1, basking in 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 and behind the house and the window sill to sun and hang crops.
2. Fly a kite.
Flying kites is one of the main customs of the Double Ninth Festival in South China. Flying kites is the main feature of the folk Double Ninth Festival, which was also recorded in Huizhou annals during Guangxu period. In the folk tradition, besides climbing mountains, flying kites is also a major feature.
The origin of festival names
The origin of the name "Chongyang" was named after "Yang is nine" in the ancient book I Ching. In the Book of Changes, "six" is defined as yin number, "nine" is defined as yang number, and "extreme number" means that the height of the sky is "nine", and "nine" is the Lao Yang and the anode.
Therefore, the ancients thought that Chongyang was an auspicious day to celebrate. In ancient times, there was a custom of drinking to pray for longevity. On the ninth day of September, the sun and the moon meet on the ninth day, which means "two and nine are important", so it is called "Double Ninth Festival" and also called "Double Ninth Festival". In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Dai wrote "Night Boat" and said: "Nine is the yang number, and its day and month should be combined.