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Poems describing the Chongyang Festival and the festival customs involved

It is a great honor to know the place where a brother ascends to the heights, and there are fewer dogwoods to be found.

Translation:

There is always a little bit of sadness when you are far away from home alone, and every time you come to the festival, you will miss your relatives twice as much. I think of my brothers wearing cornelian cherry blossoms and climbing up to the high place, and I feel sorry for them because I am missing one of them.

2, "Chrysanthemums on the seat of the Chrysanthemums"

(Tang) Bai Juyi

The garden is full of chrysanthemums, and there is a lone clump of them that is as frosty as the color of the chrysanthemums.

It's still like this day when I sang and drank at the banquet table, and the white-headed man entered the juvenile field.

Translation: A yard full of chrysanthemums is golden yellow, and in the middle there is a clump of white frost-like flowers that are so lonely. Just like today's banquet, the old man went into the place where teenagers go.

3, "Nine Days on Batai"

(Tang) Bai Juyi

Millet scented wine is ripe, chrysanthemum warm flowers have not yet bloomed.

Listening to the song of the bamboo branch and drinking the cup of cornelian cherry.

Last year, on the day of the Chung Yeung Festival, I drifted to the city of Penghu.

This year, on the day of the festival, I was in the middle of a long journey to Bazidai.

This is the first time I've ever seen a book in my life, and it's been a long time since I've written one.

It's the first time I scratched my head at the wineglasses, and the guests were wandering around.

The festival customs involved in the Chongyang Festival

4, sunshine autumn

The Chongyang Festival is the best time to enjoy the autumn, some mountain villages in southern China have retained the characteristics of the "sunshine autumn". Going to the countryside to enjoy folklore, see the sunshine autumn, has become a fashion of rural tourism.

5, nine Huang will

Anciently in China, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Yunnan and other places, are in the lunar calendar from September 1 to nine consecutive nine days of the ceremony of the Doo custom, known as the nine Huang will. Nine Emperor will be derived from the worship of the stars and buckets.

6, enjoy the feast and pray for life

The Chongyang Festival on the day of the custom of enjoying the feast and praying for life, sending people to the old man's blessing of health and longevity.

7, release paper kites

Release paper kites is one of the main customs in the South of the Chongyang Festival. The folk festival of Chung Yeung Festival is mainly characterized by flying paper kites (kites).

8, ascend

The custom of ascending the heights on the Chongyang Festival has a long history. In ancient times, it was the custom to climb up to the top of the mountain on the Chongyang Festival, so the festival was also called the "Festival of Climbing to the Top".

9, eat Chung Yeung cake

According to historical records, Chung Yeung cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake, five-color cake, the system is not fixed, more random. September 9 when the sky is bright, to piece of cake on the forehead of the children, the mouth recited the words, wishing their children all things high

10, ancestor worship

The Chongyang Festival is one of the four traditional Chinese ancestor festivals, the ancient folk tradition of ancestor worship and pray for blessings. The traditional custom of ancestor worship is still prevalent in the Lingnan area, where people hold ancestor worship activities on the Chrysanthemum Festival every year.