Why is the Double Ninth Festival called Old People's Day?
The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is a traditional festival in China, the Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival has a history of more than 1000 years. 1989, China municipal government designated this day as "Day for the Elderly" and "Day for Respecting the Elderly" every year. Every day, all localities should organize the elderly to climb mountains and have an autumn outing, exchange feelings and exercise. The younger generation of many families will also help the elderly to go to the suburbs.
In ancient figures, "nine" is both "yang number" and "extreme number", which means that the height of the sky is "nine days" and the earth is extremely "nine springs". Nine is the most admired mysterious number in faith. On the ninth day of September, the sun and the moon meet on the ninth day, which is the Double Ninth Festival, so it is called "Double Ninth Festival" and also called "Double Ninth Festival", so this day is called Double Ninth Festival.
Double Ninth Festival, because "Double Ninth Festival" is homophonic with "long time", and 9 is the largest number in numbers, which means longevity and longevity, and autumn is also the golden season of harvest in a year, so "Double Ninth Festival" is considered as a good day to wish the elderly a long life.
Since 1980s, some places in China have designated September 9th of the summer calendar as the Day for the Elderly, and advocated the whole society to establish the atmosphere of respecting, loving and helping the elderly. 1989, the China government designated this day as "Day for the Elderly" and "Day for Respecting the Elderly".
20 12, 12, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), China (the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress) voted to pass the newly revised Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly. The law clearly stipulates that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the festival for the elderly every year.
People have attached importance to the Double Ninth Festival since ancient times, but now it has been given a new meaning and has become the "Festival for the Elderly" in China.
In addition, many countries also have their own festivals to respect or care for the elderly, but the dates are different, which are distributed in 12 months of the year, and there is a festival for the elderly every month.