Climbing custom on Double Ninth Festival

The custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history. There are three origins: first, the worship of mountains by the ancients; second, an alchemist named Huan Jing in Henan in the Eastern Han Dynasty went up the mountain to avoid disaster; third, he "resigned" from the mountain.

Mountain climbing actually originated from the worship of mountains by the ancients. "The Book of Rites Sacrifice Law" records: "Mountains and valleys, clouds can come out, for the wind and rain, strange to be called God." The ancients revered and worshipped mountains, and the custom of "climbing to pray for blessings" was popular as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The Records of Chang 'an in the Western Han Dynasty recorded that people visited the Han capital on September 9th.

The idea of climbing mountains to avoid disasters began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, there was a warlock named Huan Jing in Henan, who thought that there would be a plague on this day, and people should leave their homes and go as high as possible to be safe. It is recorded in Wu Jun's "Continuation of Qi and Harmony" in Nanliang that Ru 'nan Huanjing traveled with Fei Changfang for many years, and Changfang said, "On September 9, there will be disaster in your family. It is advisable to leave in a hurry and let the family make their own crimson bags, hold dogwood, tie their arms, and climb high to drink chrysanthemum wine. This disaster can be eliminated. " As the saying goes, the Qi family climbs the mountain ... but the story of Hehe Continued is just a strange book, and even the author himself doesn't regard it as a historical fact. The legendary story of avoiding disaster in dreamland has had an impact on society. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, the myth of climbing mountains on the ninth day of September to avoid epidemics was handed down year after year.

The term "tattoo" comes from the solar terms in nature. Chongyang is an autumn festival. After the holiday, the weather became colder and the plants began to wither. The word "climbing the mountain" on the Double Ninth Festival corresponds to the "outing" of the ancients in March in the spring.