Why do you want to insert Evodia rutaecarpa in Double Ninth Festival?

On the Double Ninth Festival, dogwood should be planted. People think that September 9 is also a day of disaster. They think Cornus officinalis can ward off evil spirits and seek good luck, but in fact, Cornus officinalis can kill insects and prevent moth.

Double Ninth Festival has the custom of inserting dogwood, so it is also called Happy Festival. Cornus officinalis is a kind of fennel plant. Because the quality of Cornus officinalis produced by Wudi is the best, it is also called Evodia rutaecarpa.

In fact, the effect of inserting dogwood in Chongyang is similar to that of realgar and Yingpu in Dragon Boat Festival, aiming at expelling insects and preventing moth. Because it is Koharu in October after the Double Ninth Festival, the weather has warmed up for some time. Some time before Chongyang, the autumn rain was wet, the autumn heat was still the same, and clothes were easy to be poisoned. Cornus officinalis is a kind of herbal medicine, which can help prevent insects and mosquitoes and ward off evil spirits. In ancient times, people inserted Huang Zhu as a symbol to celebrate festivals.

folk custom

The Double Ninth Festival is the best time to enjoy autumn, and some mountain villages in the south of China still have 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.

Flying kites is one of the main customs of the southern Double Ninth Festival, and the folk Double Ninth Festival features flying kites. The custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history. In ancient times, there was a custom of climbing mountains on Double Ninth Festival, so it was also called Mountaineering Festival. Farewell to mountain climbing also comes from the solar terms in nature. Farewell to mountain 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 to climb.

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