Traditional festival customs of Double Ninth Festival

Traditional festival customs of Double Ninth Festival

Traditional festivals and customs of Double Ninth Festival, there are many traditional festivals in China, also called Double Ninth Festival, which falls on the ninth day of September. We have some traditional customs on every important festival. I have collected relevant contents about the traditional festivals and customs of the Double Ninth Festival, and welcome everyone to read them.

Traditional festival customs of Double Ninth Festival 1 1, drinking chong yang wine and chrysanthemum wine.

The custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history, but there are many explanations about its origin. One originated in ancient times and was created by Du Kang, and the other originated in the early Han Dynasty and the court. But no matter what kind of statement, it is Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty who closely connects chrysanthemum with wine and gives it cultural connotation and far-reaching influence. Tao Yuanming loved chrysanthemum and wine all his life. He wrote in the preface to "Idle for Nine Days": "I live idle, love the name of Nine, and the autumn chrysanthemums are full of gardens, but I don't want to take wine and worry about it." After Wei and Jin Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine was also popular in Tang Dynasty. Quan Deyu's poem "Seeing relatives and friends off to Danyang on the 9th in Jiaxing" says: "The grass reveals the cold clothes, and the mountain breeze makes the chrysanthemum fragrant". Scholars of all ages like chrysanthemum wine, which is related to its health care function on the one hand and its strong admiration for the humanistic style of chrysanthemum on the other.

Of course, Cornus officinalis and chrysanthemum are not completely separated, and Cornus officinalis can also be eaten and chrysanthemum can also be inserted. For example, "Dream of Liang Lu" said: "In this world, chrysanthemum and dogwood are floating on wine and drink, dogwood is in the name of exorcism, chrysanthemum is a guest to prolong life, and aunt takes these two things as a service to eliminate yang and nine evils." In Du Mu's poem "Ascending the Mountain in Nine Days", "It is difficult for the world to open its mouth and smile, and chrysanthemums must be inserted in its head." It can be seen that in addition to drinking chrysanthemum wine, there is also the custom of holding chrysanthemums. Cornus officinalis is eaten not only on the head, but also on the arm, or in a sachet. This custom later developed into various customs, such as hanging chrysanthemum branches and leaves on doors and windows on the Double Ninth Festival or sticking paper-cuts, or cutting ribbons into the shape of dogwood and chrysanthemum to give to each other.

2. Climb high and shout, and gather for a feast.

Mountain climbing is a typical custom of the Double Ninth Festival. Whether it is exorcising evil spirits and praying, or feasting and reveling, the ancients generally combined with mountain climbing during the Double Ninth Festival. Climbing is an ancient activity, which is mainly related to the hunting and gathering activities of ancestors, and then slowly related to human understanding or sacrifice, worship of mountain gods, climbing to avoid disasters, climbing into immortality and other activities, thus giving climbing special significance.

3, Chongyang riding and shooting, Chongyang competitive shooting

The custom of holding large-scale hunting and military exercises in September in the pre-Qin period also spread after the Han Dynasty. According to the records of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Wudi of the Southern Song Dynasty stipulated September 9th as the day for riding horses, archery and reviewing troops-this may be the origin of "autumn soldiers going to the battlefield" in later generations. [12] and the popular Chongyang cake in later generations is said to be the legacy of dry food distributed to soldiers that year. In the Tang Dynasty, "Double Ninth Riding and Shooting" developed into "Double Ninth Shooting", which became an important competitive custom of the Double Ninth Festival in Tang and Song Dynasties. It is said that princes and nobles enjoyed it at that time.

Traditional festival custom Double Ninth Festival 2 1, mountain climbing

The original meaning of mountain climbing is to avoid disasters, and later it has the purpose of strengthening the body and enjoying the beautiful scenery. Climbing a mountain and looking far away will remind people of their relatives far away, which means they are homesick. Wang Wei, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem called "Thinking of Shandong Brothers on Mountain Holidays", which wrote: "Being in a foreign land, I miss my relatives twice every festive season. I know that there is one person missing from the place where the brothers climbed the mountain, and they can be inserted everywhere. " It reflects the situation of climbing mountains, planting dogwood and missing relatives on Chongyang.

In terms of agricultural solar terms, it is still a good opportunity for outdoor activities before and after the first frost, with warm days and cool nights, fresh air and red maple leaves. The autumn wind is bleak, leaves are falling, geese are singing in the sky, and their voices are sad. At this time, if you climb high and look far, you will feel life, and your heart will really have a taste.

Taoism goes up the mountain with the meaning of approaching the sky, eager to become immortal.

The combination of mountaineering and picnic is a fashion in the development of the Double Ninth Festival. It is a pleasant thing to travel on Chongyang, get close to nature, watch nature, appreciate nature, return to nature, take food and drink, have family reunion, accompany relatives, invite friends, respond to neighbors, stay away from noise, put aside troubles, wander between mountains and rivers and taste delicious food.

Step 2 enjoy chrysanthemums

September is called "Chrysanthemum Moon", which is the time when chrysanthemum crabs are plump. Flowers bloom and wither, only chrysanthemums bloom with frost, clusters of flowers with different shapes, and the fresh and elegant charm makes autumn more lively and colorful, which is pleasing to the eye. A chrysanthemum party was held on the festival, and all the people in the city went to the venue 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. Chrysanthemum is mainly yellow, which belongs to the golden color in autumn and the yellow color in the golden color. Huang Juhua is not only suitable for September, but also the main color of chrysanthemum appreciation in the Double Ninth Festival. Chrysanthemum is appreciated by literati for its elegance, firmness and pride. In ancient times, unmarried women were called "yellow flower daughters", saying that they were expensive and elegant. On the Double Ninth Festival, girls not only admire chrysanthemums, but also wear chrysanthemums. "It's hard to laugh in the world, so you have to plant chrysanthemums all over your head" (Du Mushi). Scholars also have the custom of painting, giving and chanting chrysanthemums on Chongyang.

Step 3 drink chrysanthemum wine

"Drink Mulan in the morning, dew in the evening and autumn chrysanthemum in the evening." From Qu Yuan's Lisao, we can clearly know that there was a custom of eating chrysanthemums as early as the Warring States period. Chrysanthemum is a commonly used Chinese medicine in China, which has the functions of dispelling wind and clearing heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying. Chrysanthemums are blooming in the autumn frost, and their fragrance is overflowing. People think it is a good product to prolong life, and the ancients called chrysanthemum a "life-prolonging guest". When chrysanthemums are in bud, people will pick the stems and leaves of their buds together, brew them into wine with millet, and wait until the Double Ninth Festival in September of the following year before opening the altar for drinking. Drinking chrysanthemum wine can promote blood circulation and qi circulation, delay aging, prolong life, avoid disasters and take refuge, and long-term drinking is of great benefit to the body. People drink more chrysanthemum tea, its taste is bitter and flat, "long-term service, beneficial to blood, intelligent, anti-aging, longevity."

Step 4 insert Evodia rutaecarpa

The custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa originated very early. Cornus officinalis, also known as the moon horn and the dwarf, is also known as the "evil-avoiding Weng". It is a medicinal plant, which is beneficial to internal organs. In the Jin Dynasty, people realized its medicinal value and began to plant it. On the Double Ninth Festival, people put dogwood down and put it on their heads. It is said that it can keep out the cold and avoid disasters. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the role of Cornus officinalis was exaggerated and became an exorcist. It has become a common practice to drink dogwood wine, wear dogwood capsules, wear dogwood flowers and insert dogwood to ward off evil spirits indoors. After the Song Dynasty, the custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa gradually faded. Cornus officinalis is no longer regarded as a sacred object, but only used as a medicinal material. With the shift of the focus of Chongyang folk custom from exorcising evil spirits and eliminating disasters to prolonging life and inserting dogwood, the custom gradually declined.

5, eat Chongyang cake

Double Ninth Cake is a timely food for Double Ninth Festival, just like eating Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival and mooncakes on Mid-Autumn Festival. Chongyang cake is made of rice flour and steamed dates, chestnuts, pomegranate seeds or other dried fruits. Exquisite Chongyang cake, it should be nine floors, symbolizing Baoshan, with two lambs on it, Zhao Jiujiu Chongyang. Insert some small paper flags on the cake instead of dogwood, light candles and lights, eat the cake and "climb the mountain" harmoniously. At first, eating Chongyang cake meant exorcism and sacrifice. Later, Chongyang cake evolved into a blessing for a better life. The cake is decorated with red dates and chestnuts, which has the traditional meaning of early birth and is a symbol of praying for children. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, on the morning of the ninth day of September, the elders sliced the Chongyang cake and placed it on the foreheads of their minor children, wishing them: "May my children do well in everything." This is the homonym of "Gao" and "Gao", which expresses people's earnest wishes for their children. People think that on the Double Ninth Festival, climbing to eat cakes symbolizes that the future will be higher and higher.

Traditional festival customs of Double Ninth Festival 3 i. Inserting Evodia rutaecarpa.

In ancient times, there was a custom of inserting dogwood on September 9, so the Double Ninth Festival was also called the dogwood Festival. Cornus officinalis has strong fragrance, and has the functions of expelling parasites, removing dampness, expelling wind, promoting digestion and resolving food stagnation, and treating cold and heat. It can be used as medicine or made into wine to preserve health and eliminate diseases. Therefore, on the Double Ninth Festival, people have the custom of wearing or inserting Cornus officinalis when climbing high and looking far, and can also give Cornus officinalis as a gift to relatives and friends to ward off evil spirits, seek good luck and prolong life.

Second, drink chrysanthemum wine.

Chrysanthemum wine is cool and sweet. It has the effects of improving eyesight, nourishing liver qi, calming stomach, nourishing blood, treating dizziness, lowering blood pressure and losing weight. It is a good product for strengthening body and prolonging life. Drinking chrysanthemum wine was popular as early as the Han and Wei Dynasties. According to China folklore, when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, people collect the stems and leaves of chrysanthemums and mix them with grains to make wine, which will be drunk on September 9th next year.

Third, climb high and look far.

On the Double Ninth Festival, there is a common custom among the people, that is, people should go out and look far on this day. There are two theories about its origin.

1. In ancient times, people worshipped mountain gods and thought that "Lao Yang and anode will change in 1999". Therefore, on September 9, they went to the mountains to climb and look far, and worshipped the mountain gods for good luck. Later, it gradually evolved into an entertainment activity.

The Double Ninth Festival and the busy autumn harvest are mostly over. At this time, the people are relatively idle, and the wild fruits and medicinal materials in the mountains are mature. So people will go to the mountains to collect wild fruits and medicinal materials at this time, and then gradually concentrate their activities on the Double Ninth Festival, which has evolved into the custom of climbing high and looking far at the Double Ninth Festival.

Fourth, appreciate chrysanthemums.

During the Double Ninth Festival, all kinds of chrysanthemums are in full bloom, so watching chrysanthemums naturally becomes an important part of the festival. Besides watching bright chrysanthemums, we will also light chrysanthemum lanterns, hold banquets, and celebrate the Double Ninth Festival in Daqing by combining music and drums.

Five, eat Chongyang cake

Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, is the representative food of the Double Ninth Festival on September 9. As a holiday food, it was originally used to celebrate the bumper harvest and taste new grain. Because "Gao" and "Gao" are homophonic, there is auspicious meaning of climbing step by step, so the custom of climbing to eat cakes on the Double Ninth Festival came into being later.