Opening remarks and concluding remarks of the main draft of the Double Ninth Festival

The host of the Double Ninth Festival made an opening speech: In this golden autumn, Jingui is fragrant and fruitful, and we have ushered in another Double Ninth Festival and ushered in the old people's own festivals; Conclusion: Everything will be forgotten with space, but the affection that can be branded in the calluses of relatives will not be forgotten.

Double Ninth Festival is a traditional folk festival in China, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year. The number of "Nine" is the number of Yang in the Book of Changes, and the number of "Nine Nine" is the same, so it is called "Double Ninth Festival". Because both the sun and the moon fall on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, it is also called "Double Ninth Festival". The ancients thought the Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day. In ancient times, there were customs such as climbing mountains to pray for blessings, worshipping gods and ancestors, and drinking and praying for blessings on the Double Ninth Festival, which have been passed down to this day and added the connotation of respecting the elderly.

The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena, which began in ancient times, spread in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. According to the existing historical data and textual research, in ancient times, there were activities of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in season and autumn.

folk custom

Gordon 1

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

Step 2 eat Chongyang cake

According to historical records, Chongyang cake is also called flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, and the production method is arbitrary. Dawn on September 9 is the original intention of the ancients to make cakes in September. 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).