What is the date of the Double Ninth Festival in 2018? What should we do on the Double Ninth Festival?

What is the date of the Double Ninth Festival in 2018? What should we do on the Double Ninth Festival?
Many people know about the Double Ninth Festival, and also know that there is a custom of climbing high places on the Double Ninth Festival. But do you know what else we do on the Double Ninth Festival besides this? Let’s find out together. Want to know your fortune in the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 2018? Want to know your love in the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 2018? Want to know your fortune in the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 2018? Follow Mr. Shui Mo and he will help you with predictions at any time!

Date of Double Ninth Festival 2018

The ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar year of 2018 is Wednesday, October 17, 2018 in the Gregorian calendar, the day of Renwu in the month of Renxu in the year of Wuxu. So the Double Ninth Festival in 2018 is on October 17.

What to do on Double Ninth Festival

1. Climbing: The first custom of the Double Ninth Festival is climbing. 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. 2. Eat Chongyang Cake: Chongyang Cake is also called 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. 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. 3. Drink chrysanthemum wine: Chrysanthemum contains nutrients. 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 Ganyu water where chrysanthemums grew everywhere. 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. 4. Wear Cornus officinalis. Cornus officinalis has a strong fragrance and can repel insects, remove dampness, and expel wind evils. It can also eliminate food stagnation and treat cold and heat. People believe that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is an unlucky day with many disasters, so people like to wear dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival to ward off evil and seek good luck. Therefore, Cornus officinalis is also called "the evil-repellent". Because of the custom of inserting dogwood, the Double Ninth Festival is sometimes also called the Dogwood Festival.

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