The Double Ninth Festival is the earliest festival of sacrifice after harvest, which has the meaning of gratitude and expectation. It has been passed down to this day, and now it has added the connotation of respecting the elderly. People will enjoy a feast on the Double Ninth Festival and thank the elderly. 1989 designated the ninth day of the ninth lunar month as the "Day for Respecting the Elderly", and advocated the whole society to establish an atmosphere of respecting, loving and helping the elderly.
What are the main customs of the Double Ninth Festival? The main customs of the Double Ninth Festival are: hiking in autumn, feasting for the elderly, enjoying chrysanthemums, saying goodbye, drinking chrysanthemum wine and eating double ninth cake.
Double Ninth Festival is the first sacrificial activity after harvest. In the folk customs of festivals, traditional sacrificial activities such as climbing mountains and feasting have been retained, and activities with natural flavor such as enjoying chrysanthemums, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new have been added. Generally speaking, it is a festival with a long history and traditional culture.
3 Double Ninth Festival, also known as Double Ninth Festival, also known as: Elderly Festival, Respect for the Elderly Festival, Chrysanthemum Festival, Mountaineering Festival, Sunbathing Festival, Respect for the Elderly Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Double Ninth Festival, etc.
The nickname of Double Ninth Festival is mainly related to the traditional customs of Double Ninth Festival. For example, the Chrysanthemum Festival is due to the custom of appreciating chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival, and the mountaineering festival is due to the tradition of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival. Double Ninth Festival has a long history in China, so it is not called Double Ninth Festival, but it is also called Chrysanthemum Festival and Mountaineering Festival.
4 The origin of the Double Ninth Festival began in ancient times, formed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, spread in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty is an important period in which traditional festivals and customs are blended and shaped. The main part of it has been passed down to this day. Worshipping ancestors in Chongyang is an ancient folk custom with far-reaching significance for thousands of years, and it is also one of the first national intangible cultural heritages in the State Council.