The Double Ninth Festival has a long history. Use beautiful words to describe this festival. The following is the "Double Ninth Festival handwritten newspaper text content" compiled by me for everyone. It is for reference only. You are welcome to read it. Text content of the Double Ninth Festival handwritten newspaper (1)

Myths and legends of the Double Ninth Festival

According to legend, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in Ruhe River. As long as it appeared, people would die every day. The people in the area were ravaged by the plague.

A plague took away the parents of young Hengjing, and he himself almost died due to illness. After recovering from the illness, he said goodbye to his beloved wife and fellow villagers, determined to go out to visit immortals and learn skills, and to get rid of the plague for the people. Hengjing visited teachers everywhere in search of the truth, visited famous mountain masters from all over the country, and finally found out that there is one of the oldest mountains in the east, and there is a man named Fei Changfang with boundless power on the mountain. After countless pairs of shoes and climbing over countless mountains, I finally found the mountain and Fei Changfang, who had magical powers. The immortal was moved by his spirit, took Hengjing in, taught him the swordsmanship of subduing demons, and gave him a sword to subjugate demons. Hengjing practiced hard, forgetting food and sleep, and finally developed extraordinary martial arts.

On this day, Fei Changfang called Hengjing to him and said, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of September, and the plague demon will come out to do evil again. You have learned your skills, and you should go back and eliminate harm for the people." He He gave Hengjing a pack of dogwood leaves and a few cups of chrysanthemum wine, and secretly taught him how to ward off evil spirits, and asked Hengjing to ride a crane and ride home.

Hengjing said goodbye to the immortal and returned to his hometown. On the morning of the ninth day of September, according to the immortal’s instructions, Hengjing led the villagers to a nearby mountain and gave each of them a piece of dogwood leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine. , ready to conquer the devil. At noon, following several strange screams, the plague demon rushed out of the Ruhe River. However, as soon as the plague demon rushed to the foot of the mountain, he suddenly smelled the scent of dogwood and chrysanthemum wine. The demon sword chased down the mountain, and within a few turns, the plague demon was stabbed to death by the sword. Since then, the custom of climbing on the ninth day of September has been passed down year after year. Wu Jun, a native of Liang Dynasty, recorded it in the book "Xu Qixie Ji". Text content of the Double Ninth Festival handwritten newspaper (2)

Poems about the Double Ninth Festival

1. Reminiscing about Shandong brothers on September 9th (Wang Wei)

Du As a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family members even more during festive seasons.

I know from afar that my brothers have climbed to a high place, and there is one less person planting dogwood trees everywhere.

2. White chrysanthemums (Bai Juyi) are presented on the Double Ninth Festival feast.

The garden is full of golden chrysanthemums, with a solitary cluster of white frost in the middle.

It’s like today’s singing and dancing banquet, and the white-headed man enters the youth field.

3. Climbing up the mountain in nine days (Du Mu)

The wild geese are flying in the autumn shadow of Jiang Han, and they are carrying pots with guests on the green Wei.

It is rare in this world to smile, and you must return with your head full of chrysanthemums.

But I will be intoxicated to celebrate the festival, and I will not come to hate the sunset.

This has been the case throughout the ages. Why should Niushan be alone in his clothes?

4. Zui Huayin (Li Qingzhao)

Thick mist and thick clouds make the day long, and the auspicious brain sells the golden beast.

It’s the Double Ninth Festival and it’s the Double Ninth Festival. The jade pillow and gauze cupboard are cool in the middle of the night.

After dusk when I drink wine in Dongli, there is a faint fragrance filling my sleeves.

There is no way to be ecstatic, the west wind blows behind the curtain, and people are thinner than yellow flowers! Text content of the Double Ninth Festival handwritten newspaper (3)

Folk activities of the Double Ninth Festival

1. Climbing high and "resigning to youth"

The theory of "resigning to youth" when climbing high The laws originate from the solar terms in nature. The Double Ninth Festival is the Autumn Festival. After the festival, the weather gets cooler and the grass and trees begin to wither. The "Quiqing" mountain climbing on the Double Ninth Festival corresponds to the "outing" of the ancients in spring outings in March. The Record of Success in the Imperial Capital compiled by Pan Rongbi of the Qing Dynasty recorded: "(Double Ninth Festival), there were Zhiguan who would drink wine all day long in the suburbs of various gates, which was called 'Ci Qing'."

2. Wearing dogwood

In ancient times, the custom of planting dogwood was still popular, so it is also called the Dogwood Festival. Cornus officinalis is used as medicine and can be used to make wine to nourish the body and cure diseases. Planting dogwood and hairpin chrysanthemums has been very common in the Tang Dynasty. Cornus officinalis has a strong fragrance and has the functions of repelling insects, removing dampness, and driving away wind evil. It can also eliminate accumulated food and treat cold and heat. Folks believe that September 9th is also a day of misfortune and disaster, so people like to wear dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival to ward off evil and seek good luck. Therefore, Cornus officinalis is also known as the "evil warder".

3. Appreciating chrysanthemums

On Double Ninth Festival, there has always been a custom of appreciating chrysanthemums, so it was also called the Chrysanthemum Festival in ancient times.

The ninth month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the chrysanthemum month. A chrysanthemum conference is held during the festival, and crowds of people come to enjoy the chrysanthemums. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the Three Kingdoms, it has become fashionable to gather for drinking, appreciating chrysanthemums and composing poems on the Double Ninth Festival. In ancient Han customs, chrysanthemums symbolize longevity.

4. Drinking chrysanthemum wine

During the Double Ninth Festival, my country has the traditional custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine. Chrysanthemum wine was regarded as an "auspicious wine" that must be drunk during the Double Ninth Festival in ancient times to ward off disasters and pray for blessings. [5] Chrysanthemum wine has been around since the Han Dynasty. During the Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi once presented chrysanthemums to Zhong Yao on the Double Ninth Festival to wish him longevity. Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty recorded in "Baopuzi" that people in the mountains of Nanyang, Henan, lived longer because they drank the water from the sweet valley full of chrysanthemums. In the "Chrysanthemum Picking Chapter" written by Emperor Wen of the Liang Dynasty, there is a sentence: "We call each other and carry baskets to pick chrysanthemum beads. When the dew comes in the morning, we will be wet with Luo Wu." This is also the practice of picking chrysanthemums to make wine. Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine was still popular. It was still recorded in Gao Lian's "Eight Notes of Zunsheng" in the Ming Dynasty. It was a popular fitness drink.

5. Flying paper harriers

Flying paper harriers is the main custom of Huizhou during the Double Ninth Festival. In other words, the folk celebration of the Double Ninth Festival in Huizhou is mainly characterized by flying paper harriers. This practice is not only described in the folk songs circulated in Huizhou, but also recorded in Guangxu's "Huizhou Prefecture Chronicles". Paper kites are also now known as kites. Kite is the name after the Five Dynasties. Before the Five Dynasties, it was customary to call it "paper kite" in the north, and "kite" in the south. Huizhou's "paper kite" obviously retains the ancient name before the five generations, and is a "mixture of north and south" the taste.

6. Eating Double Ninth Cake

The custom of eating Double Ninth Cake is associated with climbing. Gaohe cake is a homophonic word. As a festival food, it was first used to celebrate the harvest of autumn grains and to enjoy new crops. Later, the folk people began to climb high and eat cakes to gain the auspicious meaning of climbing higher and higher step by step. In the north, eating Double Ninth Cake is particularly popular.

According to "Xijing Miscellanies", in the Han Dynasty, there was a custom of eating cakes on September 9th, which was the original Double Ninth Cake. Bait is an ancient cake. According to "Zhou Li", bait is used as a sacrifice or eaten at banquets. Millet cakes are also recorded in the Han Dynasty, which may be similar to today's cakes. Pengbait must be similar to millet cake. By the Song Dynasty, the custom of eating Double Ninth Cake became very popular. The word "cake" is a homophonic word for "gao". Eating cake is for the auspicious meaning, so it is favored by people.

Chongyang cake is also called flower cake, chrysanthemum cake, and five-color cake. There is no set method for making it and it is more random. There are "rough flower cake", "fine flower cake" and "money flower cake". Glue some coriander leaves as a symbol, and sandwich rough dried fruits such as green fruits, dates, and walnut kernels in the middle; the fine flower cake has 3 or 2 layers, and each layer is sandwiched with finer candied dried fruits, such as apple preserves, Preserved peaches, apricots, black dates, etc.; Money Flower Cake is basically the same as Fine Flower Cake, but smaller, like "money", and is mostly the food of the upper-class nobles. It is said that in the early days, there were no household cakes filled with dates, chestnuts and other fruits, or glutinous rice and yellow rice noodles steamed into sticky cakes, which looked like flower cakes with "gold on top" and "silver on the bottom".