The relationship between the Double Ninth Festival and Cornus officinalis was first seen in a story in the mythical novel "The Harmony of Continued Qi": Runan people visited the scenery and learned Taoism with Fei Changfang. One day, Fei Changfang told Huan Jing that there would be a disaster in your home on September 9. The solution is to let your family make a colorful bag, put Cornus officinalis in it, wrap it around your arm, climb mountains and drink chrysanthemum wine.
On the ninth day of September, the Huanjing family followed. When I got home at night, I found that all my chickens, dogs, cattle and sheep were dead, and the whole family was safe and sound because of going out. So Kaunus's Exorcism was handed down.
Local custom
Guangzhou celebrates the Double Ninth Festival, and people climb Baiyun Mountain to enjoy autumn fitness. Wuchuan Double Ninth Festival, a high-standard banquet, a banquet to respect the elderly. In Huaiji County, Chongyang is regarded as the moment of Yuan Di's enlightenment. Men, women and children all came out of the city, and they all used cannons to compete with God. Even on the Double Ninth Festival in Sichuan, boys and girls gather outside the city to sing songs for the citizens to watch. On the Double Ninth Festival in Yangjiang City, a paper kite with a rattan bow on it is very loud in mid-air.
In the customs of Hong Kong and Macao people, Tomb-Sweeping Day is the "Spring Festival" and the Double Ninth Festival is the "Autumn Festival". The traditional custom of ancestor worship in Chongyang Mountain continues to this day. In Hong Kong and Macau, the ancient Double Ninth Festival has now evolved into a diversified festival.
On September 9th in Longan County, cattle and sheep were allowed to feed on their own. As the saying goes, "on September 9, cattle and sheep will keep their food." Tomb-Sweeping Day is a spring festival, the Double Ninth Festival is an autumn festival, and worshipping mountains on Double Ninth Festival is one of the customs in Lingnan. The tradition of pursuing the distance carefully and thinking about the source has been passed down for thousands of years.