Double Ninth Festival, also known as Double Ninth Festival, Sunbathing Autumn Festival and "Treading Autumn", is a traditional festival in China. Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes activities such as traveling to enjoy autumn, climbing high and looking far, watching chrysanthemums, planting dogwood all over, eating double ninth cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine. Every year, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, together with New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Zhongyuan Festival, is called the four traditional ancestor worship festivals in China. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period and was officially designated as a folk festival in the Tang Dynasty. From generation to generation. Chongyang and the "spring outing" on March 3 are all family members. On Double Ninth Festival, all relatives should climb the mountain together to "avoid disaster".
In the Book of Changes, "six" is defined as yin number, and "nine" is defined as yang number. On September 9, the sun and the moon combined with the sun, so it was called Chongyang, also known as Chongyang. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the atmosphere of the Double Ninth Festival has become increasingly rich, and scholars of all dynasties have chanted it. In the Tang dynasty, it was officially designated as a folk festival, which has been followed up to now.
September 9th of the lunar calendar 1989 is designated as the Day for the Elderly, and the whole society is encouraged to establish the atmosphere of respecting, loving and helping the elderly. On May 20th, 2006, the Double Ninth Festival was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in the State Council.
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Enjoy autumn.
The Double Ninth Festival is the best time to enjoy autumn, and some mountain villages in the south of China still retain the characteristics of "basking in autumn". Going to the countryside to appreciate the folk customs and watch the autumn sun has become a fashion in rural tourism. "Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics. Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui and Jiangxi. It has become a traditional agricultural custom to use the roof in front of the house and the window sill to hang crops. This special lifestyle and scene of villagers drying crops has gradually become the material pursued and created by painters and photographers, and created a poetic name "drying autumn". Today, this custom of sunbathing in autumn has gradually faded in many places. However, basking in the autumn has become a "grand ceremony" for farmers in Qiling ancient village, Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province to celebrate the harvest. With the maturity of fruits and vegetables, on September 9 every year, Qiling also began to enter the autumn drying season and held a grand autumn drying festival. Sunbathing in Huangling in autumn has been rated as "the most beautiful symbol in China" by the Ministry of Culture, and has evolved into a "totem" and business card for rural tourism promotion, attracting hundreds of thousands of people to Wuyuan to enjoy autumn photography every year.
Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival in China, which combines various folk customs. Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high and looking far, enjoying chrysanthemums, planting dogwood all over the place, eating double ninth cake, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other activities.
Climb the peak
Gordon Chongyang
The Double Ninth Festival first has the custom of climbing mountains. Autumn in September, the sky is crisp, this season, climbing high and looking far can achieve the purpose of refreshing, fitness and recuperation.
As early as the Western Han Dynasty, the Annals of Chang 'an recorded that people visited the Han capital on September 9th. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a famous story that "the hat fell from Longshan".
Eat Chongyang cake
According to historical records, Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, is made randomly. It was the original intention of the ancients to make cakes at dawn on September 9. The child put a cake on his head and said a word in his mouth, wishing the child all the best. Exquisite Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, with two lambs on it, which conforms to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some people even put red paper flags on Chongyang cakes and light candles. This probably means "lighting a lamp" and "eating cakes" instead of "climbing", and using a red paper flag instead of dogwood. At present, there is still no fixed variety of Chongyang cake, and the soft cakes eaten around Chongyang Festival are called Chongyang cakes.
Appreciate the beautiful chrysanthemums
Chongyang enjoys chrysanthemums, drinks and plays chess.
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 China, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity.
Drink chrysanthemum wine
Chrysanthemum contains health-preserving ingredients. In Jin Dynasty, Ge Hong's "Bao Pu Zi" recorded that people in Nanyang Mountain drank sweet valley water full of chrysanthemums and lived longer. 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.
Peidogwood
The custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa was popular in ancient times, so it is also called Cornus Festival. As a medicine, Cornus officinalis can make wine, strengthen the body and get rid of diseases. Evodia rutaecarpa and chrysanthemum were very common in the Tang Dynasty. Cornus officinalis has a strong aroma, has the functions of expelling insects, removing dampness and dispelling cold, and can help digestion, eliminate food accumulation and treat cold and heat. People think that the ninth day of September is also a day of disaster, so people like to wear dogwood to ward off evil spirits and seek good luck on the Double Ninth Festival. Therefore, Cornus officinalis is also called "evil spirit".
Local custom
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On September 9, Huangling, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province, held an autumn festival. The ancient Wuling village in Wuyuan still retains the good phenomenon of "autumn sun". In autumn, a large number of fresh vegetables and fruits need to be dried and stored, forming a spectacular scene.
On September 9th in Xianghe County, Hebei Province, families with in-laws will give gifts to each other, which is called "chasing festivals". The sunny and rainy days in Yongping House will be dominated by Chongyang weather. If it rains on the Double Ninth Festival, it will rain these days. There are no mountains in Zhou Dian County, and there are more people climbing the stairs in the county than in the Double Ninth Festival.
People in the north of Changyi, Shandong Province eat spicy radish soup on the Double Ninth Festival. There is a proverb: "After drinking radish soup, the whole family is not bitter." Juancheng people call the Double Ninth Festival the birthday of the God of Wealth, and every household bakes cakes to offer sacrifices to the God of Wealth. Zou Ping offered a sacrifice to Fan Zhongyan in Chongyang. In the old days, dyeing houses and wineries also paid homage to the god of tanks on September 9. Tengzhou's daughter, who has been married for less than three years, avoids going back to her parents' home for the holidays. There is a saying that "if you go home to Chongyang, you will kill your mother-in-law."
On the Double Ninth Festival in Xixiang County, Shaanxi Province, relatives and friends presented chrysanthemums and chrysanthemum cakes. Scholars exchange poems and wine. It is said that women can learn from Cornus officinalis on this day, which can cure their distress.
On the Double Ninth Festival in Jiangsu, Nanjing people cut the five-color paper into an inclined plane and inserted it into the court as a flag. Eat a kind of pasta called "camel hoof" at the Double Ninth Festival in Changzhou County. Eat Chongyang cake and Jiupin soup at the Double Ninth Festival in Wuxi County.
Shanghai Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai held a chrysanthemum party on the Double Ninth Festival, which was rated as novel, noble and rare.
Visiting each other on the Double Ninth Festival in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, relatives and friends cry and worship the spirits only when there is a funeral. Tonglu county prepares pigs and sheep to bring their ancestors on September 9, which is called autumn festival. At the same time, zongzi are tied up and given to each other on the Double Ninth Festival, which is called Chongyang Zongzi.
Tongling County, Anhui Province takes the ninth Double Ninth Festival as the Dragon and Candle Festival to welcome the mountain gods. Chopping bamboo and horses for fun is said to drive away the plague.
Wuchang County, Hubei Province, Double Ninth Festival brewing. It is said that the wine brewed here is the clearest and will not go bad after a long time. The Double Ninth Festival in Yingcheng County is a wishing day, and even every household worships the God of Fangshe Tianzu on this day.
In Changting County, Fujian Province, the edamame Festival is called the edamame Festival. Flying kites in the Double Ninth Festival in Haicheng County is a game, which is called "Wind Chak".
In Chongyang, Lianchuan, Guangdong, all the boys and girls gathered outside the city to sing songs for the whole state to watch. Nanxiong House invited maoshan taoist to set up the Empress Dowager Club on September 9th, and all young women who want to have children will come to attend. A paper kite with a rattan bow tied on it is very loud in midair at the Double Ninth Festival in Yangjiang City. People in Lingao County get up early on the Double Ninth Festival, and everyone shouts "Catch Bobcats" in unison, which is a good sign of peace and prosperity.
In Huaiji County, Guangxi, Chongyang is regarded as a day of enlightenment for Yuan Di. Men, women and children came out of the city, and they all competed with God with cannons. On September 9th in Longan County, cattle and sheep were allowed to feed on their own. As the saying goes, "on September 9, cattle and sheep will keep their food."
On this day, scholars from Nanxi County, Sichuan Province gathered at Censhan Building in Longteng Mountain to commemorate the poet Cen Can, known as Cen Association. According to the old folk custom, glutinous rice should be used to steam wine before and after Chongyang to make mash. As the saying goes, "steamed wine on the Double Ninth Festival is sweet and delicious".
There is a traditional habit of climbing mountains on September 9 in Jinnan area of Shanxi Province since ancient times. Appreciating great rivers and mountains and scenic spots and historic sites has become a major event of the festival. Today, famous sayings such as "Gan Kun will win, and our generation will climb the peak together", "The east wind can't stay, Ran Ran rises from the peak" and "New joy in September, agriculture, countryside and farmers celebrate autumn" are still being recited among the people.
In 20 10, the Chinese People's Association awarded Xixia County, Nanyang City the "Hometown of Chongyang Culture in China" and established the only "China Chongyang Culture Research Center" in Xixia, where the "China Xixia Chongyang Culture Festival" will be held every year on September 9th of the lunar calendar.
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South Korea eats fried flowers and broccoli, plays fried flowers games and flies kites.
Japanese eat eggplant and chestnut rice to sacrifice chrysanthemums.