Today is Double Ninth Festival English.

Today is the Double Ninth Festival.

Double Ninth Festival, also known as Double Ninth Festival, is one of the traditional festivals in China. It is usually celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. This festival originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to the gods in ancient autumn, and it has the custom of praying for longevity, offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying offering sacrifices to ancestors in autumn.

There are many interesting traditions and customs in the Double Ninth Festival. For example, people will climb mountains, enjoy chrysanthemums, drink chrysanthemum wine, make Chongyang cakes and eat Chongyang chestnuts. In addition, people think that the Double Ninth Festival is a day suitable for praying for longevity, so they will pray for longevity by climbing mountains, drinking chrysanthemum wine and inserting dogwood. In the southern region, some places still retain the custom of celebrating the birthday of the elderly on the Double Ninth Festival.

There are also many poems and cultural allusions related to this festival. For example, Wang Wei, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote the poem "Thinking of My Shandong Brothers on a Mountain Holiday", describing the ascent of the Double Ninth Festival. In addition, there are cultural activities such as dogwood flower holes, climbing high and overlooking, enjoying chrysanthemums and writing poems.

Generally speaking, the Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival with rich cultural connotations and historical details. It not only embodies the Chinese cultural spirit of respecting the old and loving the young, but also reflects people's yearning and pursuit for a better life. In today's society, the Double Ninth Festival is still of great significance. It reminds us to care for the elderly, inherit traditional culture and create a harmonious and beautiful social atmosphere.