What is the name of the Double Ninth Festival (Double Ninth Festival)

Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival in China. What's it called? What do you need to do on the Double Ninth Festival? If you want to know, let's watch it together.

What is the name of the Double Ninth Festival?

Jiujiu Festival, Gordon Festival, Seniors Festival and Cornus Festival.

The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival in China. It is called "Jiujiu Festival" because the solar term of the Double Ninth Festival falls on the 9th of September of the lunar calendar every year.

In ancient times, the Double Ninth Festival had the customs of climbing mountains to pray, wearing dogwood, watching chrysanthemums and offering sacrifices to ancestors, so it also had other names such as "Mountain Climbing Festival" and "Cornwood Festival".

At the same time, the number "nine" is the largest in the number and has a long-lasting meaning. In order to pin blessings on the health and longevity of the elderly, people also call the Double Ninth Festival "Old People's Day".

What does Double Ninth Festival do?

1. The Double Ninth Festival is also called the Ascending Festival, when the air is crisp in autumn. It is a good choice to go hiking on this day.

The Double Ninth Festival is the season when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and chrysanthemum exhibitions will be held in some places. It is appropriate to enjoy chrysanthemum and drink chrysanthemum wine on this day.

What is suitable for Double Ninth Festival?

Chongyang cake

Every festival has its own customs and eats its own food. Like the Double Ninth Festival, many people will eat Double Ninth Cake, which is usually made of flour and dried fruits such as red dates, chestnuts and raisins. It tastes sweet and soft. Moreover, in ancient times, it was also important to cut the Double Ninth Festival cake into pieces and put it on the child's forehead, because "cake" and "height" are homophonic, so as to express the blessing to the child.

Chrysanthemum wine

Autumn is the season when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, so there is a custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival. In ancient times, chrysanthemum wine was regarded as a necessary drink for the Double Ninth Festival and an auspicious wine for blessing.

Will it be cold on the Double Ninth Festival?

The weather is cooler.

This year's Double Ninth Festival is 65438+20201October 25th. Because of our vast territory, the temperature difference between north and south will be relatively large. Before and after the Double Ninth Festival, the temperature in the north and northwest of China will be low, and even a few areas may snow. Therefore, it is necessary to do a good job of cold protection and warmth.

The weather in the south is cooler, but the temperature difference between day and night is large. Pay attention to adding clothes at night. The specific weather conditions also depend on local conditions.