Because the Double Ninth Festival in September means climbing high to avoid evil spirits, on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month in a year, it is generally inappropriate for the whole family to use greetings such as "Happy Double Ninth Festival".
Ancient festivals are generally odd and odd, such as the Jocci Festival on July 7th and the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th. The Double Ninth Festival originated from avoiding evil spirits and climbing high for peace, so it is said that Chongyang climbs high. Therefore, it may be more appropriate to send blessings of "Ankang", "health" and "peace" on the occasion of the Double Ninth Festival.
The traditional theme of the Double Ninth Festival is to ward off evil spirits. On this day, it seems inappropriate to say "Happy Holidays".
It's better to say "good health" or "peace for the whole family", but today's Double Ninth Festival has gradually diluted the meaning of taboos, taking respecting the elderly as the theme of the festival, so whether to say "happy holidays" has become a personal choice.
The alias of Double Ninth Festival
1, ancestor worship day
Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and July 30th are all traditional festivals in China, and ancestor worship is a major theme of major festivals. China was a farming society and agricultural civilization in ancient times, and attached great importance to the experience of ancestors. Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has the concept of courtesy and respect for ancestors, and has the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors on holidays to show filial piety and not forget their roots.
2. Climbing Festival
In ancient times, there was the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival, so it was also called "Climbing Festival". The climbing custom of Chongyang originated from the climate characteristics at this time and the worship of mountains by the ancients.
The custom of "climbing the mountain" on the Double Ninth Festival is also intrinsically related to Taoism's "ascending to heaven and becoming immortal" on September 9. In Taoist culture, the Double Ninth Festival is the best time to ascend to heaven and become immortal, so Taoist legends often choose September 9 as "Ascending to Heaven and Becoming Immortal". Taoism believes that on this day, the clear gas rises and the turbid gas sinks. The higher the terrain, the more clear air gathers, and the clear air can ascend to heaven.