? Eat these on the ninth day of September: eat Chongyang cake, eat crabs and eat mutton noodles.
? There are these customs and activities in the Double Ninth Festival: climbing mountains, sunbathing in autumn, enjoying chrysanthemums, flying kites and enjoying dogwood.
First, eat these on the Double Ninth Festival in September.
? 1, eat Chongyang 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 (instead of dogwood) on Chongyang cakes and light candles.
This probably means "lighting a lamp" and "eating a cake", not "climbing".
At present, there is still no fixed variety of Chongyang cake, and the soft cakes eaten around Chongyang Festival are called Chongyang cakes.
? Step 2 eat crabs
"When the autumn wind starts, the crab's feet itch." Before and after the Double Ninth Festival, the crab paste is full of yellow fat, so there is also the custom of eating crabs on the Double Ninth Festival.
The reason why there is a saying that crabs are eaten on the Double Ninth Festival is mainly because it falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year. At this time, it is already late autumn. At this time, the crab meat is delicious, the crab yellow is thick, and the nutritional value and edible value are relatively high. Secondly, the Double Ninth Festival is also a festival to respect the elderly. At this time, buying crabs for relatives is also a way to show filial piety.
? Step 3 eat mutton noodles
"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".
In addition, the Double Ninth Festival is in autumn, and autumn is also the fattest season for mutton. It can not only keep warm but also dispel cold, which is most in line with the needs of the season, so it is just right to eat mutton noodles on the Double Ninth Festival.
Second, the Double Ninth Festival has these customs and activities.
? Gordon 1
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.
? 2, basking in autumn
"Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics.
Villagers living in mountainous areas such as Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui and Jiangxi. It has become a traditional agricultural custom to use the roof in front of the house and the window sill to hang crops.
This special lifestyle and scene of villagers drying crops has gradually become the material pursued and created by painters and photographers, and created a poetic name "drying autumn". Going to the countryside to appreciate the folk customs and watch the autumn sun has become a fashion in rural tourism.
? 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.
The custom of appreciating chrysanthemums originated from chrysanthemum culture. Chrysanthemum is a natural flower. Chrysanthemum has formed chrysanthemum culture because of its colorful colors and blooming in Ao Shuang. 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 China, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity. Chrysanthemum is the flower of longevity, and is praised by scholars as the unyielding symbol of first frost.
? 4. Fly a kite.
Flying kites is one of the main customs of the Double Ninth Festival in southern China. The folk Double Ninth Festival is characterized by flying kites. Guangxu's "Huizhou Fuzhi" is also recorded. Put a kite on the Double Ninth Festival, and it can easily ride the wind.
There is an ancient saying: kites are put on the Double Ninth Festival to release "bad luck". The higher and farther the kite flies, the more bad luck will fly away.
There is another saying: flying kites is lucky and blessed, and the farther a kite flies, the more blessed it is.
If the kite is broken, it means that the blessing has flown away. So I will carefully protect the thread from breaking.
? 5. Pei dogwood
The custom of inserting Evodia rutaecarpa was popular in ancient times, so it is also called Cornus Festival. In the past, folk festivals and customs of the Han nationality were popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River. Cornus officinalis is a kind of fruit that can be used as Chinese medicine.
The ancients believed that climbing a mountain and inserting Evodia rutaecarpa on the Double Ninth Festival could repel insects, damp and pathogenic wind. So he put Cornus officinalis on his arm or in a sachet and on his head. Most of them are worn by women and children, and men in some places also wear them.
Ancient customs such as inserting dogwood are folk climbing to ward off wind and evil spirits. On the Double Ninth Festival, the clear sky rises and the polluted air sinks. People use natural medicine Cornus officinalis to adjust their health to adapt to the changes of natural climate.
On the ninth Double Ninth Festival in September, during the autumn harvest season, there are naturally many delicious foods for people to taste.
The number of "Nine" is a positive number in the Book of Changes, and the two positive numbers of "Nine Nine" are heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; It is also called "Double Ninth Festival", because both the date and the month conform to nine. Returning to the truth of 1999, the ancients thought that 1999 Chongyang was an auspicious day.
Auspicious days are more vivid and interesting with the above customs. The Double Ninth Festival in September is also a day to respect the elderly. Remember how filial you are to your elders on this day! ! !