Q: When is the Double Ninth Festival on 20 17? A: The Double Ninth Festival in 20 17 falls on 10/28 October.
The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Double Ninth Festival, also known as the Double Ninth Festival. Because "99" and "99" are homophonic, and nine is the largest number in the number, which means long life, so the ancients thought that the Double Ninth Festival was a happy and auspicious day.
There is a custom of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival. Since ancient times, on this day, all relatives of each family have to climb the mountain together to avoid disaster. The weather is crisp in autumn and September, which is said to have the effect of exorcising evil spirits and eliminating disasters in this season. But modern people think that it can achieve the purpose of relaxation, fitness and elimination of diseases.
During the Double Ninth Festival, the ancients used to wear dogwood. People think that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is an unfortunate day, so they like to worship dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival to ward off evil spirits and seek good luck. Therefore, Cornus officinalis is also called "evil-ward Weng". In fact, Cornus officinalis has a strong fragrance, which has the functions of expelling insects, removing dampness, expelling wind, resolving food stagnation and treating cold and heat. It is really a good thing with health care function.
The Double Ninth Festival is coming, and there is also the custom of ancestor worship among the people. Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Zhongyuan Festival are collectively called the four traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China. On this day, ancestor worship in China and Guangdong Province is called "worship of Taigong Mountain", and all family members will come back to "worship Taigong Mountain", especially men.
On the occasion of the Double Ninth Festival, some mountain villages in the south of China still retain the characteristics of "sunbathing in autumn". "Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon. Villagers in mountainous areas have to use the front and back of their houses and their own windowsills to dry and hang crops because of the complex terrain and little flat land in the village. Before and after the Double Ninth Festival, the scenes were colorful and beautiful.
In China, the Double Ninth Festival is also a good time to enjoy autumn chrysanthemums. September in the lunar calendar is commonly known as the chrysanthemum moon, and the ninth day of September in the solar calendar has the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums, so it has been called the Chrysanthemum Festival since ancient times. On this day, chrysanthemum meetings are often held in various chrysanthemum producing areas in China, and people from all over the city go to the meeting to enjoy chrysanthemums.
The Double Ninth Festival is also a festival for the elderly in China. Since 1980s, some places in China have designated the ninth day of the ninth lunar month as the festival for the elderly, advocating the whole society to establish the atmosphere of respecting, loving and helping the elderly. 1989, the China municipal government designated the ninth day of the ninth lunar month as "Day for the Elderly" and "Day for Respecting the Elderly".
20 12 On February 28th, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), China passed the newly revised Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, and the law made it clear that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Day for the Elderly. On May 20th, 2006, the Double Ninth Festival was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.
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