In ancient times, there were folk customs such as climbing to pray for blessings, enjoying chrysanthemums in autumn, wearing dogwoods, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and holding banquets for longevity. Up to now, it has added the connotation of respecting the elderly, enjoying a banquet on the day of Chongyang, and being grateful for respecting the elderly. Climbing the mountain to enjoy autumn and giving thanks to respect for the elderly are two important themes of today's Double Ninth Festival.
1, basking in autumn
The Double Ninth Festival is the best time to enjoy autumn, and some mountain villages in the south of China have retained the characteristics of "basking in autumn". Going to the countryside to enjoy folk customs and watch the autumn sun has become a fashion in rural tourism. "Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics.
2. Put a kite.
Flying kites is the main custom of celebrating the Double Ninth Festival in the south. The folk Double Ninth Festival is characterized by flying paper kites. Guangxu's Huizhou Fuzhi is also recorded. The paper kite is also a kite now. In the folk tradition, besides climbing mountains, flying kites is also a feature of the Double Ninth Festival.
Step 3: climb high
The custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history. The custom of climbing mountains has four origins: one is the mountain worship of the ancients; The second is from the climate of "clear gas rising and turbid gas sinking"; Thirdly, it stems from the "resignation" of climbing high; Fourthly, it originated from an absurd legend in the attached meeting, "Climbing mountains to avoid disasters".
4. ancestor worship
The Double Ninth Festival is one of the four traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China, and there is a tradition of ancestor worship and blessing in ancient times. With the development and evolution of history, the concept of family and ancestor worship in many places is becoming increasingly weak.
In ancient times, the traditional custom of ancestor worship on Double Ninth Festival was still popular in Lingnan area, and people would hold ancestor worship activities on Double Ninth Festival every year. Whether it's ancestor worship or looking far, its most fundamental function is to enhance people's cultural identity and strengthen the cohesion of family and society.
5. Pei cornus
In ancient times, the custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa was popular, so it was also called cornus Festival. Cornus is a kind of fruit that can be used as traditional Chinese medicine, because cornus, which is produced in Wuyuedi (now in Jiangsu and Zhejiang), has the best quality, so it is also called Evodia rutaecarpa. The ancients believed that climbing a mountain and inserting Evodia rutaecarpa on the Double Ninth Festival could repel insects, remove dampness and drive common cold away. So he put cornus on his arm or ground it in a sachet, and put it in his head.
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Poems related to the Double Ninth Festival in September
1, on the mountain holiday thinking of my brothers in shandong
Author Wang Wei? Dynasty Tang dynasty
A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day.
Think of the brothers body boarded up high, will also because of less than I have a regret.
Vernacular translation:
Being away from home alone is always a bit bleak, and I miss my relatives far away every Double Ninth Festival.
Far away, when I think of my brothers climbing high with cornus, I will feel sorry for being alone.
2. "Climbing the Mountain on Nine Days"
Author Du Mu? Dynasty Tang dynasty
The river reflected the autumn shadow geese just south fly, about friends with the wine with the Flagon hill.
The world is troubled with a smile, and the chrysanthemum blooms when it is in full bloom.
Only to indulge in the double ninth festival, do not have to sigh and hate the sunset afterglow.
Life is short history, after all, why, like qi jinggong to tears in the eyes.
Vernacular translation:
The river reflects the autumn shadow. The geese just flew south, and they asked friends to climb the peaks with hip flask.
Worldly troubles make it difficult to smile once in a lifetime, and when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, they should leave with their heads full.
You should only indulge in drinking and reward the Double Ninth Festival, and you don't have to worry about the sunset.
Life is short, and it will always be like this. Why do you cry at Niu Shan like Qi Jinggong?
3. "Thinking about Chang 'an Hometown on the 9th March"
Author Cen Can? Dynasty Tang dynasty
On the ninth festival of September ninth festival, I reluctantly boarded the upper heights overlooking, but in the war on the March, no one can send wine.
I am in a heavy mood to look at my hometown Chang' an, the chrysanthemum around this battlefield is sporadic open.
Vernacular translation:
On September 9th, during the Double Ninth Festival, I managed to climb a high place and overlook it. However, during this war-torn March, no one could deliver wine.
I look at my hometown Chang 'an with a heavy heart, and the chrysanthemums are probably open sporadically next to this battlefield.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Double Ninth Festival