1, eat autumn melon leaves.
In Chenghai, Chaoshan, on the Double Ninth Festival, a snack called "Autumn Melon Guo Ye", or "Pot Head", is made of flour made of autumn melon leaves and rice.
Step 2 eat sesame balls with oil
In Chaozhou, Guangdong, it is a custom to eat sesame balls on the Double Ninth Festival. The "Tuan" of this sesame ball is pronounced as "Yuan" in Chaozhou dialect, and the pronunciation of "Tuan" is exactly the same as "Yuan". Therefore, the influx of people in ancient times had an important custom of "becoming attached" on the Double Ninth Festival, meaning to tie the knot. On the Double Ninth Festival, neighbors will visit each other and present "Ma Youtuan".
3. Eat Jiuhuangzhai
In the old days, Chaozhou Opera Troupe fasted from the first day to the ninth night, which was called Eating Nine Emperors. From the first day of junior high school, the whole class wore white shirts and trousers, burned incense and worshipped God every day, and by the evening of the ninth day, they all worshipped (together with the Xuanwu Mountain Buddha and Marshal Kanda). There are also people who worship the Nine Emperors. However, in Thailand, hipsters and overseas Chinese eat Jiuhuangzhai ceremoniously. From the first day to the ninth or tenth day, it is common to eat at Jiuhuang Village and worship the emperor.
Introduction to the custom of Chaoshan Double Ninth Festival;
1, ancestor worship
Because the homonym of "99" on the ninth day of September is "long" and has a long-term meaning, activities to worship ancestors and respect the elderly are often carried out on this day. Some Chaoshan villages also regard Chongyang as a festival to worship their ancestors. People who worship their ancestors on the Double Ninth Festival are poor and unable to worship the anniversary of each ancestor's death. Therefore, universal worship is held on this day to seek the understanding of ancestors.
Step 2 fly a kite
It is a popular game activity in Chaoshan. The reason why flying kites is popular in the popular Double Ninth Festival is that it is the best time to fly kites because the sky is crisp at this time. In Chaoshan rural areas, many people think that the "Double Ninth Festival" on September 9th of the lunar calendar is a "transshipment day". Flying a kite means that "bad luck" has gone and "good luck" is in the future.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Double Ninth Festival