First, the autumn harvest and Chongyang
The Double Ninth Festival is located in autumn, so the festival cultural characteristics of Double Ninth Festival are mainly related to autumn. In the traditional custom of the Double Ninth Festival, autumn outing, chrysanthemum appreciation, autumn appreciation and autumn harvest sacrifice are all closely related to autumn.
Two, nine, Chongyang
Nine is the largest single digit. In ancient China, it was regarded as an imaginary number and extreme solar number, which often meant the most and countless meanings. Nine also emphasizes that time is long and symbolizes eternity. The number nine in ancient China was a dragon. Jiuben is a snake-like animal, which highlights its triangular snake head, open Shekou and prominent snake tongue. In addition, the number nine is a snake with a human head.
Third, health Chongyang
Double Ninth Festival is an important time for health preservation. Autumn is easy to be dry. At this time, the yang gradually tends to sink from rising to falling, the physiological function tends to be calm, the yang gradually declines, and the climate gradually turns cold, which is the season when people are prone to illness. Therefore, people celebrate the Double Ninth Festival, which is also a healthy festival. Both rock climbing and conditioning with dogwood are based on the concept of fitness and health preservation. ?
The Origin and Evolution of Double Ninth Festival
The origin of the Double Ninth Festival was recorded as early as in Lu Chunqiu: "In September, the family was ordered to slaughter, and the fields were plowed for harvest, and five essentials were introduced. The Tibetan emperor's book is collected in the holy warehouse, and I only respect it. " "It's the day, Great Emperor. I'll taste the sacrifice and tell the son of heaven." It can be seen that at that time, in the name of celebrating the harvest, there were already activities of offering sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth and ancestors to thank them for their gifts.
The Han Dynasty's Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing recorded that the custom of wearing dogwood and drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival was to live longer. At the same time, there are various large-scale banquets, which evolved from the sacrificial activities to celebrate the harvest in the pre-Qin period. This is the embryonic form of the early Double Ninth Festival. ?
Throughout the history of the development of the Double Ninth Festival, the activities to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival were originally just court or official celebrations. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the Double Ninth Festival was designated as a formal festival that the court and the people began to celebrate together and held various activities during the festival.
The Chung Yeung Festival in the Song Dynasty was the most lively. The Legend of Wulin recorded in detail the "Eighth and Ninth Days of the Southern Song Dynasty" in order to make a big scene the next day. The Ming and Qing dynasties followed the tradition of eating flower cakes from the first day of the ninth lunar month. On the Double Ninth Festival on September 9, the emperor will climb the Range Rover. ?