What do you need for the Double Ninth Festival?

1, basking in autumn

The Double Ninth Festival is the best time to enjoy autumn, and some mountain villages in the south of China still retain the characteristics of "basking in autumn". Going to the countryside to appreciate the folk customs and watch the autumn sun has become a fashion in rural tourism.

"Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics. Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui and Jiangxi. It has become a traditional agricultural custom to use the roof in front of the house and the window sill to hang crops.

2. Nine Emperors Club

In ancient times, in China's Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Yunnan and other places, the custom of salute and gun battle prevailed for nine consecutive days from September 1st to 9th of the lunar calendar every year, which was called the Nine Emperors' Meeting. The Nine Emperors' Meeting originated from the worship of stars. As the old saying goes, "Nine Emperors' Double Ninth Festival will celebrate the birthday of Beidou". The nine emperors of the Big Dipper include the Big Dipper, Zuo Fu and Youbi.

"Jade Sagger" said: From the first day of September to the ninth day of September, Beidou nine planets became an immortal, and the world fasted. This day was better than ordinary days, and his merits were boundless. It had a great influence on the belief of the Nine Emperors, and this worship gradually evolved into a folk custom of ritual fighting. According to Hu Pu 'an's Records of Chinese National Customs, on September 9th, Guangdong established the Nine Emperors Society. In Yunnan, sacrificial fighting has become a custom in Yunnan, and it is held from September to September every year.

3. Fly a kite.

Flying kites is one of the main customs of the Double Ninth Festival in southern China. The folk Double Ninth Festival is characterized by flying kites. Guangxu's "Huizhou Fuzhi" is also recorded. In the folk tradition, besides climbing mountains, flying kites is also a major feature of the Double Ninth Festival.

Step 4: climb the mountain

The custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history. In ancient times, there was the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival, so it was also called "Climbing Festival". Climbing is also a solar term originated from nature, and climbing on the Double Ninth Festival corresponds to the spring outing of ancient people in spring and March. There is no uniform regulation on the place of climbing, and the place of climbing is generally divided into mountain climbing, building climbing or platform climbing.