What is the symbolism of September 9th

In the I Ching, the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar indicates that the sun and the moon are in parallel with the sun, and the two nines are overlapping, so it is called Chung Yeung, or the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar.

The Chung Yeung Festival is a traditional Chinese folk festival held on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. "Nine" number in the "I Ching" for the number of yang, "nine" two yang number is heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; because the sun and the moon are nine, so it is also known as "heavy nine The sun and the moon coincide with nine, so it is also called "Chongjiu". Nine nine to the true, the beginning of a yuan, the ancients believe that the nine nine sun is an auspicious day.

Ancient folk in the Chung Yeung Festival have climbed high to pray for blessings, autumn tour to enjoy chrysanthemums, worship the gods and ancestors and drinking and praying for longevity and other customs. Nowadays, it has added the connotation of honoring the elderly, enjoying the feast on the day of Chung Yeung and honoring the elderly with thanksgiving. The two important themes of the Chrysanthemum Festival today are the appreciation of autumn and gratitude to the elderly.

The Chrysanthemum Festival originated from the worship of heavenly signs and began in ancient times, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. According to the existing historical materials and evidence, in the ancient times, there are in the seasonal fall in the harvest sacrifice to heaven, ancestor worship activities; ancient people in the September crop harvest sacrifice to the emperor, ancestor worship, in order to thank the emperor of heaven, ancestor grace activities, which is the original form of the Chongyang Festival as the fall harvest rituals and the existence of the original form.

The Tang Dynasty was an important period in which traditional festival customs were kneaded and finalized, and the main part of them has been handed down to the present day. Chrysanthemum ancestor worship folklore has been followed for thousands of years and is an ancient folklore of profound significance. Chrysanthemum Festival and New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, half of July and known as China's traditional four major festivals ancestor worship.