What are the customs of the Double Ninth Festival? Is it a good idea to open a business on September 9, the Double Ninth Festival in 2020?
Introduction: It’s the Double Ninth Festival again, and there are some things to do and don’t do on the Double Ninth Festival. So what are the customs of the Double Ninth Festival? Is it a good idea to open your business on September 9, the Double Ninth Festival in 2020? September of the lunar calendar in 2020 is a month with good meaning. The fortunes of each day will change differently. Friends who need to know the details can pay attention to the relevant topics on Shuimoxiansheng.com!What are the customs of Double Ninth Festival?Double Ninth Festival Customs: Sunning Autumn LeavesThe Double Ninth Festival is the best time to appreciate autumn. Some mountain villages in southern China still retain the characteristic of "drying autumn fruits". Going to the countryside to appreciate folk customs and watch the autumn sun drying has become a fashion in rural tourism. "Sunning in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom with strong regional characteristics. Villagers living in mountainous areas in Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places have complex terrain and very little flat land in the villages. They have to use the racks and hanging racks in front of and behind their houses and on their windowsills and roofs to dry their crops. Over time, this has evolved into a traditional agricultural custom. This special lifestyle and scene of villagers drying their crops has gradually become the material pursued and created by painters and photographers, and has shaped the poetic name "Autumn Drying". Double Ninth Festival Customs: Flying Kite Flying 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 "drive away 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. Double Ninth Festival Customs: 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." Double Ninth Festival customs: eating Chongyang 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. Double Ninth Festival Customs: 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. Double Ninth Festival Customs: Ancestor Worship The 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. Double Ninth Festival Customs: Appreciating Chrysanthemums There has always been a custom of appreciating chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival, so it has also been called the Chrysanthemum Festival in ancient times. The custom of appreciating chrysanthemums originates from chrysanthemum culture. Chrysanthemum is a natural flower. Because of its colorful flowers and the fact that it blooms in defiance of frost, a chrysanthemum culture of appreciating and praising it has been formed. Since the Three Kingdoms and Wei and Jin Dynasties, it has become a fashion to gather together on the Double Ninth Festival to drink, appreciate chrysanthemums and write poetry. In ancient Chinese customs, chrysanthemums symbolize longevity. Chrysanthemum is a flower of longevity and is praised by writers as a symbol of unyielding spirit in the face of frost. Double Ninth Festival Customs: Saying Goodbye to Qing The ancients often regarded Double Ninth Festival and Shangsi (or Qingming Festival) as corresponding major festivals in Spring and Autumn. If Shangsi is a festival for people to go out and stroll after a long winter, then Chongyang is an autumn outing with ritual significance when the autumn chill arrives and people are about to retire. Therefore, there is a folk custom of "going out for a walk" on Qingming Festival and "saying goodbye to the cold" on Chongyang Festival. Double Ninth Festival customs: feasting and praying for longevity The custom of praying for longevity on the Double Ninth Festival was first recorded in literary works of the Han Dynasty. The "Miscellaneous Records of Western Capital" of the Han Dynasty records: "On the ninth day of the ninth month, people wear dogwood, eat puffballs, and drink chrysanthemum wine, which is said to make people live longer. The "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji" says: "On the ninth day of the ninth month, all kinds of people gather together for feasts in the wild. "Du Gongzhan of the Sui Dynasty commented: "It is unknown when the banquet on September 9th started, but it has not been changed since the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. "On the basis of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, praying for longevity and feasting were added to form the basis of the Double Ninth Festival. The large-scale banquet activities during the Double Ninth Festival actually developed from the banquets for harvest celebrations in the Pre-Qin period. To this day, the custom of holding banquets to honor the elderly and feasting to pray for longevity is still popular in some places. Double Ninth Festival Customs: Drinking 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. Double Ninth Festival Customs: Wearing 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. Is it a good idea to open on September 9, the Double Ninth Festival in 2020?Lunar calendar: September 9, 2020 Gregorian calendar: October 25, 2020, Sunday, Scorpio - Suitable for today (do not use it if it is a red yarn day) Marry, receive money, open the market, build a stove, pray for heirs, take office, remove, build, start earthwork, govern the way - Taboo for today (do not use it if it is a red yarn day) 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 money, moving into houses, meridiansSince today is an unlucky day for red yarn, it is not suitable to open businesses on September 9, the Double Ninth Festival in 2020! 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