What shouldn’t you do on Respect for the Aged Day?
Introduction: China has many traditional festivals with profound connotations and rich customs, but there are also some taboos that we should pay attention to. If you want to know more about the Double Ninth Festival, you can refer to the Double Ninth Festival special topic created by the Fortune Teller website!What shouldn’t you do on Respect for the Aged Day?1. We cannot say Happy Festival. Climbing high places is meant to ward off evil spirits. There are six odd numbers and six even numbers in the twelve months of a year. Both odd and even numbers have become festivals. Most of the important traditional festivals are concentrated on odd numbers, namely January 1, March 3, May 5 and July 7, and the month and day numbers are odd. For example, the first day of the first lunar month, the third day of March, the fifth day of May is the Dragon Boat Festival, the seventh day of July is the Chinese Valentine's Day, and so on. It can be seen that the lively traditional festivals are based on unlucky odd numbers. According to the traditional Chinese thinking mode of "turning misfortune into fortune", the festive appearance of the festival is to turn misfortune into fortune on odd days and months. A series of festival activities are set up to suppress and defeat the evil spirit.Nine is the largest number, so this day is also a very unlucky day. The ceremonial activities on this day include climbing high places, inserting dogwood branches, etc. Climbing high is the essential meaning. Climbing high means going to the wild to climb mountains. This is to avoid evil spirits, leave the daily living environment, and avoid being captured by evil spirits. Only then can you have a peaceful and trouble-free day. According to legend, plague will come on this day, and people must leave their homes and go to as high a place as possible to stay safe. Another widespread custom on this day is to wear cornus officinalis on the head. Cornus officinalis is a Chinese herbal medicine which, like mugwort, has a disinfecting effect and also has a camouflage meaning. Many ancient poems also record this, such as Wang Wei's "Remembering My Brothers in Shandong on the Ninth Day of the Ninth Month", which also records these scenes to drive away evil and welcome good luck. It can be seen from this that the days when odd things in the ancient lunar calendar met were called festivals, and people held a series of special ceremonies and activities to protect lives, exorcise evil spirits and bless good luck. However, with the progress of the times, people gradually weakened the taboo content of avoiding evil, while retaining the formal significance, and the festival gradually became a simple celebration. Therefore, on this day that is originally for warding off evil spirits, like Qingming Festival, it seems inappropriate to say "Happy holidays". The same is true for Double Ninth Festival. It is not appropriate to say such blessings. It is more appropriate to say something like "good health" or "family safety". 2. A daughter cannot return to her parents' home within three years after getting married. In some places, there is a taboo on the Double Ninth Festival in September. A daughter who has been married for less than three years cannot return to her parents' home because there is a saying among the people that "if she returns home to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival, her mother-in-law will die." Therefore, in some places, daughters are generally not allowed to return to their parents' home to celebrate this festival. 3. Avoid sexual intercourse. In some places, there is a saying that sexual intercourse is forbidden on this day. According to legend, husband and wife should sleep in separate beds and cannot sleep in the same bed. Having sexual intercourse is unlucky. Summary: After reading the editor's summary, you will know what you can't do on Double Ninth Festival. I hope it can help you~ |
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