What color does the Double Ninth Festival represent?

Double Ninth Festival stands for yellow or gold, because it falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year.

In ancient times, there were folk customs such as climbing mountains to pray for blessings, enjoying chrysanthemums in autumn, wearing dogwood, drinking alcohol to worship ancestors and praying for longevity. So far, it has added the connotation of respecting the elderly, feasting on the day of Chongyang, and being grateful for 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.

Historical evolution:

The custom of Chongyang was popular in the Han Dynasty, which was a period of economic and cultural exchanges and integration between the north and the south of China. Cultural exchanges in various places made the custom spread. The Han Dynasty work Miscellanies of Xijing contains the ancient custom of seeking longevity on the Double Ninth Festival.

Jia, a courtier who recorded the Western Han Dynasty in Miscellanies of Xijing, said: "On September 9, Pei Yun ate the bait and drank chrysanthemum wine, and Yun Chang made life long." This is the earliest record of the custom of seeking longevity on the Double Ninth Festival in written materials.

It is said that this was influenced by ancient wizards (later Taoist priests) who pursued immortality and collected drugs to take. In addition, during the Warring States period, Chongyang was valued in some places, but it was only an activity in the palace.