What festival is the Double Ninth Festival?

Double Ninth Festival is also called Ascending Festival, Cornus officinalis Festival, Chrysanthemum Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and Elderly Festival.

As a traditional folk festival, the Double Ninth Festival is fixed on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In ancient times, there were customs such as climbing mountains and praying, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and drinking and praying. Inherited to this day, it has increased the connotation of respecting the elderly. Climbing mountains and enjoying autumn and giving thanks and respecting the elderly are two important themes of today's Double Ninth Festival.

According to textual research, Chongyang's ascent originated from Chongshan, and the feast originated from celebrating the harvest. Therefore, since ancient times, there have been widely formed customs in society, such as climbing high and overlooking, autumn outing, chanting, planting dogwood, enjoying chrysanthemums by relatives and friends, drinking chrysanthemum wine and eating Chongyang cake.

In traditional culture, "nine" is the "pole" of yang number (odd number). On the ninth day of September, both "nines" are very important, and both the month and the day belong to the largest yang number, so they are called "Chongyang" or "Double Nine". Because "nine" and "long" are homophonic, the ancients thought that this day was "suitable for a long time, and it was suitable for feasting."

Custom activities of Double Ninth Festival:

1, Climbing: 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.

2. Drink chrysanthemum wine: On the Double Ninth Festival, China has the traditional custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine. Chrysanthemum wine was regarded as "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink in ancient times.

3. Wear Cornus officinalis: In ancient times, it was also popular to insert Cornus officinalis in September and September, so it was also called Cornus officinalis Festival. People think that the ninth day of September is also a disaster day, so people like to wear dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival. Therefore, Cornus officinalis is also called "evil spirit".