To climb high is to climb high and see far. In ancient times, on the ninth day of September, the whole family had to climb high and look far. The legend of climbing the mountain is to avoid disaster, because there is a folk story that in ancient times, a family wore dogwood to climb the mountain on September 9, and when they came back, they found that all their livestock were dead, and only the family who climbed the mountain left. There is no uniform rule for climbing mountains. Generally, we climb mountains and towers.
The origin of Double Ninth Festival
The origin of climbing the Double Ninth Festival
The Double Ninth Festival and the autumn harvest have been completed, and there is not much farm work, so farmers are relatively idle. At this time, it is the mature season of wild fruits, medicinal materials and other plants in Shan Ye. Farmers go up the mountain to collect wild fruits, medicinal materials and plant raw materials for sideline production, and this activity of collecting them up the mountain is called "small autumn harvest". Therefore, the custom of climbing on the ninth day of September evolved from this.
The origin of climbing the Double Ninth Festival II
The climbing of Chongyang originated from the worship of mountain gods in ancient times. Believe that mountain gods can save people from disaster. The ancients thought that "nine is Lao Yang, and the anode will change", and the number of Lao Yang on September 9th was both a month and a day, which was unlucky. So it developed a series of activities to avoid evil and seek longevity (this is not the number "nine" that Wei Wendi Cao Pi said is "suitable for a long time". This is the viewpoint in Xie's Five Miscellanies of Ming Dynasty). Therefore, people must go to the mountains to avoid disasters on the Double Ninth Festival. At first, people had to worship mountain gods for peace and good luck, and later it gradually evolved into an entertainment activity.
Why climb the Double Ninth Festival?
Moral 1: Going up the mountain to ward off evil spirits In ancient China, there was a saying that there was a "sunny" day, the atmosphere rose and the weather dropped. In order to avoid contact with evil spirits, ancient people climbed mountains on September 9 to avoid evil spirits. However, this statement is somewhat unscientific now. However, 1999 generally coincides with the crisp autumn harvest season, so it is very suitable for family travel and mountain climbing.
Moral 2: Climbing the mountain to pray for blessings According to the Book of Rites, "Mountains, rivers, valleys and hills can make clouds, which are for wind and rain. When they see monsters, they all call God." The living environment of ancient people was much more difficult than today. In the earliest days, a lot of people's things came from gathering and hunting, and various plants and animals growing in the mountains allowed human beings to survive and reproduce. So in ancient times, the ancients worshipped mountains, especially high mountains. Therefore, climbing mountains on Uncle's Day is also an act of expressing people's awe, worship and blessing.
Moral 3: Everyone should have heard of spring outing, but there are actually autumn words. According to the book Jing Di Ji Sheng edited by Pan Rongbi in the Qing Dynasty, "(Chongyang) has a cure and drinks in the suburbs all day, which is called' Ci'."