Traditional cuisine of Double Ninth Festival

Traditional foods of the Double Ninth Festival include double ninth cake, mutton noodles and chong yang wine.

1, Chongyang cake

Whether in the south or the north, it is a long-standing custom to eat Chongyang cake on the Double Ninth Festival, which means "step by step". If Chongyang doesn't have time to climb the mountain that day, you can also have some Chongyang cake to have fun. It's a good color.

2. Mutton noodles

Northerners want to eat mutton noodles on the Double Ninth Festival, because "sheep" and "yang" are homophonic, and the Double Ninth Festival is more auspicious. Eating noodles and eating white flour means that the white-headed people live long. In addition, the Double Ninth Festival is in autumn, and autumn is also the fattest season for mutton. Being able to keep out the cold, "sticking autumn fertilizer" is deeply loved by northerners.

3. Chongyang chrysanthemum wine

Chrysanthemum wine is an auspicious wine for the Double Ninth Festival, which has a long and lasting meaning because of its homophonic sound. So there is the custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival.

Related customs of Double Ninth Festival

Gordon 1

First of all, there is a custom of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival. Autumn in September, the sky is crisp. In this season, climbing the mountain and overlooking it can achieve the purpose of relaxing body and mind, keeping fit and getting rid of diseases.

Step 2 eat Chongyang cake

The custom of eating Chongyang cake is related to mountain climbing. Gaohe cake is homophonic. As a holiday food, it was originally to celebrate the harvest of autumn grain and taste new grain. After that, the people have the auspicious meaning of climbing to eat cakes and climbing step by step.

Step 3 enjoy chrysanthemums

The Double Ninth Festival has always had the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums, so it has been called Chrysanthemum Festival since ancient times. September of the lunar calendar, commonly known as Chrysanthemum Month, holds a chrysanthemum party on holidays, and people from all over the city go to the meeting to enjoy chrysanthemums. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the Three Kingdoms, it has become fashionable for Chongyang parties to drink and enjoy chrysanthemums and recite poems. In the ancient customs of Han nationality, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity.