What are the customs and traditional activities of the Double Ninth Festival?
Since ancient times, the Double Ninth Festival has always been a commemorative festival. According to tradition, it is certain that some customs and activities will evolve from these festivals. So, let’s take a look at some traditional customs and activities of the Double Ninth Festival. Want to know more about the days in the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 2018? Please pay attention to our Mr. Shui Mo’s special feature on September of the lunar calendar!What are the customs of the Double Ninth Festival?We all know that the Double Ninth Festival is also known as the Climbing Festival, which comes from this. People go up mountains not only to climb, but also to admire the red leaves and wild flowers on the mountain, drink wine and eat meat, and enjoy themselves. Combining climbing with wild feasts makes it more attractive. Wearing dogwood and hairpin chrysanthemums There is a custom of wearing dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival, so it is also called the "Dogwood Festival." Dogwood is an important symbol of the Double Ninth Festival. People also like to wear chrysanthemums during the Double Ninth Festival. Cornus officinalis is elegantly known as the "evil-repellent man" and chrysanthemum is also known as the "longevity guest".Drinking Chrysanthemum Wine Due to the unique qualities of chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum has become a symbol of vitality. As early as in the works of Qu Yuan, there was already the sentence "eating the fallen petals of autumn chrysanthemums in the evening", which means eating chrysanthemum petals. Chrysanthemum wine has existed since the Han Dynasty. During the Double Ninth Festival, there is a traditional custom in my country of drinking chrysanthemum wine. 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. Eating Chongyang cake is particularly popular in the north. 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. There are "rough flower cake", "fine flower cake" and "money flower cake". Flying kites Flying kites is the main custom of celebrating the Double Ninth Festival in Huizhou. In other words, the main feature of the Double Ninth Festival in Huizhou is flying kites. Before the Five Dynasties, people in the north used to call it "paper kite", while people in the south mostly called it "kite". The name "paper kite" in Huizhou obviously retains the ancient name before the Five Dynasties, and has a "mixed" flavor of the north and the south. |
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