What is the cultural connotation of nine?

The Hakka language "nine" and "long" homophonic, so the Hakka people to "nine", as "auspicious" symbols, "Chongjiu" custom.

The Hakka people build a new house, usually to pick the day related to nine, such as the first nine, eighteen, etc. The number of floors of the building and the number of floors and the number of floors of the building. The number of floors and rooms of the building is also a multiple of nine, that you can live together for a long time **** place." Nine" in the Hakka marriage in the marriage is particularly important, men and women kissing, post exchange, generally choose the day with nine related to the bride price to the end of the number with "nine", such as 1999 yuan, to meet the bride's team to make up 9 people, all gifts to 9 parties for good luck. Hakka people do birthday, birthday meet to do 81 or 360, the use of the dish are dark cut "three, six, nine", such as three fresh soup, stewed dog meat (dog Kai nine), leeks and tofu, Chongyang (nine) life cake and so on.

Because nine and leek resonance, children break the school enlightenment are to eat leeks. Hakka songs also use leek oracle nine, such as: "Swallow mud over nine rivers, the sister sent Lang out of the countryside, the ninth of September, planting leeks, the two friendship for a long, long time." Hakka people on the importance of nine, but also manifested in the first nine months as a good day. After the Spring Festival, go out to work, business people generally have to the first nine of this day to leave home to depart, expect in the new year auspicious and prosperous.

Royal Culture

Ancient Emperors

In ancient China, nine for the Yang number of the extreme number, that is, the single largest number, so more than nine of this number to attach the emperor, and the emperor of things related to the emperor is also more related to nine. The emperor's position is called "nine five". The emperor said "nine of five'". Related to nine:

The bronze has "nine tripods", the emperor to set up around the "nine ministers".

The court set up the Palace of the "Nine Pinnacle", the capital of the nine gates.

The Forbidden City houses nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half.

Tian'anmen Square is nine meters wide and nine meters deep.

China's Forbidden City and the Royal Gardens, the Palace of the gate, decorative armor "nine road nails", each door of the door nails vertical and horizontal each of the nine, **** 81 nails.

The Qing Dynasty customized Mongolian princes and gentlemen of the various ministries to the emperor each year, eight white horses, white camels, called "nine white tribute". The rest of the tribute is also more to "nine" number of calculations. Such as the thirteenth year of the Kangxi stipulates: the annual festival of horqin and other flags, *** into the twelve "nine", counting 108 sheep, 108 bottles of milk wine; Ordos and other flags, *** into the nine "nine", counting 81 sheep, 81 bottles of milk wine.

The past Royal Edict of the temple, the number of pounds of gold Buddha also cast in nine, or 81 pounds or 72 pounds; cast the number of Buddha, also in nine, such as the forty-fifth year of the Qianlong to celebrate the emperor's 70th birthday,*** made 2,299 statues of Buddha "nine", a total of 20,691 statues of Buddha.

The Qing dynasty palace annual feast, including fruit, preserves, snacks, a *** ninety-nine varieties.

The Qing dynasty emperor's birthday, to hold a large entertainment activities, acrobatics, put the spring lanterns, etc., but also to have "nine" that is, 81 kinds of programs, called "nine nine big celebration". Qing Dynasty Emperor's birthday banquet and the Spring Festival feast food, entertainment programs and bureaucrats to celebrate the "Holy Life" tribute, etc., but also to nine, with the meaning of wishing unlimited life. Over time, the number of nine, was the emperor's exclusive, and the general people, including dignitaries, where living and drinking utensils can not be counted in nine.