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years old Double Ninth Festival, and now Double Ninth Festival is another Double Ninth Festival.
is not like spring, but better than spring.
Happy Double Ninth Festival!
Festival introduction
Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, and the festival is the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar . The number "nine" is a yang number in " Yijing ". 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 nine ". The nine nines return to the truth, and the first year begins. The ancients believed that the Double Ninth Festival was auspicious day. In ancient times, people had customs such as climbing high places to pray for blessings, autumn outings, enjoying chrysanthemums, wearing , inserting dogwoods, worshiping gods and ancestors, and drinking banquets and praying for birthdays. The inheritance has been passed down to this day, and the connotation of respecting the elderly has been added. We have a banquet and a high-end party on the Double Ninth Festival to be grateful and respecting the elderly. Climbing high to enjoy autumn and gratitude and respecting the elderly are the two important themes of today's Double Ninth Festival activities.
Historical evolution
The origin of ancient traditional festivals is related to the ancient primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical phenomena, calendar and other humanities and natural cultural contents, and contains the profound cultural connotation of respect and virtue, ritual and music civilization. Double Ninth Festival has a long historical source. In ancient times, customs in the north and south were different. In the pre-Qin period, customs in various places had not yet been integrated and spread, and the customs and activities of the Double Ninth Festival were rarely seen in written records. The existing written records about the Double Ninth Festival customs were first seen in "H Lushi Chunqiu " "Jiu Qiu Ji", which records the activities of ancient people in September to worship the Emperor of Heaven and ancestors. The name of "Dongyang Festival" was first seen in the Three Kingdoms period; by the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the festive atmosphere became increasingly strong, and there were written records of the customs of appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking, which were chanted by literati and poets. In , the Tang Dynasty, was listed as a nationally recognized festival. The Double Ninth Festival has mixed a variety of folk customs in the process of historical continuation. With the development of the times, the cultural connotation of the Double Ninth Festival has continued to expand and enrich.
developed to modern times, and the Double Ninth Festival was given a new meaning. In 1989, the Chinese government designated September 9th as Elderly Day , harmoniously combining tradition and modernity, making this traditional festival a new festival that respects, respects, loves and helps the elderly. On December 28, 2012, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China voted to pass the newly revised " Law on Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly" , which clearly stated that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month of the lunar calendar is Elderly Day . In the process of inheritance and development, the Double Ninth Festival has been passed down from generation to generation with the meaning of life. The theme of holding banquets to respect the elderly, drinking banquets and praying for birthdays has gradually integrated with the traditional Chinese filial piety ethics, becoming one of the important themes of the Double Ninth Festival activities today.
Folk activities
Climbing height
Climbing heights on Double Ninth Festival has a long history. In ancient times, there was a custom of climbing high on the Double Ninth Festival, so the Double Ninth Festival is also called "Climbing High Festival". Dongyang climbing custom originated from the climatic characteristics at this time and the ancients' worship of mountains. Climbing high and "quitting the green" is also a solar term in nature. Climbing the mountain on the Double Ninth Festival corresponds to the ancients' "outing the green" outing in spring in March. According to literature, the custom of "climbing a mountain to pray for blessings" became popular during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There is no unified regulation on the location of climbing. Wherever you go, you can go to the mountains, climb high buildings, or climb platforms.
Panying Dognus
In ancient times, there was also the custom of inserting dogwood, so it is also called Dognus Festival. The old Han folk festival customs were popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River , Huaihe , Yangtze River basin and other places. Cornus officinalis is a fruit that can be used as traditional Chinese medicine. The ancients believed that on the Double Ninth Festival, they could remove insects and remove wetness and eliminate wind evil. So I put the dogwood on my arms or grind them in a scent bag, and inserted it on my head.
Appreciation of chrysanthemums
Day Double Ninth Festival, there has always been a custom of appreciating chrysanthemums, so it has also been called Chrysanthemum Festival since ancient times. The ninth month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the chrysanthemum moon. A chrysanthemum conference is held on the festival, and a crowd of people come to enjoy the chrysanthemums.Since the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin Dynasties, drinking, enjoying chrysanthemums and lying poems has become a fashion.
Source: Si County Media Center
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