What festival is September 9th? What is its origin? Pray for the great gods.

Double Ninth Festival! The name "Double Ninth Festival" was recorded in the Three Kingdoms period. According to Cao Pi's "Nine Days and Zhong You Book", it says: "From year to month, September 9 suddenly comes again. Nine is the number of yang, and the sun and the moon coincide. It is well known and considered suitable for a long time, so it is a feast. " Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is designated as the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. ) The Double Ninth Festival first has the custom of climbing mountains. Autumn in September, the sky is crisp. Climbing far away in this season can achieve the purpose of relaxing body and mind, keeping fit and getting rid of diseases. The custom of eating Chongyang cake is related to mountain climbing. Gaohe cake is homophonic. As a holiday food, it was originally to celebrate the harvest of autumn grain and taste new grain. After that, the people had the auspicious meaning of climbing to eat cakes, and also had the auspicious meaning of climbing step by step. The Double Ninth Festival has always had the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums, so it was also called Chrysanthemum Festival in ancient times. September of the lunar calendar, commonly known as Chrysanthemum Month, holds a chrysanthemum party on holidays, and people from all over the city go to the meeting to enjoy chrysanthemums. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the Three Kingdoms, it has become fashionable for Chongyang parties to drink and enjoy chrysanthemums and recite poems. In the ancient customs of Han nationality, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity. The custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa was popular in ancient times, so it is also called Cornus Festival. As a medicine, Cornus officinalis can make wine, strengthen the body and get rid of diseases. On this day, Wang Wei's "I miss my brothers in Shandong on vacation in the mountains" was written. The ancients thought it was an auspicious day to celebrate, and they began to celebrate it from a very young age. Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival of Han nationality, which combines various folk customs. The activities to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival generally include traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high and looking far, enjoying chrysanthemums, eating all the dogwood double ninth festival cakes, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other activities. Double Ninth Festival, because it is homophonic with "long", and nine is the largest number in the number, which means long life. Moreover, autumn is also the golden season of harvest in a year, and the Double Ninth Festival has far-reaching influence. People have always had special feelings for this festival. There are many excellent poems in Tang poetry and Song poetry to congratulate the Double Ninth Festival and chant chrysanthemums. In the folk concept, the Double Ninth Festival is homophonic with "Nine Nine", which means longevity, health and longevity. Since the 1980s, some places in China have designated the ninth day of September in the summer calendar as the festival for the elderly, advocating the whole society to establish an atmosphere of respecting, loving and helping the elderly. The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20th, 2006, this folk custom was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.