The Chongyang Festival, also known as the Denggao Festival, Chongjiu Festival, September 9, Cornucopia Festival, Chrysanthemum Festival, etc., is a traditional Han Chinese festival. The festival is held on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, so it is also known as the 9th day of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th month of the 9th year.
This is the first time that a person has ever been to the United States. The origin of the Chongyang Festival?
The Chrysanthemum Festival originated from the worship of celestial signs and began in ancient times, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. According to the surviving historical materials and testimonies, in the ancient times, there were activities held in the seasonal autumn to sacrifice the harvest to heaven and ancestors; the ancients sacrificed to the emperor of heaven and ancestors in September when the crops were harvested to thank the emperor of heaven and the ancestors for their kindness, which is the original form of the Chrysanthemum Festival that existed as an autumn harvest ritual.
The Chongyang Festival was originally a day of joy. The ancients categorized everything in heaven and earth into yin and yang, with yin representing darkness and yang representing light and vitality. Odd numbers are Yang and even numbers are Yin. Nine is an odd number, and therefore belongs to the yang, the first nine days of September, the sun and the moon meet nine, the two yang overlap, so it is called "Chongyang". This day, in the mid-autumn season, the sky is high, it is a good time to climb high and far away, soothing the mind. Many Chinese literati throughout the ages, whenever this time, climbed high, one side drinking chrysanthemum wine, one side poetry for fun, leaving countless poems. In September, the cold winter is about to descend, people began to add winter clothes, they also do not forget to burn paper clothes in the worship of ancestors, so that the ancestors in the netherworld over winter. In this way, the Chongyang Festival has evolved into a festival of sweeping tombs and incinerating winter clothes for the ancestors.
? The story of the origin of the Chongyang Festival?
Legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in the River Ru, as long as it appeared, people would fall ill in every household, and even people lost their lives every day, and the people in the area suffered from the ravages of the plague demon, which was miserable to see.
There was a young man named Hengjing in Runan County at that time, and one year the plague took away his parents and almost killed him. After he recovered from the disease, he left his beloved wife and folks, determined to go out to visit the immortals and learn the art of ridding the people of evil. Hengjing finally found an immortal in an ancient mountain, who was touched by his spirit of removing evils for the people and decided to take him as his disciple, gave him a sword to subdue evils and taught him the art of subduing evils in a secret way. Hengjing was sleepless, practicing day and night, and finally developed an extraordinary martial art.
One day, the immortal called Hengjing to him and said, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of the ninth month, and the plague demon will come out to do evil again, now that you have learned your skill, you should go back to do away with the evil for the people." . At this time, the immortal gave Hengjing a packet of cornelian cherry leaves, a bottle of chrysanthemum wine, and taught him the secret of avoiding evil, so that Hengjing immediately rode the immortal crane and rushed back home.
Hengjing returned to his hometown, and on the morning of September 9, he led the townspeople to a nearby mountain as the immortal had instructed, and gave each person a piece of cornelian cherry leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine. At noon, the wind was furious, the north wind suddenly rose, the sky is dark, with a few mournful roar, the plague demon rushed out of the river Ru, swooped down to the mountain. Just at this time, the plague demon suddenly smelled cornelian cherry and chrysanthemum wine mellow fragrance, face suddenly changed, shivering, do not dare to move forward. When it was too late, Hengjing ran down the mountain with a sword in his hand, and after several rounds of fierce struggle, Hengjing stabbed the demon to death, and the plague was eliminated. From then on, every year on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the custom of ascending the mountain to avoid the plague has been passed down year after year.
It is said that in the traditional concept of the Central Plains people, the double nine symbolizes a long life, health and longevity, so people call the Chongyang Festival also known as the Festival of the Elderly.
The Double Ninth Festival, there are historical origins. As early as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, Qu Yuan in the "far travel" wrote: "set Chongyang into the emperor's palace Ruoxi, made the beginning of ten days and watch the Qingdu". During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Pi wrote in his book "The Ninth Day and the Book of Zhong Yao": "Years go by and months come and go, and suddenly it is the ninth day of the ninth month. Nine is the number of yang, and the sun and the moon should be answered together. The common people honored its name and thought that it was suitable for a long time, so they used it to enjoy the banquet and the high meeting." He has clearly written the Chongyang drinking feast. Tao Yuanming in the Jin Dynasty, "nine days of idleness" poem preface, said: "I live in idleness, love the name of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth month. Autumn chrysanthemums fill the garden, while holding the mash by and by, empty clothing nine Chinese, sends the mind to the words." Here mentioned both chrysanthemum and wine, indicating that in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Chongyang Day already had the custom of drinking wine and enjoying chrysanthemum. In the Tang Dynasty, Chongyang was officially designated as a folk festival. To the Ming Dynasty, September Chung Yeung, the palace up and down to eat flowers together to celebrate the cake, the emperor to personally to Banzai Mountain to climb high, in order to smooth the autumn Zhi, this custom has been passed down to the Qing Dynasty.
? The custom of the Chongyang Festival?
1. Chrysanthemum Appreciation
The Chrysanthemum Festival is the best time for chrysanthemums to open, and it is also a good time to appreciate the chrysanthemums, and to perceive the beauty of life in a cluster of chrysanthemums. Probably the ancients just like such a quiet, modern life is very restless, so people have to follow the Jin Dynasty world Tao Yuanming, hidden with the chrysanthemum as a companion, and chrysanthemum viewing custom is also passed down from this moment.
2. Ascending
The Chongyang Festival is not only a good time for chrysanthemums to open, but also a high and refreshing autumn sky, which is the most suitable for ascending to a high altitude to look into the distance. Since ancient times, the folk have the tradition of climbing high on the Chongyang Festival, so the Chongyang Festival is also known as the "festival of climbing high". There are many poems written by literati in Tang Dynasty, and Wang Wei's "Memories of Shandong Brothers on September 9" is one of the masterpieces.
3. Cornus officinalis
Cornus officinalis is strong in flavor and has the effect of repelling insects, and the ancients believed that sticking cornus officinalis in the Chongyang Festival could get rid of diseases and protect the body. Many people will climb up to the heights on the day of the festival, pick the cornelian cherry, insert the cornelian cherry in front of the door, or after a simple process, made into a scented capsule, worn on the body.
On the day of the Chongyang Festival, people go to ascend the heights, rush to the streets, and look at the city from afar, so that ascending the heights of the city can bring people a deep sense of peace and solidarity. Along with the ancient culture, Chongyang Festival has a deep cultural connotation and is a very meaningful festival. Chongyang Festival is the spiritual support of the Chinese people, which triggers the warmth of our reunion and fills our hearts with a warm feeling.