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Drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival is a folk custom of the ancient Double Ninth Festival, which means keeping fit and prolonging life. The ancients called chrysanthemum wine "not old prescription", which recorded a kind of "not old prescription": "It is not old to pick chrysanthemum, poria cocos and rosin on September 9."
"Compendium of Materia Medica" has a more specific record: "On September 9, I took white chrysanthemum, named Jin, and took 2 Jin of Poria, and smashed it into powder. Two yuan each time, take it with warm wine three times a day, or take one pill each with refined turpentine and meatballs (eggs). Mainly dizzy, just wear it for a long time, not old. "
The custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine is actually related to solar terms health care. Chrysanthemum is the timely flower of the Double Ninth Festival, and it is called "the first frost and the only grass". According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the nature and taste of chrysanthemum should belong to "sweet, bitter and slightly cold, belonging to lung and liver meridians". Its main functions are dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight, and treating wind-heat cold, red eyes and swelling, red eyes and dizziness.
The Double Ninth Festival is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which is homophonic with "99" and "99", meaning that for a long time, the ancients brewed chrysanthemums into wine and took them out for drinking every Double Ninth Festival. Besides health care, it also means praying for good luck.
What wine do you drink on the Double Ninth Festival?
Chrysanthemum wine existed in the Han Dynasty.
In Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi once presented chrysanthemums to Zhong You in Chongyang to wish 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.
The custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history, but there are many versions about its origin. One originated in ancient times and was created by Du Kang, and the other originated in the early Han Dynasty and the court. But in any case, it was Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty who closely linked chrysanthemum with wine and endowed it with cultural connotation and far-reaching influence.
Tao Yuanming loved chrysanthemum and wine all his life. He wrote in the preface to "Idle for Nine Days": "I live idle, love the name of Nine, and the autumn chrysanthemums are full of gardens, but I don't want to take wine and worry about it." After Wei and Jin Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine was also popular in Tang Dynasty. Quan Deyu's poem "Seeing relatives and friends off to Danyang on the 9th in Jiaxing" says: "The grass reveals the cold clothes, and the mountain breeze makes the chrysanthemum fragrant". Scholars of all ages like chrysanthemum wine, which is related to its health care function on the one hand and its strong admiration for chrysanthemum humanistic style on the other.
Of course, dogwood and chrysanthemum are not completely separated. Cornus officinalis can also be eaten, and chrysanthemum can also be inserted. For example, Dream of Liang Lu said: "In this world, chrysanthemum and dogwood float above wine and drink, dogwood is in the name of exorcism, and chrysanthemum is the guest of prolonging life. I take these two things as a festival to eliminate the evil of Yang Jiu. " In Du Mu's poem "Ascending the Mountain in Nine Days", "It is difficult to laugh in the world, and the chrysanthemum must be put in the head".
It can be seen that in addition to drinking chrysanthemum wine, there is also the custom of holding chrysanthemums. Cornus officinalis is eaten not only on the head, but also on the arm, or in a sachet. This custom later developed into various customs, such as hanging chrysanthemum branches and leaves on doors and windows on the Double Ninth Festival or sticking paper-cuts, or cutting ribbons into the shape of dogwood and chrysanthemum to give to each other.
What are the customs of the Double Ninth Festival?
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First, there is the custom of climbing mountains. Autumn in September, the sky is crisp. In this season, climbing the mountain and overlooking it can achieve the purpose of relaxing body and mind, keeping fit and getting rid of diseases. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, the Annals of Chang 'an recorded that people visited the Han capital on September 9th.
Step 2 eat Chongyang cake
Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake, is made randomly. The dawn of the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the original intention of the ancients to make cakes in September. 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. At present, there is still no fixed variety of Chongyang cake, and the soft cakes eaten in Chongyang Festival all over the country are called Chongyang cakes.
Step 3 enjoy 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.
Step 4 drink chrysanthemum wine
On the Double Ninth Festival, China has the traditional custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine. 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 that 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.
5. Pei dogwood
The custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa was popular in ancient times, so it is also called Cornus 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, has the functions of expelling insects, removing dampness and dispelling cold, and can help digestion, eliminate food accumulation and treat cold and heat. 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".