? 1. Chrysanthemum wine

On the Double Ninth Festival, there is a traditional custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine among the people in China. Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink to dispel disasters and pray for blessings. Jiujiu is homophonic with "Jiujiu" and also homophonic with "wine", so it is derived that Jiujiu should drink chrysanthemum wine.

2. Mutton noodles

Mutton noodles should be eaten on the Double Ninth Festival. "Sheep" and "Yang" are homophonic, which should be the code of Chongyang. If you want to eat white flour, "white" means the word "hundred" MINUS the top "one", which means that one hundred MINUS one is ninety-nine, in order to meet the code of "99". Mutton is warm, benefiting qi and tonifying deficiency, warming the middle and warming the lower, and treating fatigue, weakness of waist and knees, five strains and seven injuries. In Compendium of Materia Medica, mutton is known as a warm tonic for nourishing Yuanyang and benefiting blood gas.

3. Crabs

Eating on the Double Ninth Festival, and crabs. Autumn wind, crab yellow fat, at this time is a good season for lake crab to go public and eat crabs in Jiangnan. Crabs are rich in protein, which is called high-quality protein food. Crab meat is delicate, and muscle fiber contains more than 1 kinds of free amino acids, among which glutamic acid, proline and arginine are more, which is of great benefit to people who need supplementary nutrition.

4. Flower cakes

The reason for eating flower cakes on the Double Ninth Festival is due to the custom of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival. Where there are mountains, you can climb mountains, but where there are no mountains to climb, you try to make up for and replace them. Because of the homonym of "cake" and "height", the custom of eating flower cakes on the Double Ninth Festival appeared.

5. Ficus carica

Modern research has found that Ficus carica contains active ingredients such as psoralen, citronolactone and aromatic substance benzaldehyde, which can inhibit the generation of cancer cells, prevent the occurrence of liver cancer and gastric cancer, delay and inhibit the development or deterioration of transplanted sarcoma, spontaneous breast cancer and lymphosarcoma, and eventually lead to tumor necrosis and degeneration. Ficus carica contains a lot of nutrients such as sugar, lipid, protein, cellulose, vitamins, inorganic salts and essential amino acids, which can improve the immune function of the body.

6. Chestnut Cake

There are two kinds of snacks in Beijing that are specially eaten during the Double Ninth Festival. One is flower cake, and the other is chestnut cake. Chestnut cake is made of chestnut paste as the main material. Its practice is to peel and steam raw chestnuts and mash them into mud, and prepare large pieces of Beijing cake and sand stuffing. Divide 2 grams of chestnut mud into three parts, spread one part as the bottom layer, and then spread a layer of Beijing cake slices.

7. Pomegranate

It is also the right time to eat pomegranate on the Double Ninth Festival. Pomegranate is tumor-shaped and has seeds in its skin. It is harvested and eaten when the fruit is ripe in autumn, and its taste is roughly sour and sweet. Pomegranate is rich in vitamins, among which the contents of vitamin C and vitamin B are high, and the contents of protein, fat and calcium are not low, among which the contents of vitamins are many times higher than those of apples.

8. Eating rakes

Eating rakes is another food custom in the Double Ninth Festival in southwest China. Harrows are divided into soft and sweet, hard and salty. Its practice is to put the washed glutinous rice into a boiling pot, bring it to a boil, steam it in a cage, mash it in a mortar and knead it into a ball.

9. Persimmons

There is another legend among the people in our country about eating persimmons. According to the introduction in Wonderland, one year, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, went out of the city for a private visit incognito, which coincided with the Double Ninth Festival. He had not eaten for a day, and he felt hungry and thirsty. When he went to Zuochai Village, he saw that every wall fell and trees withered, all of which were burned by soldiers and fires. Zhu Yuanzhang secretly lamented and looked around. Only one persimmon tree in the northeast corner was ripe, so he picked it and ate about 1 pieces, so he was full and disappointed.

what are the customs of the Double Ninth Festival?

? 1. You can't say happy holidays

Double Ninth Festival, nine is considered as the number of Yang, and the meeting of two Yang is called Double Ninth Festival. Nine is also the largest number in the number, so this day is also a big day. According to the traditional mode of thinking in China, a series of festival activities were set up to suppress evil spirits. Therefore, on this day when evil spirits were supposed to be ward off, it seems inappropriate to say happy holidays, but it is more appropriate to say good health or family safety.

2. Avoid sending chrysanthemums

Although you enjoy chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival, don't think that chrysanthemums should be sent on the Double Ninth Festival. Chrysanthemum is a sacrificial flower in the hearts of the older generation, and it is a flower given to the dead to express their condolences. If you send a bunch of chrysanthemums to the elderly, it is likely to make the elderly very angry and misunderstand your meaning of sending flowers.

3. Don't let your daughter who has been married for less than three years go back to her mother's house

There is a folk saying: "Going home for the Double Ninth Festival will kill her mother-in-law." For example, in Tengxian county in southwest Shandong province, a daughter who has been married for three years can't go back to her family this day, but can go back three years later. Of course, this is only a local custom, and there are generally no taboos in other parts of the country, so you can go back to your parents' home.

4. Avoid sexual intercourse

Only when men and women have intercourse can they achieve harmony between Yin and Yang, otherwise the disharmony between Yin and Yang will not be conducive to the reproduction of future generations, and will also bring forth many disasters. "Double Ninth" is the peak of yang number, and then it turns into yin number, so all rash behaviors are forbidden, and sexual intercourse is also taboo.

5. Don't cook

It is said that "if you don't steam rice cakes on a double ninth festival, the tiger will bite your mother". The Double Ninth Festival is a festival for the elderly. On this day, you should let your mother rest, and you should not be tired of cooking. At that time, I couldn't explain this truth clearly, so I used this proverb to scare people.