Holiday customs in Nanchang

The custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa in September is popular, so it is also called Cornus Festival. People think that the ninth day of September is also a day of disaster, so people like to wear dogwood to ward off evil spirits and seek good luck on the Double Ninth Festival. Therefore, Cornus officinalis is also called "evil spirit".

2. Chongyang Gordon Meeting

Mountain climbing is an important custom of the Double Ninth Festival. This custom in the Han Dynasty originated from the story that Huanjing, a native of Runan, went up the mountain on September 9 to avoid disaster.

3, put paper harrier

Putting paper owls is the main custom of Huizhou people to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival. The folk Double Ninth Festival in Huizhou mainly features paper owls. This habit is not only described in folk songs circulating in Huizhou, but also described in Guangxu's Huizhou Fu Zhi.

4. enjoy chrysanthemums on Chongyang

The Double Ninth Festival has always had the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums, so it has been called Chrysanthemum Festival since 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 China, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity.

5. Post Spring Festival couplets

Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should take off beautiful red couplets and stick them on the doors to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, thus increasing the festive atmosphere.