Myths and legends

The earlier legend about the Double Ninth Festival can be found in Wu Jun's "Continued Harmony" in the Liang Dynasty: Huanjing in Runan and Fei Changfang traveled together for many years, and Changfang said, "On September 9th, there will be disaster in your home. It is advisable to leave in a hurry and let the family make their own crimson bags, hold dogwood, tie their arms, and climb high to drink chrysanthemum wine. This disaster can be eliminated. " Picturesque scenery, family climbing mountains. The same is true at night, when chickens, dogs, cattle and sheep suddenly die. The eldest room listened: "This can be exchanged." Today, people climb mountains and drink on the 9th, and women take the bag of Cornus officinalis, so the cover begins here. Later, it developed into several versions of the legend among the people. One of them is like this: According to legend, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in Ruhe. As soon as it appeared, people got sick and died every day, and people in this area were ravaged by plague demons. A plague claimed the lives of young Huan Jing's parents, and he almost died of illness himself. After recovering from his illness, he bid farewell to his beloved wife and the Double Ninth Festival of his elders.

Folks, determined to go out and learn skills, in addition to the plague for the people. Huan Jing visited teachers everywhere to find the way, visited celebrities all over the world, and finally found an oldest mountain in the East. There is a magical fairy on the mountain. Under the guidance of the crane, Huan Jing finally found the mountain and the miraculous fairy. The immortal was moved by his spirit, and finally took Huan Jing in, taught him the sword to subdue the demon, and gave him a sword to subdue the demon. Huan Jing forgot to eat and sleep and practiced hard, and finally developed an extraordinary martial arts. On this day, the immortal called Huan Jing to his side and said, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of September, and the god of plague will come out to do evil again. When you learn the skill, you should go back and kill the people. " Xianchang gave him a pack of dogwood leaves and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and secretly taught him how to ward off evil spirits and let him ride a crane home. Huanjing returned to his hometown. On the morning of the ninth day of September, according to the fairy's instructions, he led the villagers to a nearby mountain and gave everyone a dogwood leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine to prepare for subduing the evil spirits. At noon, with several strange calls, Mo Wen rushed out of the Ruhe River, but just as Mo Wen jumped down the mountain, he suddenly smelled the strange fragrance of Cornus officinalis and the alcohol smell of Chrysanthemum, and his face suddenly changed. At that time, Huan Jing chased Mo Wen down the mountain with a demon sword in his hand, and stabbed him to death in a few rounds. Since then, the custom of climbing mountains on the ninth day of September to avoid epidemics has been handed down year after year. Later, people regarded the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival as an activity to avoid disasters. In addition, in the traditional concept of Central Plains people, the Double Ninth Festival still means longevity, health and longevity, so the Double Ninth Festival was later established as 1989 Festival for the elderly. ...

folk-custom activities

Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival of Han nationality, which combines various folk customs. Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high and looking far, enjoying chrysanthemums, planting dogwood all over the place, eating double ninth cake, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other activities. Double Ninth Festival, because it is homophonic with "long", and nine is the largest number in the number, which means long life. Moreover, autumn is also the golden season of harvest in a year, and the Double Ninth Festival has far-reaching influence. People have always had special feelings for this festival. There are many excellent poems in Tang poetry and Song poetry to congratulate the Double Ninth Festival and chant chrysanthemums. Climbing the Double Ninth Festival first has the custom of climbing. It's crisp in September. Looking from afar in this season, you can relax your body and mind, keep fit and get rid of diseases. Eating Chongyang cake is associated with climbing mountains. Gaohe cake is homophonic. As a holiday food, it was originally to celebrate the harvest of autumn grain and taste new grain. After that, the people have the auspicious meaning of climbing to eat cakes and climbing step by step. Appreciate the beautiful chrysanthemums

The Double Ninth Festival has always had the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums, so it has been called Chrysanthemum Festival since ancient times. September of the lunar calendar, commonly known as Chrysanthemum Month, holds a chrysanthemum party on holidays, and people from all over the city go to the meeting to enjoy chrysanthemums. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the Three Kingdoms, it has become fashionable for Chongyang parties to drink and enjoy chrysanthemums and recite poems. In the ancient customs of Han nationality, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity. Drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival is a traditional custom in China. Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings. Chrysanthemum wine existed in the Han Dynasty. In Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi once presented chrysanthemums to Zhong You in Chongyang, wishing him a long life. Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty recorded in Bao Puzi that there was a family in Nanyang Mountain, Henan Province, who lived a long life because of drinking the sweet valley water full of chrysanthemums. In Liang's "Picking Chrysanthemums", there is a saying that "under the east fence of picking chrysanthemums, picking pearls tells each other, and the morning dew is wet", which is also a move of picking chrysanthemums to make wine. Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine was still very popular, and it was still recorded in Gao Lian's Eight Chapters of Respect for Life in the Ming Dynasty. This is a popular health drink. Pei dogwood was also popular in ancient times to insert Evodia rutaecarpa, so it was also called dogwood festival. As a medicine, Cornus officinalis can make wine, strengthen the body and get rid of diseases. Evodia rutaecarpa and chrysanthemum were very common in the Tang Dynasty. Cornus officinalis has a strong aroma, and has the functions of expelling parasites, removing dampness, expelling wind, promoting digestion and resolving food stagnation, and treating cold and heat. People think that September 9 is also a day of disaster, so people like to wear dogwood to ward off evil spirits and seek good luck on the Double Ninth Festival. Therefore, Cornus officinalis is also called "evil spirit". [ 1]

Local custom

On September 9th in Xianghe County, Hebei Province, families with in-laws will give gifts to each other, which is called "chasing festivals". The sunny and rainy days in Yongping House will be dominated by Chongyang weather. If it rains on the Double Ninth Festival, it will rain these days. There are no mountains in Zhou Dian County, and there are more people climbing the stairs in the county than in the Double Ninth Festival. People in the north of Changyi, Shandong eat spicy radish soup on the Double Ninth Festival. There is a proverb: "After drinking radish soup, the whole family is not bitter." Juancheng people call the Double Ninth Festival the birthday of the God of Wealth, and every household bakes cakes to offer sacrifices to the God of Wealth. Zou Ping offered a sacrifice to Fan Zhongyan in Chongyang. In the old days, dyeing houses and wineries also paid homage to the god of tanks on September 9. Tengzhou's daughter, who has been married for less than three years, avoids going back to her parents' home for the holidays. There is a saying that "if you go home to Chongyang, you will kill your mother-in-law." On the Double Ninth Festival in Xixiang County, Shaanxi Province, relatives and friends presented chrysanthemums and chrysanthemum cakes. Literati appreciate poetry and wine. It is said that on this day, women can learn from the mouth of Cornus officinalis and cure their distress. The Double Ninth Festival in northern Shaanxi is in the evening, and one day is a whole day of harvesting and threshing. In the evening, in the treetops, people like to eat buckwheat noodles and instant-boiled mutton. After dinner, people go out of their homes in twos and threes, climb the nearby hills, light a fire and talk about everything until the cock crows. When climbing mountains at night, many people will pick some wild chrysanthemums and put them on their daughters' heads to ward off evil spirits. On the Double Ninth Festival, people in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province chiseled the five-color paper into an inclined plane, even decorated it as a flag and inserted it in the court. Eat a kind of pasta called "camel hoof" at the Double Ninth Festival in Changzhou County. Eat Chongyang cake and Jiupin soup at the Double Ninth Festival in Wuxi County. The Chrysanthemum Festival held in Shanghai Yuyuan Garden was judged by three grades: novelty, nobility and rarity. Visiting each other on the Double Ninth Festival in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, relatives and friends cry before the spirit when there is a funeral. Tonglu county prepares pigs and sheep to bring their ancestors on September 9, which is called autumn festival. At the same time, zongzi are tied up and given to each other on the Double Ninth Festival, which is called Chongyang Zongzi. In ancient Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Chongyang had the folk custom of climbing, so the Double Ninth Festival was also called "Climbing Festival". According to legend, this custom began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are many climbing poems written by scholars in the Tang Dynasty, most of which are the custom of writing the Double Ninth Festival. Du Fu's Seven Laws "Ascending the Mountain" is a famous article about climbing the mountain in Chongyang. There is no uniform rule for climbing mountains. Generally, we climb mountains and towers. Chongyang cake

On September 9, Dexing County, Jiangxi Province was harvesting late rice. Tongling County, Anhui Province takes the ninth Double Ninth Festival as the Dragon and Candle Festival to welcome the mountain gods. Chopping bamboo and horses for fun is said to drive away the plague. Wuchang County, Hubei Province, brewed wine at the Double Ninth Festival. It is said that the wine brewed here is the clearest and will not go bad after a long time. The Double Ninth Festival in Yingcheng County is a wishing day, and even every household worships the God of Fangshe Tianzu on this day. In Changting County, Fujian Province, the edamame Festival is called the edamame Festival. Flying kites in the Double Ninth Festival in Haicheng County is a game, which is called "Wind Chak". People in Puxian worship ancestors more than Qingming, so there is a saying that it is small in March and big in September. Due to the coastal area of Puxian, the ninth day of September is also the anniversary of Mazu's ascension to heaven. Villagers often go to the Tianhou Palace and the Palace Temple in Mazu Tempel or Meizhou to pray. In Lianchuan and Chongyang, Guangdong, all the boys and girls gathered outside the city to sing songs for the citizens to watch. Nanxiong invited maoshan taoist to set up the Empress Dowager Club on September 9th, and all young women who want to have children will come to attend. A paper kite with a rattan bow tied on it is very loud in midair at the Double Ninth Festival in Yangjiang City. People in Lingao County get up early on the Double Ninth Festival, and everyone shouts "Catch Bobcats" in unison, which is a good sign of peace and prosperity. In Huaiji County, Guangxi, Chongyang is regarded as a day of enlightenment for Yuan Di. Men, women and children came out of the city, and they all competed with God with cannons. 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." Scholars in Nanxi County, Sichuan Province are used to gathering at Censhan Building in Longteng Mountain on this day to commemorate the poet Cen Can, which is called Cen Hall. According to the old folk custom, glutinous rice should be used to steam wine before and after Chongyang to make mash. As the saying goes, "steamed wine on the Double Ninth Festival is sweet and delicious". Since ancient times, there has been a traditional habit of climbing mountains on September 9 in Jinnan, Shanxi. Appreciating great rivers and mountains and scenic spots and historic sites has become a major event of the festival. Today, famous sayings such as "Gan Kun will win, and our generation will climb the peak together", "The east wind can't stay, Ran Ran rises from the peak" and "New joy in September, agriculture, countryside and farmers celebrate autumn" are still being recited among the people. Since 1983, Kaifeng, Henan Province has held a chrysanthemum party in Kaifeng, China every year. Children in qingfeng county play with paper kites on the Double Ninth Festival.

Chongyang hometown

On June 4th, 2005, 65438+February 4th, 2005, the county was named "the hometown of Chongyang culture in China" by China Folk Writers Association. In March 2006, the Chongyang custom in Shangcai was announced by the Henan Provincial People's Government as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage protection list. 2011June was announced by the State Council as the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage [2].

International custom

South Korea eats fried flowers, plays fried cauliflower games and flies kites. Japanese eat eggplant and chestnut rice to sacrifice chrysanthemums.

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Famous poems

Autumn country-specific ones, north peak and white clouds (Meng Haoran), you have found a quiet secluded place. Now, when I climb this mountain to see you, my heart flies high with the geese. Sadness is often the mood of dusk, and the mood is often the atmosphere of autumn. Tourists come to the village on the mountain, walk across the beach, sit at the ferry and have a rest. The forest in the distance is like a shepherd's purse, overlooking the river bank like a crescent moon. I hope you will pick me up, bring a basket of wine and get drunk on the Double Ninth Festival. Pass by the old friend village (Meng Haoran) and prepare chicken and rice for me. Old friend, you entertain me on your farm. Green Woods surround the village and green hills are located outside the city. Open the window facing the valley vegetable garden and pass the glass to talk about crops. Please come here to see chrysanthemums when the ninth festival comes. Banquet with all the old people in Tucun Village, Yangfu Mountain (anonymous) The lunch in Jiujiang Village is to celebrate the birthday of Chrysanthemum. Next year will be healthier than this year, * * * save youth. Gordon (Du Fu) In the gale, the apes are sobbing, and the birds are flying home on the clear lake and white sand beach. The endless trees are rustling leaves, and the Yangtze River is rolling unpredictably. Li in the sad autumn scenery, a wanderer all the year round, lives alone on the high platform in today's illness. After all the hardships and hatred, the white hair is full, and the wine glasses are damaged. It was September 10th (Li Bai). We went climbing yesterday, and today we will go again. Chrysanthemum is too bitter, and it is the Double Ninth Festival. On holiday in the mountains, I think of my brother (Wang Wei) in Shandong, who is in a foreign land, and I miss my relatives every festive season. When I think of my brothers' bodies climbing high, I will feel a little regret for not being able to reach me. On the 9th, Qishan climbed the mountain (Du Mu). Jiang Yingyan flies first, and the guest follows the pot. Laughter makes people laugh, when chrysanthemums are in full bloom. However, I will try my best to pay for the festival, and I won't hate it when I board the plane. After all, life is a short history, so why do you cry like Qi Jinggong? White chrysanthemums (Bai Juyi) were presented at the Chongyang banquet. The flowers in the garden are golden yellow with a layer of white frost inside. Just like today's singing and dancing seats, Pulsatilla entered the juvenile court. On September 9, Xuanwu Mountain Tour (Shandong) saw the mountains and rivers on September 9, and the wind, flowers and snow returned home. In another country, drinking Jinhua wine, Wan Li shares the same sorrow with Hongyan. On September 9th in Zhongshu (Wang Bo), he visited his hometown of Taiwan Province and took a seat in a farewell cup. Human feelings are tired and bitter in the south, and Hongyan is from the north. On the ninth day (Wang Jin), don't compare the border with Kyoto, the frost grass has withered in August. I wonder if there will be chrysanthemums in the wine today? On the 9th (Yang Heng), yellow flowers and purple chrysanthemums fell by the hedge, picking chrysanthemums, drinking and loving incense. I can't bear to look forward to my hometown today, but I am forced to join the crowd. On the ninth day of Feng Hexing's arrival at Lin Weige, the word (Wei Anshi) opened the autumn festival on the ninth day, which moved him deeply. The golden wind flutters chrysanthemums, and the jade dew weeps dogwood branches. Looking eight miles away, there are seven wonders in astronomy. A deep face should be in front of you, so don't forget the danger. Tafloxacin (jathyapple Loutai, Chou-heung Courtyard, people come and go cheerfully). Who is sad when autumn comes? Song Yu was so sad! Divide cups and plates, sing and dance at leisure, and ask him what's so sad about? It's also sad to think about it. It's rainy and windy on the Double Ninth Festival. Zuihuayin (Li Qingzhao) has a thick fog and a long sorrow, and the brain sells golden beasts. Double Ninth Festival, lying in bed, in the middle of the night, the cold on my body has just been soaked. Dongli drinks until dusk, and faint chrysanthemum fragrance overflows his sleeves. Don't get carried away, the curtain rolls west wind, people are thinner than yellow flowers! Indulge in Dongfeng Chongjiu (Guan Hanqing), the red leaves clear the ditch, and the people who admire the yellow flowers are drunk. The shadows of wild geese in the sky are thin, and the moon is thin at sunset. Autumn is crisp and bright. Who will teach white clothes to deliver wine? On the 9th (Vinson), chrysanthemums were planted for three years, and I was not at home when they were in bloom. When is today's wine, suddenly it has become the flower of the old garden. Wild clouds connect trees, and wild geese gather sand in cold. Boarding Infinity, where is Wangjing China? It's easy to live in Chongyang (Mao Zedong), but it's hard to get old. Every year, Chongyang is now Chongyang, and the yellow flowers in the battlefield are particularly fragrant. The annual autumn wind blows hard, not like spring, but better than spring, just like the Wan Li frost on the vast river. Chongyang (Wen Tianxiang), Wan Li, temples falling, autumn returning to the old phoenix tree. Yanqi crescent moon is full of rivers and lakes, and it is not lonely in the sunset. Fallen leaves have no intention of standing still, and yellow flowers are more westerly without owners. How much do you know about Gan Kun's resentment? Longshan the day before yesterday was like a dream. When the autumn wind crossed the river on the 9th (Li Dongyang), it was a long way to go to listen to the sound of Lang. The river has dried up for thousands of years, and it has been windy for hundreds of years. In the smoke, the trees are floating and the mountains on the city are healthy. Appreciate the fact that the state is farther east, and the lights stay overnight. Chu Shi's masterpiece (Gu) Appreciating the King is an autumn surprise, and we have been looking at each other for a long time. Keep your arms around selling muddy wine and worry about seeing yellow flowers. Heaven and earth are magnificent, and mountains and rivers read temple flowers. Thousands of miles away, eviction becomes homeless. On the 9th (RoyceWong), the light rain turned cloudy and the sunset approached, and the flying pavilion by the lake shone on the cold pond. Huanghua should laugh at the tourists and climb high in a foreign land every year. [3] Double Ninth Festival (Zhang Zhizhen), savoring cake wine and enjoying osmanthus and chrysanthemum yellow. Relatives and friends boarded the gazebo and watched the geese and their party in the clear sky.

folk song

Many folk songs and sayings are about the 20-year-old festival, and the Double Ninth Festival is no exception. The following are songs and proverbs about the Double Ninth Festival, which reflect the custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine and flying kites on the Double Ninth Festival and the custom of divining the weather on the Double Ninth Festival. Chrysanthemum yellow, yellow seeds are strong; Chrysanthemum fragrance, yellow; On September 9, drinking chrysanthemum wine makes people drunk, which is the Double Ninth Festival. On September 9, it was Chongyang; Put paper harrier, line length. In August, my brother sent cakes to Mid-Autumn Festival, and in September, my sister Chongyang sent shoes (Mulao people). In September, the wind blows all over the sky. The winter in Chongyang is sunny and it doesn't rain. Double Ninth Festival, climb harder. After all, every year, what is the credit? Although the scenery is picturesque and it is autumn mountain, it is not bad to swim and scare. If you want to do it, you must yearn for a double ninth festival and know how to be spoiled. If you dare to speak, you can avoid disaster. It is never too early. It means that you are single, so try to stay. Telling a whole book will never get old. The situation is only a trace of the past, and once again it is a matter of mentality. Since you didn't know yesterday, I don't blame you for doing so. Alas! If you are afraid of your steps, why bother? Don't sit still and wait, think about it, it is as profitable to scare the edge. On September 9, everyone went to climb the mountain, and you were a little boy. You walked noisily. Put up a paper harrier and dance at a height, help Han Sheng make a sound (the sound of a bow) and arouse a coward. It is always necessary to work hard in every place. Although it has prestige, it is a pity that it is fledgling, and it is afraid of slipping and hating forever. I estimate that a rope can bind the sky, not only to save a guy from disaster, but also to save him from the edge. Alas! It's hard to care about your life experience, but I just hope that God will be merciful and give you some credit.