What is the meaning of the Double Ninth Festival

Double Ninth Festival is a traditional folk festival in China, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year.

Brief introduction to the origin of Double Ninth Festival

Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of September, also known as Double Ninth Festival or Old People's Day. There are many activities in the Double Ninth Festival, such as climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, flying kites, eating double ninth cake, inserting dogwood and so on. The Double Ninth Festival, which originated in the Warring States Period, was originally a festive day. The ancients divided everything in heaven and earth into Yin and Yang, with Yin representing darkness and Yang representing light and vitality. Odd numbers are positive and even numbers are negative. Nine is an odd number, so it belongs to Yang. On the ninth day of September, the sun and the moon meet, and the second sun is heavy, so it is called Chongyang.

Festival custom of Double Ninth Festival

1, enjoy chrysanthemums.

Chrysanthemum has a deep relationship with Double Ninth Festival, which is also called Chrysanthemum Festival. Therefore, chrysanthemum appreciation has become one of the first customs of the Double Ninth Festival.

2. Climb high.

This is what we know in ancient poems. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called ascensiontide. People climb mountains not only to climb mountains, but also to see the red leaves and wild flowers on the mountains and drink and eat meat.

3. Insert Cornus officinalis.

There is a custom of enjoying dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival, so it is also called dogwood Festival. Cornus officinalis is an important symbol of the Double Ninth Festival.

4. Put paper crickets.

This is the main custom for Huizhou people to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival. The folk Double Ninth Festival in Huizhou is mainly characterized by flying kites. In some parts of China, there is also the custom of flying kites.