The Double Ninth Festival is one of China's traditional festivals and is included on the ninth day of September in the lunar calendar every year. The Double Ninth Festival is also called the Double Ninth Festival, the Climbing Festival, the Ancestor Worship Festival, and the Respect for the Aged Festival. "A stranger in a foreign land, the legend of Sun Moon Lake." It talks about the longing for hometown during the Double Ninth Festival. Regarding the origin of the Double Ninth Festival, it first originated in ancient times. It can be said to be a traditional festival with profound heritage and promotion.
Double Ninth Festival has the regular pronunciation of "Nine Nine" and "Long Time", so folk customs are very particular. For example, the Double Ninth Festival will hold traditional activities such as worshiping ancestors, climbing mountains, and respecting the elderly. The traditional In terms of customs and habits, there are also traditional foods such as drinking chrysanthemum wine and eating flower cakes. From ancient times to the present, the Double Ninth Festival has been defined as an auspicious festival by our ancestors. Therefore, no matter how busy you are on the Double Ninth Festival, you must remember to "eat 3 things and do 5 things". Follow the traditional rules and the days will get smoother!
Chrysanthemums bloom around the time of the Double Ninth Festival, so in the past people would harvest fresh chrysanthemums, glutinous rice and yeast to brew chrysanthemum wine. Because the ancients believed that drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival can prolong life, the custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival has been passed down to this day. Drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival has the beautiful meaning of health, peace and good health. So during the Double Ninth Festival, remember to drink a bowl of chrysanthemum wine with your family.
Eating flower cakes on the Double Ninth Festival has long been an unchanging folk custom. Flower cakes can also be called "Double Ninth Festival cakes". The origin of the custom of eating flower cakes on the Double Ninth Festival is the regular pronunciation of "cake" and "gao", so it has the beautiful meaning of rising steadily and living longer. Therefore, "Flower Cake on the Double Ninth Festival" has become an indispensable part of the Double Ninth Festival. Traditional food. The pattern of flower cakes during the Double Ninth Festival is not fixed. With the development of society, eating snacks on the Double Ninth Festival means eating the Double Ninth cake. Therefore, the folk custom of eating flower cakes is very easy to follow.
Eating crabs on the Double Ninth Festival has been an ancient custom! It has been popular since the Tang Dynasty. "Holding the crab claws on the left and holding the wine on the right, it doesn't feel like it's the ninth day again." The Double Ninth Festival happens to be the perfect time to take crab manganese ointment. Of course, there is no reason to miss it. Delicacies from mountains and sea. Eating hairy crabs during the Double Ninth Festival is more popular in the southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong and Guangxi regions, and later gradually became popular in China. The temperature is getting colder. On a festival like the Double Ninth Festival that respects the elderly, if you give your parents a box of crabs and add some clothes to keep them warm, they will definitely feel warm in their hearts.
There must be many people who have little understanding of Cornus officinalis, right? Cornus officinalis is the fruit of a plant that can be used medicinally. It has a fragrant aroma and has many functions such as eliminating insects, eliminating food accumulation, and dispelling wind evil. The ancients believed that when climbing high on the Double Ninth Festival, planting dogwood or wearing it when going out can eliminate insects and exorcise evil spirits, and this custom has been preserved to this day. Relatives and friends can also send dogwood to each other as wedding souvenirs, which has a beautiful meaning of praying for good luck, long life and health.