What is the origin of the Double Ninth Festival?

1. The origin of the Double Ninth Festival can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Qu Yuan's poem "Travel Far" contains a sentence "Gather Chongyang as Emperor, Official Xi". During the Warring States period, Chongyang was paid attention to by people, but it was only an activity in the palace. The custom of the Double Ninth Festival in September of the lunar calendar is cool in autumn and fragrant with osmanthus. The Double Ninth Festival is full of activities and fun. Climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, eating double ninth cake and inserting dogwood are very lively.

In the Han Dynasty, the custom of celebrating the Double Ninth Festival gradually became popular. According to legend, Lady Qi, the concubine of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, was murdered, and Jia Shi, the maid before her, was expelled from the palace and married the poor. Jia brought the activities of Chongyang to the people. Jia told people: in the palace, on the ninth day of September every year, we should wear dogwood, eat tent bait and drink chrysanthemum wine in order to live longer. Since then, the custom of Chongyang has spread among the people.

The Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a festival, which began in the Tang Dynasty. Since then, in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, on the ninth day of September every year, the court and the people will celebrate the Double Ninth Festival together and hold various activities during the festival. Many great poets in the Tang Dynasty, such as Wang Bo, Meng Haoran, Li Bai, Wang Wei and Du Fu, left poems about the Double Ninth Festival.

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According to historical records, Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, is made randomly.

On the morning of September 9, the ancients intended to make cakes in September, put a piece of cake on the child's head, and said something in their mouths, wishing the child all the best. The ancients paid more attention to the production of Chongyang cake. It is necessary to make it into a nine-story pagoda with two lambs on it, which is in line with the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some people even put red paper flags on Chongyang cakes and light candles. I'm going to use "lighting" and "eating cakes" instead of "climbing the mountain" and use a little red paper flag instead of dogwood. Now the Double Ninth Festival is full of soft cakes, called Double Ninth Cake.

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? Double Ninth Festival-Baidu Encyclopedia