The custom activity of Shandong folk Double Ninth Festival is to eat flower cakes. The flower cake is made of steamed flour, with fruits such as dates and chestnuts sandwiched in the double layer and dates and chestnuts inserted in the flour in the single layer. Some also inserted small colored paper flags, called "flower cake flags", and some also installed two dough-sculpted sheep, taking the image of Chongyang as "Chongyang flower cake".
Flower cake is not only a holiday food, but also a holiday gift. East of Jinan, Chongyang will send flowers and cakes to the married daughter, and Jiaodong will send chrysanthemum cakes. The area north of Jinan not only sends cakes, but also clothes applied for in autumn and winter; In the west of Jinan, especially in some counties and cities near Hebei Province, the Double Ninth Festival invites daughters to their parents' homes to eat flower cakes, so it is called "Daughter's Day" and "Women's Day".
In Weihai, Shandong Province, the older generation called the ninth day of the ninth lunar month "Double Ninth Festival", and people drank chrysanthemum wine, "flower cake" and "chrysanthemum wine" on this day. The picture shows a mouthful of color: "cake" and "high" are homophonic, which means good luck and longevity; "wine" and "long" are homophonic, meaning lasting.
In addition, brewing chrysanthemum wine is still a life need. The preliminary work of brewing began in June of the lunar calendar, and the wine was made in the twelfth lunar month. Because of its yellowish color, it is commonly known as yellow wine. There used to be a yellow pub in old Weihai. Generally speaking, on the Double Ninth Festival, many citizens like to drink a glass of yellow wine in a pub. Yellow rice wine has health care functions such as softening blood vessels, and is deeply loved by everyone.
In Shandong, the Double Ninth Festival is also called the "Festival for the Elderly". It is also essential to express condolences to the elderly and organize cultural and sports activities and tourism activities for the elderly during the festival. In Weihai, in the past, if there were elderly people at home, a paper lantern was hung at the door to symbolize longevity.
Historically, Wei Wendi Cao Pi said in "Nine Days Zhong You": "One year to the month, it suddenly returns to September 9, and nine is the yang number, and the sun and the moon are in harmony, which is a popular name." Double Ninth Festival, also known as Double Ninth Festival and Nine Days. The name of Chongyang was seen as early as the Warring States Period, and there was a phrase in Qu Yuan's "Journey" that Chongyang entered the Emperor's Palace. According to Xijing Miscellanies, the custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine, eating flower cakes and inserting dogwood has existed since the ninth day of the Han Dynasty, also known as "Cornwood Festival" and "Chrysanthemum Festival".
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