How did the tradition of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival come from?

? Most people know the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival, but few people know how this custom came about.

? In fact, the custom of "climbing the mountain" on the Double Ninth Festival is the same as the custom of "inserting dogwood" and "drinking chrysanthemum wine" in origin, both in order to avoid the plague or ward off evil spirits.

? This is recorded. People from Wujun, A Liang in the Southern Dynasties, recorded a story in the book "Continuation of the Harmony of Qi": Runan people in the Han Dynasty traveled around the mountains and rivers, worshiped Taoist Fei Changfang as their teacher, and traveled abroad for many years. On one occasion, Fei Changfang told Hengjing: "On the ninth day of September, your family will encounter a plague. Hurry home and let them all make red sachets, put dogwood on them and tie them to their arms. The family will go up the mountain together and drink chrysanthemum wine on the mountain. Only in this way can we avoid this disaster. Huan Jing followed Fei Changfang's instructions and led the whole family to climb the mountain together until evening. When I got home, I saw that all the chickens, dogs, cows, sheep and goats at home suddenly died of illness. Hearing this, Fei Changfang said, "They died for you. "

? This story seems strange, but it actually reflects people's fear and prevention of the plague at that time. Imagine that when people are faced with a plague without effective drugs, the only way is to avoid it as much as possible. And "mountain climbing" is indeed an important way for the ancients to avoid disasters. As for inserting dogwood and drinking chrysanthemum wine, it was also a way for the ancients to avoid disaster. In the Song Dynasty, some people called Cornus officinalis "evil spirits" and Chrysanthemum "longevity-prolonging guests".

? This story has its realistic background. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a sudden plague swept across the Central Plains. This plague was called typhoid fever at that time. According to the literature, typhoid fever occurs suddenly, and livestock such as cattle, sheep and horses are the main hosts of the virus. This may be the origin of the sudden death of poultry and livestock in the story of climbing mountains to avoid epidemic.

? Since the Han Dynasty, the custom of planting dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival has been handed down. Wang Wei, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in his poem "Thinking of My Shandong Brothers on Mountain Holidays": "If you know where your brother climbed, there will be one less person everywhere."

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? Attached below is the original "Continued Harmony"-

? Huanjing in Runan studied with Fei Changfang for many years. "There will be a disaster in your family on September 9th," said the chief room. "Go at once and let your family make their own red capsules, hold dogwood and drink chrysanthemum wine on the mountain. This disaster can be eliminated. " Picturesque scenery, the whole family climbs high. The same is true at night, when chickens, dogs, cattle and sheep suddenly die. The long room heard this: "This can be exchanged." Today, people climb mountains and drink on the 9th, and women take the bag of Cornus officinalis, so the cover begins here.

? Please pay attention to the last sentence of the original text. This sentence illustrates the custom of "drinking at high altitude"