Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival in China, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year. The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the sacrifice after the ancient autumn harvest. Climbing is a long-standing custom of the Double Ninth Festival. In ancient times, there was the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival, so it was also called "Climbing Festival".
Because the ancients worshipped mountains very much, they would climb them on the Double Ninth Festival. On the custom of appreciating chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival. Because there was a chrysanthemum culture in ancient times, people thought that chrysanthemum was a natural flower, so it gradually formed a chrysanthemum culture of appreciating and praising chrysanthemums. In addition, the Double Ninth Festival can also be called Double Ninth Festival, ancestor worship festival, climbing festival and autumn festival.
Customs before and after the Double Ninth Festival
Cornus officinalis is the fruit of a traditional Chinese medicine. Cornus officinalis produced in wuyue has the best quality, so it is also called Evodia rutaecarpa. In ancient times, when people climbed the mountain on the Double Ninth Festival, they could insert Cornus officinalis to repel insects and damp, so they put it on their bodies. Flying kites is one of the customs to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival in southern China. According to folklore, flying a kite is equivalent to "putting bad luck". The higher the kite flies, the worse it gets. And the better the kite flies, the more blessed it is.
Chongyang cake is also called chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake. On the Double Ninth Festival, you can put this cake on the children's heads and wish them all the best. The ancient Chongyang cake has nine layers, shaped like a pagoda, on which two lambs were made. Among them, "Yang" and "Yang" have homophonic meanings. Drinking chrysanthemum wine is because chrysanthemum itself has certain health care ingredients. Therefore, chrysanthemum wine was regarded as an auspicious wine to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings in ancient times.