What are the customs of the Double Ninth Festival?

The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival that combines various folk customs. The customs of the Double Ninth Festival generally include climbing high and overlooking, watching chrysanthemums, inserting dogwood everywhere, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other customs and habits.

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There is a custom of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival. On this day, all relatives should climb the mountain together to "avoid disaster". Autumn in September, the sky is crisp, this season, climbing high and looking far can achieve the purpose of refreshing, fitness and recuperation.

2. ancestor worship

The Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Zhongyuan Festival are collectively called the four traditional ancestral festivals in China. On this day, Cantonese people call it "Worship Taigong Mountain", and all family members will come back to "Worship Taigong Mountain".

Step 3 drink chrysanthemum wine

Drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival is a traditional custom in China. Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings.

Chrysanthemum wine appeared in the Han Dynasty. Later, there were stories about sending chrysanthemums for birthday and picking chrysanthemums to brew wine. For example, Emperor Wei Wendi Cao Pi once sent chrysanthemums to Zhong You on the Double Ninth Festival (wishing him a long life), and Emperor Liang Jianwen's "Picking chrysanthemums in the basket, the morning dew is wet" is an example of picking chrysanthemums to make wine. Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine was still very popular, and it was still recorded in Gao Lian's Eight Chapters of Respect for Life in the Ming Dynasty. This is a popular health drink.

Step 4 enjoy chrysanthemums

The Double Ninth Festival has always had the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums, so it was also called Chrysanthemum Festival in ancient times. September of the lunar calendar is commonly known as Chrysanthemum Month, and Chrysanthemum Festival is held. People go to meetings to enjoy chrysanthemums.

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On the Double Ninth Festival, people like to worship Cornus officinalis to ward off evil spirits and seek good luck. Therefore, Cornus officinalis is also called "evil spirit". Cornus officinalis has a strong fragrance and can repel insects and remove dampness.

Whether there is a scientific basis or not, traditional customs such as climbing high to pray for blessings, worshipping ancestors or wearing dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival have enhanced the cultural identity and family cohesion of the Chinese nation, which has a very positive role and should be passed down.

Another thing to note is that, as the saying goes, "Autumn has been refreshing since ancient times." At this time, when the temperature drops and everything withers, people's mood is easy to be depressed and bored. On the contrary, attending the traditional custom of the Double Ninth Festival and feeling the lively atmosphere will help to ease their emotions and reduce their pressure. It happens that this year's Double Ninth Festival falls on the National Day holiday, so they have more leisure time, and they can climb mountains and pray together, feel the lively atmosphere of the festival, or