Introduction: It is necessary to choose an auspicious day for engagement. So is the Double Ninth Festival on September 9, 2020 not suitable for engagement? What do people usually do on the Double Ninth Festival? The morning dew had just covered the heat wave of the eighth lunar month, and the ninth lunar month came in with a carefree manner. Are you ready for new changes in your fortune? More exciting content about the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 2020 can be found on Shuimoxiansheng.com.Is the Double Ninth Festival in September 2020 not suitable for engagement?Lunar calendar: September 9, 2020 Gregorian calendar: October 25, 2020, Sunday, Scorpio [Today is suitable for the old almanac] [Do not use it for important events on the day of red yarn] Marry, receive money, open the market, make a stove, fast and offer sacrifices, pray for heirs and wealth, take office, remove, build, start earthwork, govern the way [Today is unsuitable for the old almanac] [Do not use it for important events on the day of red yarn] Breaking the ground, building embankments, releasing water, moving, raising beams, burying, erecting pillars, offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, planting, digging canals, setting up beds, making beds, burying, moving coffins, starting drilling, opening warehouses, receiving livestock, buying property, receiving marriages, moving houses, meridiansSince this day is an unlucky day, it is not suitable to get engaged on the Double Ninth Festival in 2020! What do people usually do on Double Ninth Festival?What to do on Double Ninth Festival: worshipping ancestorsThe Double Ninth Festival is one of the four major traditional Chinese festivals for ancestor worship. In ancient times, people had a tradition of worshiping their ancestors and praying for blessings. The traditional custom of ancestor worship on the Double Ninth Festival is still popular in the Lingnan area, and people hold ancestor worship activities on the Double Ninth Festival every year. Whether it is ancestor worship or climbing high to look into the distance, its most fundamental function is to enhance people's cultural identity and strengthen the cohesion of family and society. What to do on Double Ninth Festival: Drink chrysanthemum wine Drinking chrysanthemum wine: Due to its unique qualities, chrysanthemum has become a symbol of vitality. Chrysanthemum contains nourishing ingredients. In the Baopuzi written by Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty, there is a record that people in the mountains of Nanyang lived longer by drinking Gangu water which was full of chrysanthemums. Drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese custom. In ancient times, chrysanthemum wine was regarded as an "auspicious wine" that must be drunk on the Double Ninth Festival to ward off disasters and pray for blessings. Chrysanthemum wine is a medicinal wine with a slightly bitter taste. Drinking it can improve eyesight and refresh the mind, and it also has the auspicious meaning of warding off disasters and praying for blessings. Chrysanthemum wine has been seen since the Han Dynasty. Later, there were still stories about giving chrysanthemums as birthday gifts and making wine with chrysanthemums. For example, Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Pi, once gave chrysanthemums to Zhong Yao on the Double Ninth Festival (to wish him a long life). Emperor Jianwen of Liang wrote in "Picking Chrysanthemums" the line "We called each other to pick chrysanthemum beads with baskets, and the morning dew wet our silk clothes", which is an example of picking chrysanthemums to make wine. Chrysanthemum wine was still popular until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was still recorded in Gao Lian's "Eight Notes on Living a Healthy Life" in the Ming Dynasty, and it was a popular health drink. What to do on Double Ninth Festival: Climbing The custom of climbing heights on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history. In ancient times, people had the custom of climbing heights on the Double Ninth Festival, so the Double Ninth Festival is also called the "Climbing Festival." The custom of climbing mountains on Double Ninth Festival originated from the climatic characteristics of this time and the ancient people's worship of mountains. Climbing high to "bid farewell to the green" also originates from the solar terms in nature. Climbing high to "bid farewell to the green" on the Double Ninth Festival corresponds to the ancient people's spring outing in March. According to historical documents, the custom of "climbing mountains to pray for blessings" was already popular during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There is no uniform regulation on the place of climbing. The places to be climbed can generally be divided into climbing mountains, climbing buildings, or climbing platforms. There are four main reasons for the custom of climbing high mountains: first, it comes from the ancient people's worship of mountains; second, it comes from the climate of "clear air rising and turbid air sinking"; third, it comes from climbing high to "say goodbye to green"; and fourth, it comes from an absurd legend that "Huan Jing climbed the mountain to avoid disaster." What to do on Double Ninth Festival: Eat Double Ninth Cake According to historical records, Chongyang cake is also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five-color cake. There is no fixed method to make it and it is rather casual. At dawn on September 9th, people would place a piece of cake on their children’s foreheads and chant something, wishing their children success in everything. This was the original intention of the ancients making cakes in September. The elaborate Double Ninth Festival cake is made into nine layers, like a pagoda, with two lambs on top to match the meaning of Double Ninth Festival (sheep). Some people also put a small red paper flag (instead of dogwood) on the Chongyang cake and light candles. This probably means using "lighting lamps" or "eating cakes" instead of "climbing high". There is still no fixed variety of Chongyang cake today. The soft cakes eaten on Chongyang Festival in various places are all called Chongyang cake. What to do on Double Ninth Festival: worship the sea god The Double Ninth Festival is a major autumn festival. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other places attach particular importance to the activities of worshiping the god of the sea held on this day. What to do on Double Ninth Festival: Wear dogwood In ancient times, it was a custom to insert dogwood on the ninth day of the ninth month, so it is also called the Dogwood Festival. Cornus officinalis is a fruit that can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine. Because the cornus officinalis produced in Wu and Yue (now the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas) is of the best quality, it is also called Evodia rutaecarpa. The ancients believed that climbing mountains and inserting dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival could repel insects, dampness and wind evil. So people wore dogwood on their arms, ground it into powder and put it in sachets, or inserted it on their heads. Most of them are worn by women and children, and in some places men also wear them. Cornus officinalis can be used as medicine to make wine to nourish the body and cure diseases. Inserting dogwood and wearing chrysanthemums in the hair were already very common in the Tang Dynasty. Cornus officinalis has a strong fragrance and has the effects of improving eyesight, refreshing the brain, removing heat, repelling insects, removing dampness, and expelling wind evil. It can also eliminate food stagnation and treat cold and heat. Ancient customs such as inserting dogwood are behaviors that people engage in while climbing mountains to ward off evil spirits. On the Double Ninth Festival, clear air rises and turbid air sinks. People use natural medicines such as dogwood to adjust their physical health and adapt to natural climate changes. Fate is predestined by heaven, and the eight characters have arranged the depth of your fate, whether you are destined to be together with another person. 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