What should we pay attention to on the Double Ninth Festival?

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Double Ninth Festival, also known as Double Ninth Festival? Rock climbing festival? . There are many precautions on this day. The following small series sorted out the precautions for the Double Ninth Festival. Let's have a look.

First, the five taboos of the Double Ninth Festival

1. Climbing the plateau is to ward off evil spirits.

The most important activity of the Double Ninth Festival is mountain climbing, which actually has a completely different meaning from today's statement. In ancient times, it was said that this was to escape from the environment of daily life and avoid fierce capture. Because it is said that there will be a plague on this day, people should leave home and go as high as possible to ensure safety. So what is the blessing of the Double Ninth Festival? Good health? Or? The whole family is safe? , and can't say? Happy holidays? .

Step 2 avoid sexual intercourse

Only sexual intercourse between men and women can achieve harmony between yin and yang. Otherwise, the imbalance of yin and yang will not be conducive to the reproduction of future generations, and will also produce many bad consequences. ? Double ninth "is the peak of yang number, and then it turns into yin number, so all rash behaviors are prohibited, and sexual intercourse is also taboo." "

Avoid going back to your mother's house

On the Double Ninth Festival, daughters who have been married for less than three years are forbidden to return to their parents' homes, otherwise it will bring disaster to their mother-in-law. There is a saying: going home for Chongyang will kill my mother-in-law.

Avoid sending chrysanthemums

Because this is a flower festival.

5. Avoid wearing gorgeous clothes

It is not advisable to wear too bright clothes on the day of the Double Ninth Festival, otherwise it will give people the feeling of being grandiose and frivolous and disrespecting their ancestors.

Second, the secret of the origin of the Double Ninth Festival

The Double Ninth Festival is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In the Book of Changes? Nine? It is designated as Yang number, and the ninth day of September is the most important, so it is called Chongyang, also known as Double Ninth. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period. In the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a folk festival, which has been inherited ever since. Chongyang is also called? Step on autumn? What about the third day of March? Step in the spring? All family members pour out their rooms, and all relatives climb mountains together on the Double Ninth Festival? Avoid disaster? Insert dogwood and enjoy chrysanthemums.

Chongyang is one of the traditional festivals sung by scholars in past dynasties. The Double Ninth Festival and the three festivals of "the first day", "the Qing Dynasty" and "Chongqing" are also the four major festivals for ancestor worship in Chinese traditional festivals. 20 12 In June, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) reviewed the revised draft of the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly for the first time, and designated the ninth day of the ninth lunar month (Double Ninth Festival) as the Day for the Elderly.

Third, there are roughly three views on the origin of the Double Ninth Festival.

1, according to the account of Continued Harmony.

During the Han Dynasty, Huan Jing studied under Fei Changfang, a master of Yi Studies, for many years. One day, Master Fei told his disciples that cornus was going to climb the mountain on September 9, and Huan Jing and his family survived because they listened to the master's words. All the livestock that didn't evacuate died of the plague. So on September 9 every year, I go out to climb mountains to avoid disasters and get used to each other.

2. Taoism originated in Han Dynasty.

In the Book of Changes, which is regarded as a classic by Taoism, odd numbers are regarded as positive numbers and even numbers as negative numbers. What is a positive number? Nine? And be regarded as? Extreme yang? September 9th is the 2nd? Extreme yang? Meet, so called? Chongyang? . Yang also means steel, and Chongyang is? Two steel meet? And grams, then is it? Gore? , climb up and dogwood, what's the purpose? Jay? The custom of Chongyang comes from this.

3. Originated in Qi Jinggong during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the 5th century BC.

On the ninth day of September, he took a lot of people to climb mountains and walls, feeling crisp in autumn, so he decided it was an auspicious day. Since then, he will go out to climb mountains on this day every year. Later generations imitated it and formed customs.

Fourth, there are three mainstream views on the origin of the Double Ninth Festival.

1 and Chongyang can be traced back to the pre-Qin period.

"Lu Chunqiu? Ji Qiuji includes:? (September) Ordered slaughter at home to prepare crops for harvesting. Give five essentials. The Tibetan emperor's book is collected in the holy warehouse, and it is only respectful. ? It's a day, great emperor, and I'm going to tell the son of heaven. ? It can be seen that at that time, when the crops were harvested in autumn and September, there were activities of offering sacrifices to the emperor and ancestors to thank them for their kindness.

It is recorded in the Miscellanies of Xijing in the Han Dynasty that on September 9th, Pei Yun ate Peng bait and drank chrysanthemum wine. Clouds make people live longer. ? According to legend, since then, there has been the custom of seeking longevity on the Double Ninth Festival.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Wendi Cao Pi said in "Nine Days and Zhong You Book". The year is approaching, and suddenly it returns to September 9. Nine is the number of yang, and the sun and the moon should be in harmony, which is a well-known custom, so it is necessary to feast for a long time. ? It can be seen that the festival customs had been initially shaped at that time. The theme of the Double Ninth Festival is longevity, wearing dogwood, brewing chrysanthemum wine, enjoying chrysanthemums and offering sacrifices to wine gods. In the subsequent spread and evolution, the connotation of respecting the elderly has been added, which is more meaningful. In addition, there are mountain climbing, picnics and various games.

2. The prototype of the Double Ninth Festival is an ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to fire.

As a symbol of ancient seasons and stars? Fire? (that is, Antares), retired in September, saying summer? September fire? The retreat of Mars not only made the ancients who always regarded Mars as a symbol of seasonal production and life lose the coordinates of time, but also made the ancients who worshipped fire as a god feel inexplicable fear. The dormancy of Vulcan means a long winter. So, in? Internal fire? In the season, just as there is a ceremony to greet a fire when it appears, people should also hold a corresponding farewell ceremony.

In ancient times, we can find some traces of ancient customs from the customs of the Double Ninth Festival in later generations. For example, some areas in the south of the Yangtze River have the custom of offering sacrifices to stoves on the Double Ninth Festival, which shows the antiquity of offering sacrifices in September. Fire? Some scenes.

The Double Ninth Festival is said to have arisen in the era of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang.

After Lv Hou killed Mrs. Qi, the love princess of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, the maid around her was also implicated, was driven out of the palace, lived among the people, and married a poor man. Because she spends the Double Ninth Festival in the palace every year, in order to live longer, she inserts dogwood and drinks chrysanthemum wine in the festival, so after she got married, she celebrated the Double Ninth Festival on this day according to the rules of the palace, and people followed suit after hearing about it, so this custom was widely circulated among the people.