What do you mean by heavy sun?

A double date refers to a day with the same month and date.

In traditional festivals in China, more than half of them are heavy days, such as the Spring Festival on January 1st, the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May, the Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of September, and the centennial festival on the tenth day of October.

Before and after the Qin and Han Dynasties, this "emphasis on the sun" was mostly considered as a day when heaven and earth were sympathetic and interlinked. In addition to these major traditional festivals, there are some traditional festivals in China called "Double Days", such as February 2, when the dragon looks up; March 3, an ancient custom to drive away evil spirits and plagues.

More than half of the traditional festivals in China are double dates, that is, the month and date are the same.

For example, the Spring Festival on January 1st, the Spring Dragon Festival on February 2nd, the Shangsi Festival on March 3rd, the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th, Chinese Valentine's Day on June 6th, Chinese Valentine's Day on July 7th, the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th, and the Centennial Festival on October 10th. All of them are "Double Day Festival". Before and after the Qin and Han Dynasties, this "emphasis on the sun" was mostly considered as a day when heaven and earth were sympathetic and interlinked.

Details of worshipping the sun are as follows:

Looking at the traditional folk festivals in China, it is not difficult to find an obvious feature, that is, based on the lunar calendar, taking "Double Ninth Festival" as the main festival, plus some later Buddhist festivals (such as bathing Buddha, Central Plains, Laba and so on). ) and other scattered festivals (such as Shangyuan and Mid-Autumn Festival).

Among them, the Dragon Boat Festival was originally named "Dragon Boat Festival", that is, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as "Chongwu". Like the Dragon Boat Festival, more than half of the traditional festivals in China are "heavy days".

For example, the first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival, and various festivals are held; The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the "Qixi Festival", the legendary day when cowherd and weaver girl meet, and China people celebrate the "Begging for Cleverness Festival"; The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Double Ninth Festival. People climb mountains and enjoy chrysanthemums, which is now a national holiday for the elderly. In addition to these major traditional festivals, there are also some traditional festivals in China, such as February 2nd, when dragons look up, and March 3rd, when evil spirits are exorcised.