What are the customs of the Double Ninth Festival?

Double Ninth Festival, also known as Double Ninth Festival, Sunbathing Autumn Festival and "Treading Autumn". Because "Jiujiu" and "Jiujiu" are homophonic, and nine is the largest number in the number, which means longevity, so the ancients thought that the Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day worth celebrating.

Double Ninth Festival custom?

1. Chongyang Gordon?

There is a custom of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival. Autumn is coming, cold air is heading south, rain is decreasing, and the weather is fine. In September and autumn, the air is crisp and the temperature is neither too cold nor too hot, which is just suitable for traveling. Climbing high and looking far in this season can achieve the purpose of strengthening the body and eliminating all diseases. The ancients had the custom of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival for a long time. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei wrote in "Mountain Holiday Thinking of Shandong Brothers": Being in a foreign land, I miss my relatives twice every festive season. There is a saying in Nanjing that "go to Niutou in spring and Qixia in autumn", which means to go hiking in Niushou Mountain in spring and climb Qixia Mountain in autumn.

2. bask in the autumn?

The Double Ninth Festival is the best time to enjoy autumn, and some mountain villages in the south of China still retain the characteristics of "basking in autumn". Going to the countryside to appreciate the folk customs and watch the autumn sun has become a fashion in rural tourism. "Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics. Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui and Jiangxi. It has become a traditional agricultural custom to use the roof in front of the house and the window sill to hang crops. This special lifestyle and scene of villagers drying crops has gradually become the material pursued and created by painters and photographers, and created a poetic name "drying autumn".

3. Nine Emperors' Club?

In ancient times, in China, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Yunnan and other places, the custom of salute and gun battle prevailed for nine consecutive days from September 1 to 9 of the lunar calendar, which was called the Nine Emperors' Meeting. The Nine Emperors' Meeting originated from the worship of stars. As the old saying goes, "Nine Emperors' Double Ninth Festival will celebrate the birthday of Beidou". The Nine Emperors of Beidou are composed of Beidou, Zuo Fu and Youbi. "Jade Sagger" said: From the first day of September to the ninth day of September, Beidou nine planets became an immortal, and the world fasted. This day was better than ordinary days, and his merits were boundless. It had a great influence on the belief of the Nine Emperors, and this worship gradually evolved into a folk custom of ritual fighting. According to Hu Pu 'an's Records of Chinese National Customs, on September 9th, Guangdong established the Nine Emperors Society. In Yunnan, sacrificial fighting has become a custom in Yunnan, and it is held from September to September every year.

4. Enjoy the feast and pray for your birthday?

The Double Ninth Festival has the custom of holding a banquet to pray for longevity, which places people's blessings on the health and longevity of the elderly. In ancient times, the custom of praying for longevity in Chongyang was widely circulated in various places, and it was also recorded in some literary works, such as Miscellanies of Xijing in the Han Dynasty: "On September 9, Peidogwood ate Peng bait and drank chrysanthemum wine, and the clouds made people live longer." Another book, Jing Chu Sui Ji, said, "On September 9th, four people had a family dinner." In fact, the large-scale catering activities of the Double Ninth Festival developed from banquets held for harvest and sacrifice. On the basis of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, longevity and catering are added to form the basis of the Double Ninth Festival. Today, in some places in southern China, it is still popular to pay homage to the elderly and pray for a long life.

5. Fly a kite?

Flying kites is one of the main customs of the Double Ninth Festival in southern China. The folk Double Ninth Festival is characterized by flying kites. Guangxu's "Huizhou Fuzhi" is also recorded. In the folk tradition, besides climbing mountains, flying kites is also a major feature of the Double Ninth Festival. As for why people fly kites (kites) on the Double Ninth Festival, apart from the climatic reasons that the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the wind is light and bright, paper kites can easily ride the wind, and there are some sayings that are between wizards and witches, which are quite interesting without thinking.

Legend has it that flying kites on the Double Ninth Festival is for "bad luck". The higher a kite flies, the more bad luck it takes away. What's more, in order to make the kite disappear, it is necessary to specially break this thread. Another explanation is that flying kites in Chongyang is "auspicious" and "lucky". The better the kite flies, the more blessed it is. People who fly kites not only can't break the silk thread, but also must do everything possible to protect it, because when the silk thread is broken, "auspiciousness" and "luck" will also drift away.

6. Eat Chongyang cake?

According to historical records, Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, is made randomly. It was the original intention of the ancients to make cakes at dawn on September 9. The child put a cake on his head and said a word in his mouth, wishing the child all the best. Exquisite Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, with two lambs on it, which conforms to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some people even put red paper flags (instead of dogwood) on Chongyang cakes and light candles. This probably means "lighting a lamp" and "eating a cake", not "climbing". At present, there is still no fixed variety of Chongyang cake, and the soft cakes eaten in Chongyang Festival all over the country are called Chongyang cakes.

7. Pei dogwood?

The custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa was popular in ancient times, so it is also called Cornus Festival. In the past, folk festivals and customs of the Han nationality were popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River. Cornus officinalis is a kind of fruit that can be used as Chinese medicine. The ancients believed that climbing a mountain and inserting Evodia rutaecarpa on the Double Ninth Festival could repel insects, damp and pathogenic wind. So he put Cornus officinalis on his arm or in a sachet and on his head. Most of them are worn by women and children, and men in some places also wear them. As a medicine, Cornus officinalis can make wine, strengthen the body and get rid of diseases.

Evodia rutaecarpa and chrysanthemum were very common in the Tang Dynasty. Cornus officinalis has a strong aroma, which has the functions of improving eyesight, refreshing brain, expelling pathogenic fire, removing dampness and expelling wind, resolving food stagnation and treating cold and heat. Ancient customs such as inserting dogwood are folk climbing to ward off wind and evil spirits. On the Double Ninth Festival, the clear sky rises and the polluted air sinks. People use natural medicine Cornus officinalis to adjust their health to adapt to the changes of natural climate.

The Double Ninth Festival is an ancient and sacred traditional festival in China, symbolizing the turn of the year, commemorating parents, health and longevity. The activities of different customs of the Double Ninth Festival are a way to inherit history and culture, which is not only conducive to understanding the past, but also to grasping the present and future. The Double Ninth Festival is a rare traditional festival, which makes us feel the warmth of ancient culture and the spirit of being together, happy, peaceful and healthy.