Significance of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa in Double Ninth Festival

It is the Double Ninth Festival, and there is a tradition of inserting dogwood. What does this mean? Where can I insert dogwood in the Double Ninth Festival? Let's take a look!

Take refuge and eliminate disasters

People think that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is an unlucky day, and there are many disasters in it. Cornus officinalis is called "evil-ward Weng", which has a very auspicious meaning, so people like to wear Cornus officinalis on the Double Ninth Festival to ward off evil spirits and seek good luck. On the Double Ninth Festival, people pick the branches of Cornus officinalis, sew the fruits to make sachets, and carry them with them to ward off evil spirits.

Miss one's loved ones

The ancients liked to go out to climb mountains and enjoy dogwood with friends on the Double Ninth Festival, which meant missing their loved ones, so they also meant missing their loved ones. Especially in the Tang Dynasty, dozens of poets, such as Bai Juyi, Du Fu and Hanshan, all sang poems about climbing Chongyang and planting dogwood to express their thoughts.

In Wang Wei's "I miss my brothers in Shandong on vacation in the mountains", the poem says: "If you know where your brother climbs, there will be one less person everywhere."

Do as Romans do in Rome.

Double Ninth Festival has been very popular since ancient times, so it is also called Cornus Festival.

The ancients used Cornus officinalis as a sacrifice to ward off evil spirits. According to legend, Princess Chu of the Warring States wore dogwood jewelry, swam high in the Double Ninth Festival, inserted dogwood branches, wore dogwood bags, drank dogwood wine and sang dogwood poems, which made her extremely happy.

Where is the dogwood inserted in the Double Ninth Festival?

1, put it on your arm

The Double Ninth Festival has the tradition of wearing dogwood on the arm, which can not only decorate the atmosphere of solar terms, but also repel insects.

Step 2 make sachets

The most classic of the Double Ninth Festival is to put the dogwood in a sachet to make a dogwood bag to wear around the waist, or to make the sachet rope longer and hang it around the neck.

Step 3: Put it in your head.

There are many red fruits on the dogwood, which are very beautiful. On the Double Ninth Festival, it is both appropriate and beautiful to put dogwood on your head.

Can dogwood be eaten?

Cornus officinalis can be eaten

Ingredients: Cornus officinalis, japonica rice and sugar.

Exercise:

1. Wash fresh Cornus officinalis with clear water.

2. After removing the core, cook porridge in casserole with japonica rice.

3. When the porridge is about to be cooked, add sugar and cook it slightly.

How to eat: Eat it in the morning and evening.

Efficacy: tonify liver and kidney, astringe essence and sweat.