What are the customs of the Double Ninth Festival? Presumably, everyone wants to know, and the following will give you a detailed introduction for reference only.

the custom of double ninth festival

climbing

in ancient times, people had the custom of climbing in double ninth festival, so double ninth festival was also called "climbing festival". According to legend, this custom began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are many climbing poems written by scholars in Tang Dynasty, most of which are the custom of writing the Double Ninth Festival. Du Fu's seven laws "Ascending the Mountain" is a famous article about climbing the mountain in Chongyang. There is no uniform rule for climbing, but generally climbing mountains and towers. There is also the custom of eating "Chongyang cake".

Eat Chongyang Cake

According to historical records, Chongyang Cake is also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, which is made randomly. At dawn on September 9, it was the original intention of the ancients to make cakes in September, with a piece of cake on their children's heads and saying something in their mouths, wishing their children all the best. The exquisite Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, with two lambs on it to conform to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some even put a little red paper flag on the Chongyang cake and light candles. This probably means "lighting a lamp" and "eating cake" instead of "climbing", and using a little red paper flag instead of cornus. Nowadays, there are still no fixed varieties of Chongyang cakes, and the soft cakes eaten in various places on the Double Ninth Festival are called Chongyang cakes.

Chrysanthemum viewing

Chrysanthemum viewing is also a traditional activity of the Double Ninth Festival. Autumn is the season when chrysanthemums are in full bloom. The ancients used to drink chrysanthemum wine when enjoying chrysanthemums. Today, many people still like to drink chrysanthemum wine on this day. Most people soak dried chrysanthemums in wine. In some places in northern Shanxi, drinking is like being outside the door, which means saying goodbye to autumn.

The city is used to holding chrysanthemum exhibitions around September 9th. There are thousands of people in the empty lane, and they can see the scenery together. Shanxi folk are used to picking a wild chrysanthemum. Stick it on your head or wear it on your chest. Traditional food of the Double Ninth Festival

Double Ninth Cake

Double Ninth Cake is also called Flower Cake, which is the most traditional food of the Double Ninth Festival. Since the Song Dynasty, it has the meaning of "climbing up step by step" because it is homophonic with "high", which is similar to the meaning of climbing high in the Double Ninth Festival. Many places will make flower cakes on this day.

Crab

When autumn wind comes, the crab's feet itch, and the wine is mellow and sweet-scented osmanthus. Autumn is the most fertile season for crabs. Crabs are also seasonal food in autumn, and they are also one of the favorite seafood in the Double Ninth Festival.

chrysanthemum wine

There is a custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival, because the wine just sounds like "nine", which is called the festival of September 9th. People start to drink chrysanthemum wine brewed from chrysanthemums, smell chrysanthemum flowers and eat flower cakes, which is a great enjoyment in the festival.