Main activities of Double Ninth Festival

The main activities of the Double Ninth Festival: climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, enjoying dogwood and offering sacrifices to ancestors.

Gordon 1

In ancient times, there was the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival, so it was also called "Climbing Festival". The climbing custom of Chongyang originated from the climate characteristics at this time and the worship of mountains by the ancients. Climbing is also a solar term originated from nature, and climbing on the Double Ninth Festival corresponds to the spring outing of ancient people in spring and March.

Step 2 enjoy chrysanthemums

The Double Ninth Festival has always had the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums, so it has been called Chrysanthemum Festival since ancient times. The custom of appreciating chrysanthemums originated from chrysanthemum culture. Chrysanthemum is a natural flower. Chrysanthemum has formed chrysanthemum culture because of its colorful colors and blooming in Ao Shuang.

Step 3 drink chrysanthemum wine

Drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival is a traditional custom in China. Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings. Chrysanthemum wine is a medicinal liquor, which tastes slightly bitter and has auspicious meaning of eliminating disasters and praying for blessings.

4. Pei dogwood

Cornus officinalis is a kind of fruit that can be used as Chinese medicine. When the ancients climbed mountains on the Double Ninth Festival, they would wear dogwood on their arms, grind it into sachets and put it on their heads. Most of them are worn by women and children, and men in some places also wear them.

5. ancestor worship

The Double Ninth Festival is one of the four traditional festivals of ancestor worship in China, and there is a tradition of ancestor worship and blessing in ancient times. The traditional custom of ancestor worship on the Double Ninth Festival is still popular in Lingnan area, and people hold ancestor worship activities on the Double Ninth Festival every year. Whether worshipping ancestors or looking far away, its most fundamental function is to enhance people's cultural identity and strengthen the cohesion of family and society.