The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Double Ninth Festival. Because in the ancient Book of Changes, "six" is regarded as the yin number, and "nine" as the yang number, on September 9th, the sun and the moon merge with each other, so it is called Chongyang, also called Double Ninth. The ancients thought it was an auspicious day to celebrate, and it was celebrated from a very early date.

The activities to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival are colorful and romantic, which generally include traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high and overlooking, watching chrysanthemums, inserting dogwoods all over the place, eating double ninth festival cakes and drinking chrysanthemum wine

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Double Ninth Festival, because it is homophonic with "for a long time", and nine is the largest number in numbers, has the meaning of long life. Besides, autumn is also the golden season of a year's harvest, and the Double Ninth Festival has far-reaching implications. People have always had special feelings for this festival. There are many

excellent poems in Tang poetry and Song poetry to congratulate Double Ninth Festival and chant chrysanthemums.

Today's Double Ninth Festival has been given a new meaning. In 1989, China designated September 9th as the festival for the elderly, which skillfully combined tradition with modernity and became a festival to respect, love and help the elderly. At this time, all organs, organizations and streets in the country often organize old people who have retired from their jobs to enjoy the scenery in autumn, or to have fun in the water or climb mountains to keep fit, so that their bodies and minds can be bathed in the embrace of nature; Many

younger generations of families will also help their elders to go to the suburbs for activities or prepare some delicious food for the elderly.

Origin of Double Ninth Festival:

The origin of Double Ninth Festival can be traced back to the early Han Dynasty. It is said that in the imperial palace, every year on September 9th, cornus should be worn, fed with bait and drunk with chrysanthemum wine, < P > in order to live longer; After the wife Qi, the beloved princess of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, was tragically killed by Lv Hou, the maid-in-waiting Jia was also expelled from the palace, and this custom was introduced to the people.

In ancient times, people had the custom of climbing mountains on that day, so the Double Ninth Festival was also called "Climbing the Mountain Festival". According to legend, this custom began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are many poems about climbing mountains in the Tang Dynasty, most of which are the custom of writing the Double Ninth Festival. Du Fu's seven laws "Ascending the Mountain" is a famous article about climbing the mountain in Chongyang. There is no uniform rule

wherever you go, you usually climb mountains and towers. There is also the custom of eating "Chongyang cake". The exquisite Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, with two < P > lambs on it, so as to conform to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some even put a little red paper flag on the Chongyang cake and light candles. This is probably replacing "climbing" with "lighting a lamp" and "

eating cakes", and replacing cornus with a little red paper flag.

The Double Ninth Festival is also about enjoying chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine, which originated from Tao Yuanming. Tao Yuanming is famous for his seclusion, his poetry, his wine and his love for chrysanthemums. After

people are effective, so there is the custom of double ninth festival to enjoy chrysanthemums. In the old days, scholar-officials often combined chrysanthemum appreciation with banquets in order to get closer to Tao Yuanming.

in Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, chrysanthemum appreciation on Chongyang was very popular, and there were many kinds of chrysanthemums at that time. After the Qing Dynasty, the custom of appreciating chrysanthemums was particularly prosperous, and it was not limited to September 9th, but it was still the most prosperous around the Double Ninth Festival.

The custom of inserting dogwoods on the Double Ninth Festival has been very common since the Tang Dynasty. The ancients thought that inserting Evodia rutaecarpa on the Double Ninth Festival could take refuge and eliminate disasters. Or put it on the arm

, or put cornus in it as a sachet, and put it on your head. Most of them are worn by women and children, and in some places, men also wear them. Emphasizing

Yang Jie Pei cornus is recorded in Ge Hong's Miscellanies of Western Classics in the Jin Dynasty.

In addition to wearing cornus, chrysanthemums are also inserted in the Double Ninth Festival. This has been the case in the Tang Dynasty, and it has been popular throughout the ages. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of the Double Ninth Festival in Beijing was to stick chrysanthemum branches and leaves on doors and windows, "to remove evil and filth to attract good luck." This is the vulgarization of the chrysanthemum on the head. In the Song Dynasty, there were also people who cut colored ribbons into cornus and chrysanthemums to wear as gifts.

Legends about the origin of the Double Ninth Festival (Double Ninth Festival comes from a fairy story in Taoism):

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a young man named Huanjing in Runan County, with both parents and a large family of wives and children. Although life is not good, you can get by with half food and half grain. Who knows, the unfortunate thing is coming. There was a plague on both sides of the Ruhe River, and every household fell ill, and no one buried the bodies everywhere. This

year, Huanjing's parents also died of illness.

when Huan Jing was a child, she heard adults say, "There is a plague demon living in Ruhe River, who comes out to walk around the world every year. It takes the plague

wherever it goes. Huan Jing is determined to visit teachers and seek friends to learn skills, fight plague demons and kill pests for the people. I heard that there lived a big fairy named Fei Changfang in the southeast mountain, so he

packed his bags and set off for the mountain to learn from his teacher.

Fei Changfang gave Huan Jing a dragon sword to subdue evil spirits. Huan Jing got up early and went to bed late, dressed in Dai Yue, and practiced day and night. It's another year in a blink of an eye. On that day,

Huan Jing was practicing his sword. Fei Changfang came up to him and said, "On September 9 this year, the plague demon of Ruhe will come out again. You hurry back to your hometown to kill the people. I'll give you a bag of leaves of Evodia rutaecarpa and a bottle of chrysanthemum wine, so that your hometown elders can climb the mountain to avoid disaster. " Xianweng said, "With a finger, a crane spread its wings and landed in front of Huan

. Huanjing mounted the crane and flew to Runa.

Huan Jing returned to his hometown and gathered the villagers. Tell everyone what daxian said. On September 9th, he led his wife, children and fellow villagers to a nearby mountain. Cornus leaves each divided into a piece, saying that you can take it with you, so the plague demon can't get close. Pour out the chrysanthemum wine again, and everyone

took a bite, saying that drinking chrysanthemum wine won't catch the plague. After arranging the villagers, he returned home with his dragon sword to subdue evil spirits, sitting alone in the house, waiting for the plague demon to come and fight to subdue evil spirits.

after a while, I heard Ruhe roaring and the strange wind whirling. The plague demon came out of the water and walked ashore through the village. There was no one in the thousands of households. Suddenly, he looked up and saw people gathering on the high mountain. It ran to the foot of the mountain, only to feel the pungent smell of alcohol. cornus was so angry that he didn't dare to climb the mountain near, so he < P > turned around and walked to the village. I saw a man sitting in the room. Just jump forward with a roar. When Huan Jing saw the plague demon coming, he quickly fought with his sword.

After several rounds of fighting, Wen Mo couldn't beat him and ran away. Huan Jing "sou" threw the demon dragon sword, only to see the sword flashing cold light and chasing after the demon Wen

, piercing the heart and penetrating the lungs and plunging the demon Wen to the ground.

Since then, people on both sides of Ruhe River have never been harmed by plague demons. People have passed on the story of climbing the mountain on September 9 to avoid disaster and stabbing the demon with the sword in Huan Jing, from father to son, and from son to grandson, until now. Since then, people have celebrated the Double Ninth Festival, and they have the custom of climbing the mountain in Double Ninth Festival.

activities and customs of the Double Ninth Festival:

The golden autumn is refreshing, and the osmanthus is fragrant. The Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is full of activities and interests, including climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, eating double ninth cake, inserting dogwood and so on.

Climbing

In ancient times, there was a folk custom of climbing in Chongyang, so the Double Ninth Festival was also called "Climbing Festival". According to legend, this custom began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are many climbing poems written by scholars in Tang Dynasty, most of which are the custom of writing the Double Ninth Festival. Du Fu's seven laws "Ascending the Mountain" is a famous article about climbing the mountain in Chongyang.

there is no uniform rule about where to climb. Generally, it is to climb mountains and towers. There is also the custom of eating "Chongyang cake".

Eat Chongyang Cake

According to historical records, Chongyang Cake is also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, which is made randomly. At dawn on September 9th, it was the original intention of the ancients to make cakes in September by putting a piece of cake on their children's heads and saying something in their mouths, wishing their children all the best. The exquisite Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, and two lambs should be made on it to conform to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some even put a little red paper flag on the Chongyang cake and light candles. This

probably means "lighting a lamp" and "eating cake" instead of "climbing", and using a little red paper flag instead of cornus. Nowadays, there is still no fixed variety of Chongyang Cake < P >, and the soft cakes eaten in various places are called Chongyang Cake.

Appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine

The Double Ninth Festival is the golden autumn season of the year, when chrysanthemums are in full bloom. It is said that appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine originated from Tao Yuanming, a great poet in the Jin Dynasty. Tao Yuanming is famous for his seclusion, his poetry, his wine and his love for chrysanthemums. Later generations have followed suit, so there is a custom of appreciating chrysanthemums in Chongyang. In the old days, scholars and scholars also combined

chrysanthemum appreciation with banquets in order to get closer to Tao Yuanming. In the Northern Song Dynasty, when Kaifeng, the capital of Beijing, enjoyed chrysanthemums in Chongyang, there were many varieties of chrysanthemums at that time, and < P > there were many kinds of chrysanthemums. People also call September of the lunar calendar "Chrysanthemum Moon". In the Double Ninth Festival, when chrysanthemums are in full bloom in Ao Shuang, watching chrysanthemums has become an important part of the festival. After the Qing Dynasty, the habit of enjoying chrysanthemums was particularly prosperous, and it was not limited to September 9, but it was still the most prosperous around the Double Ninth Festival.

inserting dogwoods and hairpin chrysanthemums

The custom of inserting dogwoods on the Double Ninth Festival has been very common in the Tang Dynasty. The ancients thought that inserting Evodia rutaecarpa on the Double Ninth Festival could take refuge and eliminate disasters. Or wear

on the arm, or make a sachet and put cornus in it, or put it on your head. Most of them are worn by women and children. In some places, men also wear them < P >. Cornus's attendance at the Double Ninth Festival was recorded in Ge Hong's Miscellanies of the Western Classics in the Jin Dynasty. Besides wearing cornus, people also wear chrysanthemums. It was

in the Tang Dynasty, and it was popular in all previous dynasties. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of the Double Ninth Festival in Beijing was to stick chrysanthemum branches and leaves on the doors and windows, "to remove evil and filth to attract good luck". This is the vulgarization of

' s hair. In the Song Dynasty, there were also people who cut colored ribbons into cornus and chrysanthemums to give to each other.

Chongyang Poem:

Picking mulberry seeds

Mao Zedong

Life is easy to get old, but it's hard to get old, and it's Chongyang every year,

Now it's Chongyang again, and the yellow flowers in the battlefield are particularly fragrant.

the annual autumn wind is not like spring,

it is better than spring, and it is like Wan Li frost in a vast river.

on the mountain holiday thinking of my brothers in shandong

Tang) Wang Wei

Being a stranger in a foreign land, he misses his family more than ever during festivals.

I know from a distance where my brother climbs, and there is one less person in the dogwood.

On the 9th, Qi Mountain ascended the mountain

Tang) Du Mu

Jiang Hanqiu's shadow geese first flew, and they carried the pot with them.

it's hard to smile at every opening in the world, and chrysanthemums must be inserted in their heads.

however, I will reward the festive season as hard as I can, and I will not hate it when I get there.

It's only been like this all through the ages, so why should Niu Shan stick to his clothes alone?

it will be September 1th.

Tang) Li Bai

Let's climb the mountain yesterday, and let's do it again today.

chrysanthemum is too bitter, so it's a double ninth festival.

On September 9th, I visited Xuanwu Mountain

Tang) Lu Zhaolin

On September 9th, I looked at the mountains and rivers, returning to my heart and looking at the wind and smoke.

in other places, drinking golden flower wine, Wan Li shares the same sorrow with Hongyan.

9th in the middle of Shu

(Tang) Wang Bo

On September 9th, Wang Xiangtai, he took a seat in another place to send a guest a cup.

human feelings are tired of suffering in the south, and Hongyan is from the north.

nine days

(Tang) Wang Jin

Don't compare the border area with Kyoto, and the severe frost grass has withered in August.

I wonder if there will be chrysanthemums in Denggao Zun wine today.

9th

(Tang) Yang Heng

Yellow flowers and purple chrysanthemums fall by the fence, and the chrysanthemums are picked and the wine is full of love and fragrance.

I can't bear to feel homesick today, so I forced myself to join the crowd.

on the ninth day of Feng He's lucky trip to Linwei Pavilion, he got the word

Wei Anshi

On the ninth day of the Autumn Festival, he got a move.

the golden wind flutters the chrysanthemum core, and the jade dew weeps the dogwood branch.

Rui LAN ba? Outside, astronomical seven obsidian.

the approaching depth should be just around the corner, so don't forget the danger.

the shadow of drunken flowers

(Song Dynasty) Li Qingzhao

The mist is thick and the clouds are sad forever, which makes the brain shine and sells the golden beast.

It's also the Double Ninth Festival, with jade pillows and gauze cabinets, and it's cool in the middle of the night.

after dusk, Dongli Bar has dark fragrance and full sleeves.

mo Dao is not ecstasy, and the curtain rolls west wind, and people are thinner than yellow flowers!

Yu Chang 'an returned to Yangzhou to visit Weishan Pavilion on September 9th.

(Chen of the Southern Dynasties) President Jiang

was driven away by the southern clouds and followed the northern geese.

how many chrysanthemums are blooming in my hometown?

Indulge in the East Wind

(Yuan) Guan Hanqing

Title: Red leaves clear the ditch, and people who enjoy the yellow flowers are drunk in singing.

the shadows of geese are sparse in the sky, and the moon is thin when it sets.

When the autumn is quiet, the willows are chilling and worried.

Who will teach white clothes to deliver wine?

9th

(Ming) Vincent

spent three years on Chongyang Chrysanthemum, and was not at home when it opened.

when is today's wine, I suddenly spend it on my hometown.

wild clouds connect trees, and wild geese gather sand in cold weather.

you can't be in Wangjing when you're in infinity.