What are the do's and don'ts for Double Ninth Festival in 2019? When is the Double Ninth Festival?

What are the do's and don'ts for Double Ninth Festival in 2019? When is the Double Ninth Festival?
What are the do's and don'ts for Double Ninth Festival in 2019? When is the Double Ninth Festival? There has been a saying since ancient times: “Remembering my brothers in Shandong on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.” But do you know why people miss their brothers on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month? The ninth month of the lunar calendar is the ninth month of the year. It is a time of clear and cool autumn weather and blooming chrysanthemums. September is the golden month of harvest. Come to Mr. Shui Mo's website to learn more about September of the lunar calendar in 2019!

What are the do's and don'ts for Double Ninth Festival in 2019?

Lunar calendar: September 9, 2019
Gregorian calendar: October 7, 2019, Monday, Libra
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
[Do not use it for important events on the day of the red yarn]

Fasting and offering sacrifices, praying for offspring and wealth, taking up a post, lifting the post, breaking ground, collecting money, planting, attending school, tailoring, opening the market, and wearing a hairpin
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
[Do not use it for important events on the day of the red yarn]

Moving, moving into a new house, installing incense, litigation, marriage, raising beams, burying, erecting pillars, offering sacrifices and praying, setting up beds, building beds, burials, moving coffins, breaking ground, drilling, opening warehouses, receiving livestock, buying property, receiving betrothal gifts, releasing water, traveling, going out to seek medical treatment
According to the lunar calendar, the Double Ninth Festival in 2019 is a "Red Gauze Day, don't do anything important on it", which is a red gauze day, a day when all other things are not suitable.

When is the Double Ninth Festival?

The Double Ninth Festival refers to the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year and is a traditional Chinese folk festival. In the Book of Changes, "nine" is defined as a yang number. The two yang numbers "nine nines" are repeated, so it is called "Double Ninth Festival"; because the sun and the moon both fall on the ninth day, it is also called "Double Ninth Festival". The ninth day of the ninth month represents the return to the true nature and the beginning of a new year. The ancients believed that the Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day.
An agricultural proverb says "If there is no rain on the Double Ninth Festival, the winter will be sunny." Therefore, on this day of the Double Ninth Festival, people celebrate with a variety of activities, including climbing high places to look into the distance, eating Double Ninth Festival cakes, appreciating chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, and planting dogwood branches everywhere. It not only contains our ancestors' beautiful wishes for life, that is, to avoid disasters and misfortunes, and to be healthy and live longer, but it is also the accumulation of life experience passed down from generation to generation. As we all know, the weather in autumn is clear and refreshing, better than that in spring. Climbing high and looking far into the distance is refreshing and is a very good way to exercise.

When did the Double Ninth Festival originate?

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 the customs of appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking wine emerged, which were widely sung by literati 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.
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