What does Fuzhou custom mean by doing nine things?

The "Drinking Festival" is a traditional folk festival in Shiqian District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, which is held on the 29th day of the first lunar month.

On the ninth festival, every household cooks sugar porridge with red dates, peanuts and longan meat. Nine-year-olds are called "Ming Jiu", and nine-year-olds are called "Dark Jiu". Friends and relatives are invited to eat eggs or noodles. Fuzhou also has the custom of "celebrating nine festivals".

First, people who are nine years old, such as 9 years old, 19 years old, 29 years old ... second, people who are multiples of 9 years old, such as 18 years old, 27 years old, 36 years old ... both of them have to eat "Taiping" for nine years. Because the ancients thought that "nine" was a "pass" of age, after which people could enter and then increase continuously. This custom can continue because it also contains care for life.

Rongcheng aojiu porridge is fragrant and full of respect for the elderly.

The leaders of the relevant departments of the provinces and cities in Junmen Community, Gulou District, Fuzhou, and more than 800 elderly people in the community celebrated the festival, and the thick porridge was filled; On the Internet, official WeChat accounts such as Fuzhou Micro-Civilization have launched online porridge-cooking and porridge-sending games, and the nine blessings sent have exceeded100000.

In the Qishan Poetry Society in Minhou, the poets held a special poetry meeting once every nine years, so that the feelings of respecting the elderly could be expressed poetically. Wanhou Community and Puqian Community sent longevity noodles and peaceful eggs to the elderly with mobility difficulties.

Refer to the above? People's Network-Fujian Province and Fuzhou City held "Our Festival-Olympic Wine Festival" activities.

Refer to the above? People's Daily Online-Photo: Fuzhou Olympic Nine Festival carries out activities to respect the elderly, and a new civilized style is flowing.