Introduction: The Double Ninth Festival is an ancient traditional festival. So how many years of history does the Double Ninth Festival have? If we can’t say happy on the Double Ninth Festival, what can we say? Nine is a yang number and also the largest number. On the ninth day of the ninth month in the lunar calendar, both the month and the day are yang, so it is called "Double Ninth Festival". Spent the ninth lunar month of 2020 with Mr. Shui Mo.How many years has the Double Ninth Festival existed?The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival with an ancient history, dating back more than 2,000 years.The earliest existing written record of the Double Ninth Festival customs can be found in the "Ji Qiu Ji" of "Lüshi Chunqiu" , which records the activities of ancient people offering sacrifices to the Emperor of Heaven and their ancestors during the harvest in September. The name of "Double Ninth Festival" was first recorded in the Three Kingdoms period. During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the festive atmosphere became increasingly strong, and written records of the customs of appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking appeared, which were much praised by scholars and poets. In the Tang Dynasty, it was listed as a national festival. The Double Ninth Festival has incorporated a variety of folk customs in the course of history. With the development of the times, the cultural connotation of the Double Ninth Festival has continued to expand and enrich. If you can’t say happy on Double Ninth Festival, what can you say?There is a saying on Double Ninth Festival that you cannot say "Happy Double Ninth Festival" but instead say "Happy Double Ninth Festival" because some people think that Double Ninth Festival is a festival to worship ancestors and one should not say "Happy". At the same time, Double Ninth Festival is also a festival for senior citizens, so "Happy Double Ninth Festival" is generally used, which implies peace and health to the other person!In the course of history, the Double Ninth Festival has integrated many folk customs and cultural connotations. It is a traditional Chinese festival that blends various folk customs. Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high places to have a distant view, admiring chrysanthemums, picking Chinese herbal medicines, planting dogwoods everywhere, holding banquets to honor the elderly, eating Double Ninth Cakes, making medicinal wine for health, and drinking chrysanthemum wine. The Double Ninth Festival is the time when "clear air rises and turbid air sinks". The higher the terrain, the more clear air gathers. Therefore, "climbing high places to enjoy the clear air on the Double Ninth Festival" has become a folk custom. In the golden autumn of September, the sky is high and the air is fresh. Climbing high and looking far into the distance in this season can make you feel relaxed and happy, and can also help you stay healthy and avoid diseases. On the Double Ninth Festival every year, various places organize activities for the elderly to go hiking, exchange feelings, and exercise. In many families, the younger generations will also help their elderly elders to go out for activities. The Double Ninth Festival has many folk activities and rich cultural connotations. The custom of flying kites on Double Ninth FestivalFlying kites is one of the main customs of the Double Ninth Festival in the South. The main feature of the Double Ninth Festival among the people is flying kites. The Guangxu "Huizhou Prefecture Records" also recorded this.In folk tradition, in addition to climbing mountains, flying kites is also a special feature of the Double Ninth Festival. As for why people fly kites during the Double Ninth Festival, in addition to the climatic reasons that the sky is high and the clouds are light, the wind is light and the sun is bright, so kites can easily fly up with the wind, there are also some other explanations that are quite interesting. Legend has it that flying kites during the Double Ninth Festival is to "get rid of bad luck" . The higher and farther the kite flies, the farther the bad luck will fly away with it. Some people even deliberately cut the string to make the kite disappear into the sky. Another explanation is that flying kites on the Double Ninth Festival is to "release good luck" and "release blessings" . The better the kite flies, the greater the blessing. The kite flyer must not only not break the silk thread, but also do everything possible to protect it, because if the silk thread breaks, the "good luck" and "blessings" will also float away. The eight characters not only affect your fortune, but also have a clear direction for your marriage. If you want to predict whether your marriage is happy, you can click on the "Premium Calculation" below to predict in advance. I wish you a happy life! |
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