What are the customs of Luoyang Double Ninth Festival?

First of all, there is a custom of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival. Autumn in September, the sky is crisp. In this season, climbing the mountain and overlooking it can achieve the purpose of relaxing body and mind, keeping fit and getting rid of diseases. The custom of eating Chongyang cake is related to mountain climbing. Gaohe cake is homophonic. As a holiday food, it was originally to celebrate the harvest of autumn grain and taste new grain. The folks have the auspicious meaning of climbing high and eating cakes step by step.

The Double Ninth Festival has always had the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums, so it has been called Chrysanthemum Festival since ancient times. September of the lunar calendar, commonly known as Chrysanthemum Month, holds a chrysanthemum party on holidays, and people from all over the city go to the meeting to enjoy chrysanthemums. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the Three Kingdoms, it has become fashionable for Chongyang parties to drink and enjoy chrysanthemums and recite poems. In the ancient customs of Han nationality, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity. The custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa was popular in ancient times, so it is also called Cornus Festival. As a medicine, Cornus officinalis can make wine, strengthen the body and get rid of diseases.

The ancients thought it was an auspicious day to celebrate, and they began to celebrate it from a very young age. Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival of Han nationality, which combines various folk customs. The activities to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival generally include sightseeing, overlooking the mountain, watching chrysanthemums, planting dogwood everywhere, eating double ninth cake, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other activities. Double Ninth Festival, because it is homophonic with "long", and nine is the largest number in the number, which means long life. Moreover, autumn is also the golden season of harvest in a year, and the Double Ninth Festival has far-reaching influence. People have always had special feelings for this festival. There are many excellent poems in Tang poetry and Song poetry to congratulate the Double Ninth Festival and chant chrysanthemums.

In the folk concept, the Double Ninth Festival is homophonic with "Nine Nine", which means longevity, health and longevity. 1989, China designated the ninth day of the ninth lunar month as the festival for the elderly, and advocated the whole society to establish the atmosphere of respecting, loving and helping the elderly, thus adding a new meaning to the Double Ninth Festival.