In which season is the Double Ninth Festival?

The Double Ninth Festival is in autumn.

Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, is called "Double Ninth Festival". Because the homonym of "Jiujiu Festival" on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is "Jiu", it is often used to worship ancestors and carry out activities to respect the elderly. The Double Ninth Festival is one of the four traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China. 20 12 February 28th, 12, the law makes it clear that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the festival for the elderly.

The origin of the Double Ninth Festival:

The Double Ninth Festival was mentioned in Chu Ci during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Qu Yuan's Journey wrote: "Set Chongyang into the Emperor's Palace and see the capital of Qing Dynasty ten days later." The "Double Ninth Festival" here refers to the sky, not just festivals. In Nine Days Zhong You written by Cao Pi, Wei Wendi in the Three Kingdoms period, it was clearly written that the Double Ninth Festival: "From the year to the month, I suddenly returned to September 9. 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. "

Tao Yuanming, a scholar in Jin Dynasty, said in the preface to the poem "Idle for Nine Days": "I am idle and love the name of Nine. Autumn chrysanthemums are full of gardens, but they are sad, empty for Jiuhua, and precious words are like gold. " Chrysanthemum and wine are mentioned here at the same time. Probably in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was a custom of drinking and enjoying chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival. In the Tang Dynasty, Chongyang was officially designated as a folk festival.