Legends and Stories of Chongyang Festival
The Chongyang Festival is one of the four major traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China, along with the Bok, Ching and Yu festivals. As a treasure of folk culture in China, Chung Yeung culture is rich in connotation and profound. The following is my collection of legendary stories about the Chongyang Festival, welcome to read.
Legendary stories about the Chongyang Festival I
A long time ago, there was a man named Huan Jing in Ru Nan County. He and his parents and wife kept a few pieces of land and lived a peaceful life. But the world's most important thing is that the world's most important thing is the world's most important thing. Huan Jingzi had heard from the adults that there was a plague demon living in the River Ru, which would come out every year to spread the plague and jeopardize the earth. In order to get rid of the pestilence for the townspeople, Huanjing inquired about a god named Fei Changfang who lived in the mountains in the southeast. He then decided to pay a visit.
But he couldn't find any trace of the immortal, even though he had traveled over thousands of mountains. One day, he suddenly saw a snow-white dove standing in front of him, constantly nodding to him, Huanjing approached to see, the dove suddenly flew two or three feet away, and after landing on the ground and constantly nodded to Huanjing. In this way, Huanjing followed the dove and finally found Fei Changfang's immortal residence. Huanjing went to the door and knelt respectfully for two days and two nights. On the third day, the door suddenly opened, and a white-haired old man said to him with a smile: ? The disciple is eager to eliminate harm for the people, quickly follow me into the courtyard?
Fei Changfang then gave Huanjing a demon-subduing Green Dragon Sword and asked him to practice his demon-subduing techniques. One day when Huanjing was practicing his sword, Fei Changfang came to him and said: ? On the ninth day of the ninth month of this year, the plague demon of the River Ru will come out to harm people again. I will give you a pack of cornelian cherry leaves and a bottle of chrysanthemum wine, so that the people in your hometown can climb the heights to avoid the trouble. Said, with his hand to invite a crane, Huan Jing carried back to Ru Nan.
Huan Jing went back to his hometown and told the people what Fei Changfang said. On the ninth day of the ninth month, he took the whole village to climb a nearby mountain. Distribute the dogwood leaves to each person a piece, so that the plague demon dare not come near. He also poured out chrysanthemum wine, and each person drank a sip, saying that he could avoid the plague. After the arrangements were made, he returned to the village with the Demon Subduing Green Dragon Sword and waited to kill the plague demon.
A short while later, the wind roared in the River Rou, and the plague demon came out of the water and walked up the bank. Suddenly, it looked up and saw the crowd gathering on the mountain, so it rushed to the bottom of the mountain, but it was scared by the smell of wine and cornelian cherry, so it didn't dare to go forward. When he turned around, he saw Huanjing drawing his sword and fighting with the plague demon for a few rounds, the plague demon couldn't defeat him and turned around and ran away. Huanjing? Huanjing shot out his sword with a whoosh. The sword was shining with a cold light, and in the blink of an eye, the plague demon was nailed to the ground.
From then on, the people on both sides of the Ru River were no longer attacked by the plague. People will be September 9 to climb the custom of avoiding disaster, generations to the present.
Legendary stories about the Chongyang Festival two
The first nine days of the ninth lunar month, two nine overlap, known as the "heavy nine". And because in ancient China, six is the number of yin, nine is the number of yang, therefore, heavy nine is called "Chongyang".
The origin of the Chongyang Festival can be pushed back to the early Han Dynasty. It is said that in the imperial palace, every year on September 9, we should wear dogwood, eat pong bait, drink chrysanthemum wine, in order to seek longevity; Han Gaozu Liu Bang's consort, Mrs. Qi, was killed by Empress Lu, the courtesan Jia Mou was also expelled from the palace, the custom into the civil world.
In ancient times, the folk in the day has the custom of climbing high, so the Chongyang Festival is also known as the "high festival". It is rumored that this custom began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty has a lot of poems, most of which are about the customs of the Chongyang Festival; Du Fu's seven rhymes, "Ascension", is a famous piece of writing about the Chongyang Festival. Ascending to the place, there is no standardized rules, generally is to climb high mountains, climb the tower. There is also the custom of eating "Chongyang cake". The delicate Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, the top is also made into two small sheep, in line with the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some also inserted a small red paper flag on the cake, and light candles. This is probably the "light", "eat cake" instead of "high", with a small red paper flag instead of cornelian cherry.
Chrysanthemum Festival, but also appreciate chrysanthemum drinking chrysanthemum wine, originated in Tao Yuanming. Tao Yuanming famous for seclusion, famous for poetry, famous for wine, but also famous for love of chrysanthemums; the later followers of the example, so there is the custom of the Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum. In the olden days, the scholars also combined chrysanthemum-appreciation with banquets and drinks, in order to get closer to Tao Yuanming. In Kaifeng, the capital of Northern Song Dynasty, chrysanthemum appreciation was very popular, and there were many kinds of chrysanthemums at that time. After the Qing Dynasty, the chrysanthemum appreciation custom is particularly prosperous, and is not limited to September 9, but is still the most prosperous before and after the Chrysanthemum Festival.
Chongyang Festival insert dogwood custom, in the Tang Dynasty has been very common. Ancient people believe that in the Chongyang Festival this day insert cornelian cherry can take refuge from disasters; or wear in the arm, or as a bag of cornelian cherry on the inside of the belt, there are inserted in the head. Mostly women, children wear, some places, men also wear. Chrysanthemum Festival to wear cornelian cherry, in the Jin Dynasty Ge Hong "Western Scripture Miscellany" has been recorded.
In addition to wearing cornelian cherry, also inserted chrysanthemum. This was already the case in the Tang Dynasty and has been practiced throughout the ages. During the Qing Dynasty, the custom of the Chongyang Festival in Beijing was to stick chrysanthemum branches and leaves on doors and windows, "to lift the evil, to attract good luck." This is a variation of the custom of hairpin chrysanthemum. Song Dynasty, there will be colored silk cut into cornelian cherry, chrysanthemum to give each other to wear.
The paper harrier is the main custom of Huizhou Chongyang Festival. In other words, Huizhou folk over the Chongyang Festival is to put the harrier as the main feature. This custom, in addition to the Huizhou circulating 'ballads in addition to the narrative, Guangxu "Huizhou Prefecture," also recorded. Flying paper harriers
Paper harriers are also known as kites. The kite is the title after the fifth generation, before the fifth generation, the north is used to call? Paper Kite? Harrier? Paper Kite The name is obviously retaining the old name before the Five Dynasties, and there is a mixture of north and south. North and South mixed? The flavor.
Kites were first seen in the Spring and Autumn period, the first type are birds. Legend has it that Kung Fu Bon (Lu Ban)? He cut the bamboo into cranes and flew them. The story goes that Kung Fu Bon (Lu Ban) cut bamboo to make a crane and flew it. He made a wooden kite to spy on the city of Song. Here? Bamboo magpie? Wooden Kite is the prototype of kites. However, there was no paper at that time, only made of bamboo and wood. According to the Qing notes, it was said that Han Xin led an army of 100,000 people to attack Xiang Yu in Gaixia, a kite made of cowhide, under the good flute people blowing homesickness song, the sound of sadness, the Chu army disciples of 8,000 people are all scattered? The Han Dynasty kites mentioned here are only kites made of cowhide. After Cai Lun's papermaking technique came into being in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were paper kites, which appeared? Paper kite? and? Harrier? The name of the kite is "paper kite" and "harrier". Kite The name "kite" was recorded in the Five Dynasties, and it was written in the book "Inquire the Ruminants" that "kite" is paper kite, also known as "wind kite". The kite, or paper kite, was also known as the wind kite. At the beginning, Li Ye made a paper kite in the palace in the Five Dynasties, which led to the play of wind picking, and then made a bamboo flute at the head of the kite, so that the wind would enter the bamboo and the sound would be like a kite, which was commonly known as a kite. After the Tang Dynasty, kites became popular and the Qingming Festival was designated as the Kite Festival, and after the Song Dynasty, kites were popularized among the people. Since then, the shape of kites has not been limited to magpies, kites, harriers and other birds, insects, fish, people and gods have, after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, kite making has become a very exquisite handmade art.
Huizhou folk paper harrier, has not been the original face, mostly quadrilateral plane, with a tail, its shape is similar to the folk posted door god, god, so it is suspected that a simplification of the god-like kites. In Huizhou folk, wind rash production is extremely simple, picking bamboo a branch of the bend, a vertical, propped up a quadrilateral paper, stick on the tail adjusted line, you can fly. There is a kind of kite without tail, the quadrilateral paper is slightly larger, called? A granny harrier?
In addition, other shapes of paper harriers are also found occasionally.
On the day of Chrysanthemum Festival, people fly kites on the streets and in the wilderness with children and adults, and it is a spectacular event.
According to the traditional habits of our country, flying kites more in the Qingming. The Chrysanthemum Harrier can be said to be a unique custom of Huizhou folk. Its origin is not to be examined. But from Huizhou's southern climate, the time seems to be quite appropriate. Qingming before and after the rainy season, spring rains, this time is obviously not suitable for the release of paper harriers, and before and after the Chung Yeung Autumn high and refreshing, strong winds, people in accordance with traditional customs to climb the mountain, outdoor activities, this time to release the paper harriers, the right place, right time, right place, right person and people, it is quite a lot of for the right.
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