According to folklore, the Double Ninth Festival commemorates the person "Huan Jing". Because he once "slayed the plague demon with his sword" and benefited the people, people have always commemorated him. 1. The legendary Huanjing Temporary Plague Demon

According to legend, there was a plague demon in Runan in ancient times. As soon as it appears, someone will fall ill in every family and the people will suffer. There was a young man named Huan Jing in Runan. His parents were killed by a plague, and he himself almost died of the disease.

After recovering from his illness, Huan Jing decided to go out to visit immortals and learn arts, so as to eliminate demons for the people. So, he said goodbye to his beloved wife and visited teachers everywhere to find the way. He visited famous mountains all over the country, and finally found out that there was an ancient mountain in the east, and there was an immortal leader with boundless power on the mountain. Huan Jing was not afraid of the long and dangerous journey, and finally found the mountain and the immortal with magical power.

?The immortal was moved by his spirit, kept him, taught him the swordsmanship of subduing demons, and gave him a sword to subdue demons. Huan Jing finally developed extraordinary martial arts skills.

?One day, the immortal called Huan Jing to him and said: "Tomorrow is the ninth day of September, and the plague demon will come out to do evil again. You have learned your skills, and you should go back to eliminate harm for the people." The chief gave Huan Jing a pack of dogwood leaves and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and secretly taught Huan Jing how to ward off evil spirits, and asked Huan Jing to ride a crane home.

?Huan Jing returned to his hometown, and according to the immortal's words, he led the villagers to a nearby mountain and gave each of them a piece of dogwood leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine.

?At noon, the plague demon appeared. Huan Jing told everyone to grab dogwood leaves and chrysanthemum wine and not move around. The plague demon ran wildly down the mountain with bared teeth and claws. Suddenly, he smelled the strange fragrance of dogwood and chrysanthemum wine. His face suddenly changed and Xia Ran stopped. Huan Jing chased down the mountain with a demon-quenching sword and stabbed the plague demon to death.

In order to commemorate Huan Jing, every year on the ninth day of September, people would climb high to overlook, plant dogwood trees, and drink chrysanthemum wine. People said that doing so could avoid disasters. Later, these customs have been passed down. 2. The Origin and Evolution of the Double Ninth Festival

? ?The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is our country’s traditional Double Ninth Festival. Some people think that the origin of the name "Double Ninth Festival" is related to the "Book of Changes", which is not unreasonable.

? "The Book of Changes" defines "six" as a yin number and "nine" as a yang number. On September 9th, the sun and the moon coincide with the yang, and the two nines overlap, so it is called the Double Ninth Festival, also called the Double Ninth Festival. The ancients believed that the Double Ninth Day was an auspicious day, and there was a long-standing custom of holding a banquet to celebrate on this day. In addition, nine is the largest number among the ten numbers, and "jiujiu" has the same pronunciation as "jiujiu". Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival has the meaning of long life, health and longevity.

During the Double Ninth Festival, the legend originally began in the court of the Han Dynasty. It is said that in the imperial palace of the early Han Dynasty, a feast was held on a high platform every September 9th to pray for longevity. In the Book of Nine Days and Zhong Yao written by Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, it was clearly written about the Chongyang Festival. , the common people think that it is suitable for a long time, so they enjoy banquets." Probably in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, climbing mountains, drinking wine, and appreciating chrysanthemums became fixed activities of the upper class on the Double Ninth Festival.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a folk festival. In addition to climbing, drinking, and admiring chrysanthemums, the activities of planting dogwood were added. Wang Wei has a poem that says, "I know from afar that my brothers have climbed to the heights, and there is only one less person planted with dogwood trees everywhere."

In the Song Dynasty, the folk custom of celebrating the Double Ninth Festival became even more popular. There are many excellent poems in Tang poetry and Song Dynasty that celebrate the Double Ninth Festival and chant chrysanthemums, many of which reflect the folk celebration of the Double Ninth Festival.

? During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, during the Double Ninth Festival in September, everyone in the palace would eat flower cakes and drink chrysanthemum wine to celebrate. Even the emperor personally went to the Long Live Mountain to climb the Long Live Mountain to refresh his autumn aspirations. There were more celebrations in various places. , more solemn.

Today, the Double Ninth Festival has been given a new meaning. In 1989, our country designated September 9th of the lunar calendar as the Elderly Day.