Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Lucky day inquiry - What does "Zhu Jiujiu" mean?

What does "Zhu Jiujiu" mean?

I wish the newlyweds everlasting happiness.

"9" is homophonic with the everlasting "dragon", so people regard "9" as a symbol of "auspiciousness" and have the custom of "worshipping 9".

"Nine" is especially important in weddings. When men and women meet and exchange invitations, they usually choose dates related to Nine. The mantissa of the engagement fee should be "nine", such as 1.999 yuan. The wedding team should also make up nine people, and all gifts should be nine parties for good luck.

Forever means that love is as long as the existence of heaven and earth and will never change. "Wish 99" is an eternal wish for newly married couples or newly formed couples.

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More connotations of the number "nine";

Because nine and leeks are homophonic, children should eat leeks when they drop out of school. Hakka folk songs also use nine-letter leeks, such as: "Swallows cross Jiujiang with mud, my sister sends Lang out of the country, and nine kinds of leeks are planted in September. The two have a long history. "

Hakkas attach importance to Nine, which is also reflected in the fact that they regard the ninth day of the first month as an auspicious day. After the Spring Festival, people who go out to work or do business will not leave home until the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, expecting good luck and prosperity in the new year.

In ancient China, nine was the extreme number of positive numbers, that is, the largest singular number, so the number nine was often used to attach emperors, and things related to emperors were also related to nine. The position of the emperor is called the Ninth Five-Year Plan. The emperor called it the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Also related to the nine are:

Bronzes have "Jiuding", and emperors should also have "Jiuqing" around them.

The palace of life is equipped with "nine-level clock politics" and the capital has nine doors.

There are 9990 and a half houses in the Forbidden City.

Tiananmen Gate is nine rooms wide and nine rooms deep.