What is the Double Ninth Festival?

Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival in China. It is also called the Moon Festival, the Double Ninth Festival and the Autumn Festival of the Sun. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year. Because the number of "nine" in the Book of Changes is positive and the number of "nine-nine" is heavy, it is called "Chongyang".

In the historical development and evolution, the Double Ninth Festival is a mixture of various folk customs, bearing rich cultural connotations. In the folk concept, "nine" is the largest number, which means longevity, and it places people's wishes for the health and longevity of the elderly.

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The custom of Double Ninth Festival:

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The Double Ninth Festival is also called "Ascending the Mountain Festival", so whenever the Double Ninth Festival comes, people will climb the mountain and look far. Du Fu's Ascending the Mountain is a famous article about climbing the Double Ninth Festival.

2. Enjoy chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum wine

The Double Ninth Festival is the golden autumn season of the year, and chrysanthemums are in full bloom. It is said that appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine originated from Tao Yuanming, a great poet in Jin Dynasty. On the Double Ninth Festival, people will enjoy chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum wine to get close to Tao Yuanming.

3. Evodia rutaecarpa and chrysanthemum

In the Tang Dynasty, the custom of inserting dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival was very common. The ancients thought that inserting Evodia rutaecarpa in the Double Ninth Festival could take refuge and eliminate disasters, but in the Song Dynasty, colorful tapirs were cut into dogwood and chrysanthemums for mutual gifts.

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