Double Ninth Festival is () in solar terms?

The Double Ninth Festival is in the period of cold dew and solar terms.

On the edge of the Double Ninth Festival, the customs of enjoying autumn, chrysanthemum and climbing mountains have completely overshadowed the cold dew solar terms. In fact, as one of the 24 solar terms, the cold dew solar term is more important. Because the cold dew is the season of late autumn, and the beginning of the full moon in the dry calendar represents change. It is the first solar term with the word "cold" among the 24 solar terms, and it is a transition from cold to cold.

The cold dew solar term is the heading and filling period of late rice in southern China, so farmers should strengthen the management of water and fertilizer. At this time, you should always water in shallow water, and you should not pump the water out of the ground too early. It is best to give priority to wet, dry, wet and wet. The northern region should be busy harvesting corn and sowing winter wheat. There is an old saying that "the autumn equinox is early, the first frost is late, and the cold dew is planting wheat at that time." Of course, agricultural proverbs are regional. The agricultural proverb in North China is "early dew and late cold dew, planting wheat in autumn equinox", with a difference of about half a month.

The custom of Double Ninth Festival

Thanks for asking for help. Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day Festival and Zhongyuan Festival are collectively called the four traditional ancestral festivals in China. The worship of the Double Ninth Festival is to thank the ancestors for their kindness and pray for the blessing after the harvest, so the atmosphere is relaxed and happy, and there will be no sadness like "pedestrians want to break their souls". The statutory Festival for the Elderly, the Double Ninth Festival, is also the China Festival for the Elderly. People should express their filial piety to the elderly and advocate the whole society to establish an atmosphere of respecting, caring for and helping the elderly.

"Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon. Villagers in mountainous areas have to use the roofs and windowsills in front of and behind their houses to hang crops, because their villages have complex terrain and few flat land. Double Ninth Festival is also called Chrysanthemum Festival, and chrysanthemum appreciation has become an important part of the custom of Double Ninth Festival.