pray for longevity during the Double Ninth Festival. It has been passed down to this day, and connotations such as respecting the elderly have been added. Climbing high to appreciate autumn and being grateful and respectful to the elderly are two important themes of today's Double Ninth Festival activities.