Because "Jiujiu" and "Jiujiu" are homophonic, and nine is the largest number in the number, which means longevity, so the ancients thought that the Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day worth celebrating.
The Double Ninth Festival is also a festival for the elderly in China. By the end of 20 15, the number of elderly people over 60 years old in China has reached 222 million, accounting for 16. 1% of the total population, including your white-haired parents or grandparents. The most beautiful thing in the world is that I grow up and you are not old; I have the ability to repay you, and you are still healthy. Today's Double Ninth Festival, let's make a wish, wishing the elderly at home a long and healthy life and the elderly in the world happiness and well-being!
Go out to play, Yu Shuang.
There is a custom of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival, but you should pay attention to going out to play today. Affected by the external circulation of Typhoon Aili and the cold air moving southward, there were moderate to heavy rains in central and southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong and Taiwan Province Province, including heavy rains and local heavy rains in parts of the southeast coast of Fujian, eastern Guangdong and eastern and southern Taiwan Province Province, which were accompanied by short-term heavy rainfall. Before 12, the temperature in most parts of northern China was lower than normal, and the temperature in eastern and northeastern Inner Mongolia was 3 ~ 6℃ lower.
Chongyang custom, not only climbing mountains.
Climb the peak
First of all, there is a custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival. On this day, all relatives should climb the mountain together to "avoid disaster". Autumn in September, the sky is crisp, this season, climbing high and looking far can achieve the purpose of refreshing, fitness and recuperation.
offer sacrifices to ancestors
The Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Zhongyuan Festival are collectively called the four traditional ancestral festivals in China. On this day, Cantonese people call it "Mount Taigong", and all the family members will come back to "Mount Taigong", especially the men.
Respect for the elderly
The Double Ninth Festival is also a festival for the elderly in China. People should express their filial piety to the elderly and advocate the whole society to establish an atmosphere of respecting, respecting, loving and helping the elderly. On May 20th, 2006, the Double Ninth Festival was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in the State Council.
Autumn sun
The Double Ninth Festival is the best time to enjoy autumn, and some mountain villages in the south of China still retain the characteristics of "basking in autumn". "Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon. Villagers in mountainous areas have to use the roofs and windowsills in front of and behind their houses to hang crops, because their villages have complex terrain and few flat land.
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.
Peidogwood
People think that the ninth day of September 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". Cornus officinalis has a strong aroma, has the functions of expelling insects, removing dampness and dispelling cold, and can help digestion, eliminate food accumulation and treat cold and heat.
Traditional authentic Chongyang cuisine
Drink chrysanthemum wine
In ancient times, chrysanthemum wine was specially brewed for the Double Ninth Festival in the first year. On September 9, the newly-opened chrysanthemums and a little green branches and leaves were picked, mixed with grain for brewing, and then used together for brewing until September 9 of the following year.
Traditional Chinese medicine has proved that chrysanthemum is sweet, cold and bitter, and has the functions of dispelling wind and clearing heat, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, diminishing inflammation and detoxifying. Although chrysanthemum wine can't achieve the miraculous effect of "keeping people young", it does have the medicinal value of clearing away heat and toxic materials, improving eyesight and expelling wind, calming liver and dispersing lung, nourishing yin and tonifying kidney.
Eat Chongyang cake
Chongyang cake is also called flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake. It was the original intention of the ancients to make cakes at dawn on September 9. The child put a cake on his head and said a word in his mouth, wishing the child all the best. Exquisite Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, with two lambs on it, which conforms to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some people even put red paper flags on Chongyang cakes and light candles. This probably means "lighting a lamp" and "eating cakes" instead of "climbing", and using a red paper flag instead of dogwood.
In addition, sponge cakes and honey cakes in Shanghai and Jiuzhongke in Fuzhou are also the best products for people to taste and enjoy during the Double Ninth Festival.
Eat mutton noodles
You should eat mutton noodles on the Double Ninth Festival. "Sheep" and "Yang" are homophonic, which should be the code name of Chongyang. If you want to eat white flour, "white" means "100" minus the top "1", which means that 100 minus 1 is 99, in line with the code name of "99". Mutton is warm in nature, benefiting qi and tonifying deficiency, warming the middle and warming the lower, treating mental fatigue, soreness of waist and knees, five strains and seven injuries. In Compendium of Materia Medica, mutton is called a warm tonic for nourishing Yuanyang and benefiting blood. Eating in autumn and winter can supplement the dual effects of cold protection.
There are many famous snacks based on buckwheat noodles and mutton in northern Shaanxi, such as mutton noodles and buckwheat noodles. When people in northern Shaanxi celebrate the Double Ninth Festival, they all want to eat buckwheat mutton at night.
Double Ninth Festival, so as to keep healthy.
Beware of autumn dryness
Dry in autumn, easy to hurt and consume; At the same time, respiratory diseases, such as bronchitis, bronchial asthma and rhinitis, are particularly prone to occur in autumn, especially in the elderly with low immunity. To cope with autumn dryness, eat less spicy onions, ginger, garlic, peppers and so on. Eat more sour fruits, vegetables and food to nourish the liver qi. This season, drinking porridge can reduce people's gastrointestinal burden and help digestion.
Lie down in the wind
Sleep is the highlight of health care. Because of the cool breeze in autumn night, it is easy to be attacked by "thief wind" If the "thief wind" blows on the head and face of the sleeping person, you will feel migraine the next morning; "Thief wind" blowing in the abdomen will cause diarrhea; "Thief wind" blowing on bare limbs will also make muscles in a state of tension and contraction. So, at this time, you must lie down from the cold when you fall asleep. In addition, the autumn climate is dry, the wind is strong, and sweat evaporates quickly, which is easy to make people dry, dry throat, constipation and chapped skin. In daily life, we should pay attention to maintaining indoor humidity.
Appropriate tonic
Autumn is a tonic season, and many old people "stick on autumn fat" at this time. At present, there are many popular science articles about health preservation and health in society, but some opinions are not suitable for everyone. Especially the elderly, must be supplemented according to their own specific conditions. Many traditional Chinese medicine supplements pay great attention to the cold and heat of the constitution, so we must find out before taking it.
A regular life
The most important thing in changing seasons is to maintain good living habits, and it is best not to break the original, established and stable routine.
The elderly have fragile bones and are a high incidence of osteoarthropathy. If there are elderly people at home who want to climb mountains, they must be reminded to avoid strenuous exercise for a long time and pay attention to protecting the health of bones and joints.
resilience
In autumn, the sunshine decreases, the temperature drops gradually, and the flowers and trees wither. In such an environment, it is easy to feel depressed, irritable, desolate and lifeless because of the scenery. When the elderly are in a bad mood, it will accelerate the pace of physiological aging and induce many diseases. Children should talk to their parents more and communicate more.
Double Ninth Festival, singing poems and expressing feelings
Vacation in the mountains reminds me of my brothers in Shandong.
(Tang) Wang Wei
As a stranger in a foreign land,
Please think twice about your relatives during the festival.
Know where the brothers climb,
There is a man missing from the dogwood.