What festival is September 9th?

September 9th is the Double Ninth Festival.

Double Ninth Festival is also called the Festival for the Elderly, Double Ninth Festival, Ascending Festival, Ancestor Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Sunbathing Festival, Respect for the Elderly Festival, Walking Festival, Cornus officinalis Festival and the Festival for the Elderly. Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day Festival and Kasahara Festival are also called the four traditional ancestral festivals in China.

In the historical development and evolution, the Double Ninth Festival is a mixture of various folk customs, bearing rich cultural connotations. In the folk concept, "nine" is the largest number, which means longevity, and it places people's wishes for the health and longevity of the elderly.

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.

Double ninth festival custom

Eating Chongyang cake: the word "cake" of Chongyang cake is homophonic with "high" People think that eating Chongyang cake has the meaning of "rising step by step" and "long life", so "Chongyang cake" has become the most popular food in Chongyang Festival.

Drink chrysanthemum wine: Chrysanthemum is the most common flower in autumn, and its flowering period is not long, so people will turn it into chrysanthemum wine. Therefore, chrysanthemum wine is also regarded as the "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings.