"The Double Ninth Day on the Ninth Day is the Double Ninth Day, and the Three Years of the Year will be completed." October 9th will usher in the Double Ninth Festival.
This year's Double Ninth Festival was 12 days earlier than last year and 19 days earlier than next year. It is also Double Ninth Festival, why are the dates in the Gregorian calendar so many days apart? Astronomical experts explain that Double Ninth Festival is a festival in China's current lunar calendar. The number of days in a lunar year is about 11 days less than the number of days in a return year, and in three years, it is more than a month less. Over time, there will be disordered timing and seasons. In order to solve this problem, the method of adding " leap month " is adopted, which is the "7 leap year 19" method, that is, adding 7 leap years in 19 lunar years.
Astronomical experts said that due to the clever arrangement of "leap month" in the Chinese calendar, the corresponding Gregorian calendar days for the Double Ninth Festival are always either about 11 days in advance or about 19 days after each year. Not only Double Ninth Festival, but any fixed day in the lunar calendar will have similar swings in the Gregorian calendar.
Double Ninth Festival has a history of more than 1,000 years in China, and is also known as the Nine Festivals, Dogwood Festival, Chrysanthemum Festival, , High Climbing Festival, Old People's Day, Respect for the Elderly's Day. The "Law on Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly" implemented on July 1, 2013 clearly stipulates that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the national "Elderly Day".
Yunnan is the province with the most ethnic minorities in the country. All ethnic groups have traditional customs of respecting the elderly, and have been passed down from generation to generation and have become the norm for people's behavior. Although each has its own advantages, it shines with moving beauty of human nature and human feelings.
"elderly house" of Buyi tribe
Luoping County each village where Buyi tribes live on both sides of the Duoyi River, there is a unique building - the elderly house. According to legend, in ancient times, there was a mother and son in Buyi Mountain Village. The son was unfilial and tortured his mother. A jackal ate the undescendant son and carried the old mother to the highest place in the village. This day was the first rabbit day in February of the lunar calendar. So the head of the village summoned the villagers to build an "old man's room" here and sacrificed every year from now on. The sacrifice to the "Old Man's Room" is the most solemn sacrificial festival of the Buyi tribe: during the sacrifice, two respected elderly people pretend to be gods and sit in the old man's room. The adult men and women in the village who participated in the sacrifice should bathe, renew their clothes, kill pigs and chickens, and pray for a bumper harvest and peace for people and animals.
Bai The elderly sit on the "sedan"
Yunnan Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture The Bai people in Hewei Village, Jiangwei Township, Eryuan County have passed down a custom from their ancestors: the eighth day of the second lunar month every year is the "Elderly Day". During this festival, all the elderly people over 70 in the village were dressed in red and dressed in fresh clothes. They were invited to a sedan chair with red silk decoration. Then the young people in the village lifted the sedan chair and beat drums. The men, women, and young people in the village followed the sedan chair. After visiting the village for a week, the elderly were carried into the spacious courtyard of the village office. The banquet has been set up in the yard, and all the elderly people over 70 years old in the village who have been sitting in the "sedan" once were invited to take their seats in advance. After the "sedan" carried the elderly who had just turned 70 into the yard to attend the table, the younger generations came to bless the elderly. Then, let all the elderly drink the festive wine of the "Elderly Festival" happily.
"Give Up Words" of Yi
In the Yi villages in the Jinsha River and Lancang River basins, there is a poem called "Give Up Words": "Meet in narrow places, give up the way with rules; when you are old and I am heavy, I should avoid it; when you are old and I should be enthusiastic to help; when you are old and I should be gentle, I should also be grateful; when you are old and I should be grateful, I should also be grateful; when you are old and I should be virtuous; when you are old and you should be virtuous; when you are fighting against the elderly, you should be as good as a jackal." Influenced by "Give Up the Poem", Yi villages all have a beautiful style of respecting the elderly. When the children celebrate their birthday, just cook two red-skinned eggs for them. The elderly’s birthday should be celebrated grandly; on the day when the father or mother is over 60, they should kill chickens and sheep to prepare a banquet to make a "60-year-old birthday" for the elderly; relatives and friends will bring congratulations to the elderly with the "Longevity of the South Mountain", bring food that suits the elderly's appetite, and bring clothes specially sewn for the elderly to congratulate the elderly. Some families also invite a team of suona to play, or play two movies at night to invite the whole village to see them to celebrate.
"Salute to Elderly Club" of Jingpo people
Jingpo people hold a grand "Salute to Elderly Club" every year in early autumn. The young people fired muskets and set off firecrackers, and rushed to invite the elderly in the village to visit their bamboo houses to receive the toast. At dusk, people collectively danced the "respect for the elderly".
Hani Hani
Every year on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month is the Hani vengeance festival. Early in the morning, the old man washed up and put on new clothes to celebrate his festival. Adults kill chickens and ducks at home and prepare delicious meals. The young man wanted to plant the pine trees around the festival floor. The girls picked clean water to water the pine trees, symbolizing the young people wishing the elderly to be healthy and long-lasting like green pine trees and to stay young forever.
Tibetan Treat all the elderly
Tibetans must be polite to their own families or elderly people they have never known each other. The elderly are usually arranged to live in a room with sufficient light, warm and comfortable; when buying clothes at home, the elderly should be considered first. The old man went out for some reason, so his family had to send someone to go there. The old man rode his horse and the accompanying him walked on foot.
Dai willing to support the elderly
Dai brothers who have separated are willing to support the elderly. Which children the elderly should live with is all determined by the elderly. Old people who have no children can defect to relatives and friends who have connections with their ancestors. The younger generations who are defected must regard the elderly as their biological parents, and some even refer to their parents and live in their old age.
Lahu Respect and love the elderly
Lahu elderly usually live in a room with abundant sunshine, warm and comfortable. In winter morning, after the family gets up, they have to prepare dishes for the elderly. During festive festivals, good tea and wine are given to the elderly first. When younger generations give tea and wine to elders, they should raise their hands over to show respect.
(Source: Yunnan.com)
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