Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and July 30th are all traditional festivals in China, and ancestor worship is a major theme of major festivals.
China was a farming society and agricultural civilization in ancient times, and attached great importance to the experience of ancestors. Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has the concept of courtesy and respect for ancestors, and has the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors on holidays to show filial piety and not forget their roots.
In modern times, the ninth day of September has been given a new meaning of respecting the elderly. Because "nine" is the largest number in numbers, and nine is a long-lasting homonym, so nine on nine and nine on nine contain very long and noble metaphors.
In the folk concept, because "nine" is the largest number, and "nine nine" and "long" are homophonic, it is endowed with the meaning of immortality, longevity, health and longevity.
Double Ninth Festival custom:
1, mountaineering: avoiding disasters and strengthening the body.
First of all, there is a custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival. On this day, all relatives should climb the mountain together to "avoid disaster". Autumn in September, the sky is crisp, this season, climbing high and looking far can achieve the purpose of refreshing, fitness and recuperation. As for the places to wait, there are no special regulations. Generally, we climb mountains and climb towers.
2. Respect for the Elderly Day: a statutory festival for the elderly.
The Double Ninth Festival is also a festival for the elderly in China. People should express their filial piety to the elderly and advocate the whole society to establish an atmosphere of respecting, respecting, loving and helping the elderly.
On May 20th, 2006, the Double Ninth Festival was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in the State Council. The new Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, which was officially implemented in 20 13, clearly stipulates that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Day of the Elderly.
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