The implication of climbing the mountain on Double Ninth Festival

The moral of climbing the mountain in Chongyang is to cherish the memory of distant relatives and place their thoughts on them.

The custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history. In ancient times, there was the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival, so it was also called "Climbing Festival". Climbing is also a solar term originated from nature, and climbing on the Double Ninth Festival corresponds to the spring outing of ancient people in spring and March.

There is no uniform regulation on the place to climb, and the places to climb are generally divided into mountain climbing, building climbing and platform climbing. In ancient times, the ancient people's worship of mountains formed the custom of climbing and praying for blessings. The custom of climbing mountains has three origins, one is from the worship of mountains by the ancients, the other is from the climate of "clearing the air and raising the turbidity and sinking the air", and the third is to ascend to heaven by clearing the air.

Other customs

Flying kites is one of the main customs of the Double Ninth Festival in the south. The folk Double Ninth Festival is characterized by flying kites, which is also described in Guangxu's Huizhou Fuzhi. In the folk tradition, besides climbing mountains, flying kites is also a major feature of the Double Ninth Festival. As for why people fly kites (kites) on the Double Ninth Festival, there are some interesting legends besides the climatic reasons that the sky is high and the clouds are light, and kites can easily ride the wind. It is said that flying kites on the Double Ninth Festival is to drive away bad luck.

Double ninth festival also eats double ninth cake. According to historical records, Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, is made randomly. It was the original intention of the ancients to make cakes at dawn on September 9. The child put a cake on his head and said a word in his mouth, wishing the child all the best. Exquisite Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, with two lambs on it, which conforms to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep).