Double Ninth Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month of the year, and is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the ancient times of harvest and

Double Ninth Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, the festival is on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month of the year, and is a traditional Chinese folk festival. The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the ancient times of harvest and sacrifices for the season of autumn. The "nine" number is a yang number in the "Book of Changes", and the two yang numbers of "nine nine" are mixed together, so it is called "double yang"; because the sun and the moon meet nine, it is also called "double 9".

•  The name of "Dongyang" is derived from the "Dongyang line" and is named "The Yang line is nine". In the Book of Changes, "six" is defined as a yin number, "nine" is defined as a yang number, and "extreme number", which refers to the height of the sky as a "nine level". On the ninth day of the ninth month, the sun and the moon meet nine, which is called "two nines are heavy", so it is called "double nine". At the same time, two yang numbers are combined, so it is called "double eighty". Zhang Dai of the Ming Dynasty wrote "Night Ship" and said: "Nine is a yang number, and the sun and the moon are in harmony, so it is called "Double Yang".

"Nine" is the old yang, which is the number of an anode. The two anode numbers are mixed together, nine nine and nine return to one, and all things are renewed. Therefore, the ancients believed that Double Ninth is a auspicious day worth celebrating. In ancient times, there was a custom of drinking and feasting to pray for longevity. In folk concepts, because "Nine" is the largest number in the number, and "Nine Nine" is homophones with "Jiujiu", it is given the meaning of eternal life, long life, and healthy life. 

• The harvest of the harvest is hilarious and sacrificial to the sky

The origin of the Double Ninth Festival can be traced back to ancient times. According to legend, the Double Ninth Festival was the day when Emperor Yuan achieved enlightenment. There are existing written records about the customs and activities of Double Ninth Festival first seen in "Lüshi Chunqiu" "Jiqiu Ji": "(September) orders the family to be the priest, and the farming work is ready for harvest, and five key points are listed. If you collect the Emperor's books in the Divine Warehouse, you will be respectful and will be polite. On this day, I enjoyed the emperor and sacrificed my life to the emperor. "It can be seen that there were activities to worship the Emperor of Heaven and ancestors during the autumn harvest of crops in September to thank the Emperor of Heaven and ancestors for their kindness. This was the original form of the Double Ninth Festival as a sacrificial activity in ancient times. The early Double Ninth culture reflected the humanistic spirit of natural worship in ancient civilization society and the unity of man and nature; a series of Double Ninth sacrificial activities contained the profound cultural connotation of respect and appreciation of virtue and ritual and music civilization. In "Miscellaneous Notes of Xijing", the palace maid Jia Peilan, recorded in the Western Han Dynasty, said: "On September 9, wearing dogwood, eating bait, drinking chrysanthemum wine, the clouds make people live long. "It is said that since then, there has been a custom of seeking longevity on the Double Ninth Festival. It is said that this was influenced by the ancient wizards (later Taoist priests) pursuing immortality and collecting medicines.

• Ancient rituals for Mars sacrificial hiatus

Double Ninth Festival

One of the prototypes of Double Ninth Festival is the ancient ritual of sacrificing fire. "Xia Xiaozheng" says "fire within September". The retreat of the "big fire" star not only makes it always Mars is the symbol of seasonal production and seasonal life. The ancients who lost the coordinates of time, and at the same time caused the ancients who worshipped the fire as gods to have inexplicable fear. The dormant of the fire god means the arrival of a long winter. Therefore, in the "inner fire" season, as if there was a fire welcoming ceremony, people should hold corresponding farewell ceremony. The ancients used the nine months of September and the third month as the corresponding Spring and Autumn Festival. Liu Xin of the Han Dynasty said: "March is on the Si Si, September is Double Ninth, and the maids play, so they can climb to the top. "The correspondence between Shangsi and Chongyang is based on the appearance of "fires". This is also a folk expression of the rituals and beliefs of the Double Ninth Festival. With the development of society, people have a new understanding of the season, and the ritual of worshiping Mars in September has gradually declined. The ancient ritual situation can find some traces of ancient customs from the custom of Chongyang's Kitchen (the God of Fire of Home) in some parts of the south of the Yangtze River. If Shangsi (Qingming Festival) is a festival for people to go out to the room after spending a long winter, then Chongyang is about to be a ritual autumn outing when autumn is cold and people are about to live in seclusion, so there is a custom of "outing for the Qingming Festival" on the Qingming Festival and "quitting the Qingqing" on the Double Ninth Festival.    

This article was edited by Toutiao Encyclopedia users Jia Yi Tiantian, Wanding Xingchenjuan, and Wanding Xingchen Xiaomuzi.