The ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year is the Double Ninth Festival in my country, also known as the Double Ninth Festival, also known as the "Climbing Festival" and "Chrysanthemum Festival". After the three festivals of Qixi Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Mid-Autumn

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month of is the Double Ninth Festival in my country, also known as the Double Ninth Festival, also known as the "Climbing Festival", " Chrysanthemum Festival ", etc. After the three festivals of Qixi Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, it is the fourth festival after the beginning of autumn, it is also the Qingqing Festival and the Welcoming the Old Festival of the Cold at the time of the alternation of autumn and winter, and it is also the last digital overlapping festival of the year. The nine characters are stacked together, and the meaning is extremely high and great, symbolizing longevity and longevity. The reason why Double Ninth Festival is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month in the summer calendar is the ninth day of the summer calendar. " Yijing " calls "nine" the yang line , and the two nines are heavy, so it is called " 金博 "; because both the sun and the moon meet nine, and the two yangs are heavy, it is also called Chongyang.

So why is it called Double Ninth Festival?

In fact, the development of a festival is often accompanied by local customs, and the same is true for Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival originated very early and has a history of at least two thousand years. The great poet who lived in the Warring States Period , Qu Yuan, , has appeared in " Traveling for afar" in "": "Collection of the Chongyang people's underground palace, start to make a sentence (star name) and view the Qingdu." Qu Yuan also wrote in " Lisao ": "Drinking in the morning, drinking the dew of the mulan, and eating in the evening, autumn chrysanthemums and falling in the fall of the angels", which shows that as early as the Warring States Period, there was already the custom of eating chrysanthemums and having the meaning of festivals, and the Double Ninth Festival has also begun to see clues. It is said that was not more prosperous in the Han Dynasty, and it was officially designated as a festival by the Tang Dynasty. According to legend, Great Emperor of Han Han Han Han Concubine Qi was murdered by Empress Lu Han Han Han entourage Jia, a maid next to him, was expelled from the palace and married to a commoner. Jia brought the "Double Ninth Festival" activity in the palace to the people. Jia once said to people: "In the palace, every year on the ninth day of the ninth month, I have to wear dogwood , eat squid bait, and drink chrysanthemum wine to achieve longevity." "Squid bait" is Double Ninth Cake made of plant leaves and rice flour. This passage includes three main customs of Double Ninth Festival.

In fact, there is also a folk legend full of myths about the origin of Double Ninth Festival. According to Wu Jun " Xu Qixie Ji " records: "Huan Jing of Runan followed Fei Changfang to study for many years. The eldest son said that the day: 'On September 9th, there should be disasters in your family, so it is advisable to go quickly, and let the family make red bags, put dogs, tie the arms to tie the arms, climb high and drink chrysanthemum wine. This disaster can be eliminated. Jing Ru said that the whole family climbed high and returned in the evening, and saw chickens, dogs, cattle and sheep, and died suddenly.

refers to the Eastern Han period, Runan , Ruhe area (now southwest of Shangcai, Henan), and the epidemic was spreading. There was a name called Huan Jing. People who are urged to Yixue master Fei Changfang as their teacher to learn the magic of eliminating disasters and saving people. One day, Fei Changfang told Huan Jing that on the ninth day of the ninth day, the plague demon is going to harm people again, you should go back and save the elders and fellow villagers. Tell them to leave home on the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the tide of the plague demon came to the front of the mountain. But because the chrysanthemum wine was pungent, the dogwood fragrance thorns the heart, it was difficult to get close to. Huan Jing waved his sword and killed the demon at the foot of the mountain. In the evening, people returned home In the garden, I saw the family "chicken, dog, cattle and sheep, who died suddenly" and people survived because they went out to climb the high place. Since then, Chongyang climbing avoid disasters has been passed down to this day. This legend explains the origin of the Double Ninth Festival as: going out to climb the high place on the ninth day of the ninth month is to avoid disasters. Later, it became a habit and became the Double Ninth Festival.

There are many sayings about the origin of the Double Ninth Festival. Some people say it originated from Western Han , and some people say it originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Lao Li of Nanshan believes that the Double Ninth Festival is first of all the product of ancient farming culture and is the Chinese Five Elements Theory The expression of thinking and memory originated from the ancient agricultural production labor procedures and sacrificial customs. Because during the Western Han Dynasty, Huang-Lao theory was prevalent, people began to understand the special day of the ninth lunar month and "double yang". At this time, some celebrations were only held within the nobles or in the palace, in a small area. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it became a widespread festival under the promotion of myths.

time In the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth lunar month on the ninth lunar month was designated as an official festival.On Double Ninth Festival, it is the late autumn season. The chrysanthemums bloom alone and are even more loved by the Tang people. It can be said that "the whole city is full of golden armor." On the Double Ninth Festival, the Tang people often invite friends to enjoy chrysanthemums and , and put wine and write poems, and have a happy time. People will also go out to climb high, and "chrysanthemums must be put on their heads" has become a custom that has been passed down by the people for a long time. Until later, the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, some customs of the Tang Dynasty were basically continued. After the founding of New China, the Double Ninth Festival activities have enriched new content. In 1989, my country designated Double Ninth Festival as Elderly Day . Every Double Ninth Festival, all localities should organize autumn outings for the elderly to broaden their horizons, exchange feelings, exercise their bodies, and cultivate people's noble character of returning to nature and caring for the elderly.