What is the difference between Double Ninth Festival and Qingming Festival? Why can't we say Happy Holidays on Double Ninth Festival?
Almost every month has different festivals and solar terms, and some festivals are similar, which can easily cause confusion. What is the difference between Double Ninth Festival and Qingming Festival? Why can’t we say Happy Holidays on Double Ninth Festival? The ninth month of the lunar calendar is the time when maple forests are dyed in all colors. Let’s celebrate with the country and have fun with the people. Learn about every day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 2019 with Shuimoxiansheng.com.What is the difference between Double Ninth Festival and Qingming Festival?Time and origin:The Double Ninth Festival, also known as the Climbing Festival and the Chrysanthemum Festival, falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period. In the Tang Dynasty, it was officially designated as a folk festival and has been passed down from dynasty to dynasty since then. ——The Qingming Festival is also called the Outing Festival. It is held at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, which is the 108th day after the winter solstice. The traditional Qingming Festival began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. It is usually around April 5th in the Gregorian calendar. The festival period is very long. There are two sayings: 8 days before the 10th and 10 days after the 10th. These nearly 20 days are all Qingming Festival. Origin and development: ——During Qingming Festival, people have the custom of visiting graves and going for an outing. In the past, Qingming Festival was also called Cold Food Festival. The record of Cold Food Festival in Huan Tan's "New Theory" during the Han Dynasty is considered to be the earliest record of Qingming Festival: At that time, Qingming Festival lasted for a hundred days. Cao Cao changed it to one day, and Tang changed it to three days before Qingming Festival. All fires had to be extinguished. After the Cold Food Festival, new fire was heard from the palace. When the Republic of China was founded, Qingming Festival was designated as Arbor Day, but it was soon changed back. --On December 14, 2007, the State Council officially issued the "Decision on Amending the National Holiday Regulations for Festivals and Memorial Days", stipulating that from January 1, 2008, Qingming Festival, which has a specific cultural connotation, will be a legal holiday with one day off. ——The Double Ninth Festival, as it has the same pronunciation as “long”, which means “for a long time”, and nine is the largest number, it implies longevity. Moreover, autumn is the golden season for harvest in a year, so the Double Ninth Festival has far-reaching meaning. People have always had a special feeling for this festival. There are many excellent poems in Tang and Song poetry that celebrate Double Ninth Festival and sing the praises of chrysanthemums. ——Today's Double Ninth Festival became Senior Citizens' Day in 1989. It cleverly combines tradition and modernity to become a festival for the elderly to respect, honor, love and help the elderly. Why can’t we say Happy Holidays on Double Ninth Festival?According to legend, there lived a wealthy farming family at the foot of Mount Li. One day, this family kindly took in a fortune teller and asked him to stay overnight at their home, and treated him like a VIP. Before leaving, the fortune teller reminded the family: On September 9th, the whole family should go to a higher place. Although the family was very confused, they still listened to the fortune teller and went up the mountain to have fun, bringing along cakes and wine made of chrysanthemums. When they climbed to a higher place, they found that the houses at the foot of the mountain had been destroyed by the flood. This time they finally understood what the fortune teller said. Therefore, on a festival that originally meant to ward off evil, saying "Happy Holidays" seems a bit strange. It would be more appropriate to say "Good health".Double Ninth Festival: Say Goodbye to Qing <br /> The ancients often regarded Double Ninth Festival and Shangsi (Qingming Festival) as corresponding major festivals in spring and autumn. If Shangsi (Qingming Festival) 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. |
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