What do people usually do on the Double Ninth Festival?

In ancient times, there were folk customs such as climbing to pray for blessings, enjoying chrysanthemums in autumn, wearing dogwood, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and feasting on the Double Ninth Festival. So far, it has added the connotation of respecting the elderly, feasting on the day of Chongyang, and being grateful for respecting the elderly. Climbing mountains and enjoying autumn and giving thanks and respecting the elderly are two important themes of today's Double Ninth Festival.

In the process of historical continuation, the Double Ninth Festival not only incorporates many folk customs, but also incorporates many cultural connotations. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a climate of "clear air rising and turbid air sinking". The higher the terrain, the more concentrated the clear sky, so "Chongyang climbing to enjoy the clear sky" became a folk custom. Autumn in September, the sky is crisp, this season, climbing high and looking far can achieve the purpose of refreshing, fitness and recuperation.

Extended data

One of the prototypes of the Double Ninth Festival is the ancient fire sacrifice ceremony. Summer called it "the fire in September", and the retreat of the "fire" star not only made the ancients who had always regarded Mars as a symbol of seasonal production and seasonal life lose the coordinates of time.

At the same time, the ancient people who worshipped fire as a god had inexplicable fears. The dormancy of Vulcan means a long winter. Therefore, in the "internal fire" season, just as there is a welcoming ceremony when the fire appears, people should also hold corresponding farewell ceremonies.

According to the order of the twelve earthly branches, the main branch was generally used in the ancient times, and the shade was built in the first month, and the fire warehouse was in September, and the fire entered the warehouse. Northwest of the throne belongs to Luoshu Ganbu.

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