Who is the Double Ninth Festival to commemorate?

? According to folklore, the Double Ninth Festival is to commemorate the man "Huan Jing", because he once "killed the demon with one sword" and benefited the people, so people always remember him.

First, the legendary Huan Jing temporary epidemic demon? According to legend, there was a plague god in Runan in ancient times. As soon as it appeared, everyone fell ill and the people were tortured. There is a young man named Huan Jing in Runan. His parents died of the plague, and he almost died of illness himself.

? After recovering from illness, Huan Jing decided to go out to worship immortals and learn arts to exorcise demons for the people. So, he bid farewell to his beloved wife and visited teachers everywhere to find a way. He traveled all over the world famous mountains, and finally found a Gu Shan in the east with a magical fairy on the mountain. Huan Jing did not fear the long journey and went through hardships, and finally found the mountain and the fairies.

? The immortal was moved by his inspiration, kept him, taught him how to subdue the demon, and gave him a sword to subdue the demon. Huan Jing finally practiced a set of extraordinary martial arts.

? One day, the immortal called Huan Jing to his side and said, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of September, and the god of plague will come out to do evil again." When you learn the skill, you should go back and kill the people. " Xianchang gave Huanjing a bag of dogwood leaves and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and secretly taught him how to ward off evil spirits, so that Huanjing rode a crane home.

? Huan Jing returned to his hometown, took the villagers to a nearby mountain according to Xian Chang's words, and gave everyone a dogwood leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine.

? At noon, the plague demon appeared. Huan Jing told everyone to take dogwood leaves and chrysanthemum wine and not to walk around. Wen Mo ran down the hill with his teeth bared, and suddenly he smelled the strange smell of dogwood and the alcohol smell of chrysanthemum. His face suddenly changed and he stopped. Huan Jing chased him down the hill with a demon-killing sword and stabbed him to death.

? In order to commemorate the dreamland, people climb mountains and overlook it on the ninth day of September every year, insert dogwood and drink chrysanthemum wine. It is said that this can avoid disaster. Later, these customs have been handed down.

Second, the origin and evolution of the Double Ninth Festival? ? The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Double Ninth Festival in China. The origin of the name "Double Ninth Festival" is thought to be related to the Book of Changes, which is not unreasonable.

? The Book of Changes defines "six" as negative and "nine" as positive. On September 9, the sun and the moon joined together, and the two phases were heavy, so it was called Chongyang, also called Chongyang. The ancients thought that the Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day, and it was a custom to hold a banquet early to celebrate it. In addition, nine is the largest number among the ten numbers, and "99" is homophonic with "99". Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival has the meaning of longevity, health and longevity.

? After the Double Ninth Festival, this legend originated from the court of the Han Dynasty. It is said that in the early Han Dynasty, in order to live longer, a feast was held on the high platform on September 9 every year. In Nine Days Zhong You written by Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei in the Three Kingdoms period, it has been clearly recorded that Chongyang ascended the mountain to hold a banquet: "From year to month, I suddenly returned to September 9. Nine is the number of yang, and the sun and the moon coincide. It is well known and considered suitable for a long time, so it is a feast. "

? Probably in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, climbing, drinking and enjoying chrysanthemums became the fixed activities of the upper class on the Double Ninth Festival.

? In the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a folk festival. In addition to climbing mountains, drinking and enjoying chrysanthemums, there are also activities of inserting dogwood. Wang Wei has a poem, "If you know a distant brother climbing, there is one less person everywhere." .

? In the Song Dynasty, the folk custom of celebrating the Double Ninth Festival became more prosperous. There are many excellent poems in Tang poetry and Song poetry, many of which reflect the folk celebration of Chongyang.

? During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people ate flower cakes and drank chrysanthemum wine to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival in September. Even the emperor himself went to Long Live Mountain to climb the mountain to celebrate his autumn ambition. There are more and more celebrations around the world.

? Today, the Double Ninth Festival has been given a new meaning. 1989, China designated September 9th of the lunar calendar as the festival for the elderly.