Is it possible to travel during the Double Ninth Festival in 2017? Why do people climb mountains on the Double Ninth Festival?

Is it possible to travel during the Double Ninth Festival in 2017? Why do people climb mountains on the Double Ninth Festival?
The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, so naturally there are many things to pay attention to on this day. So is it suitable to travel on the Double Ninth Festival? Why do people climb mountains on Double Ninth Festival? Let’s find out together. The Fortune Teller website has compiled a special article about the Double Ninth Festival for everyone, let’s take a look together!

Is it possible to travel during the Double Ninth Festival in 2017?

The ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 2017 is the Double Ninth Festival. Calendar query:
The ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar in the year 2017 is the Double Ninth Festival. Almanac query: [What to do today] Planting, litigation, fasting and offering sacrifices, praying for offspring, resolving disputes, raising livestock, and tailoring [What to avoid today] Marrying, returning home, traveling, moving, raising beams, burying, worshiping, praying, erecting pillars, installing doors, building houses, making stoves, moving into houses, building, breaking ground, building embankments, releasing water, accepting betrothal gifts, holding funerals, opening markets, seeking wealth, taking up office. Year of the Void: Chensi Month: Yinmao Day: Wuwei Today's Yin and Yang Noble Gods are in position Yang Noble God: Northeast Yin Noble God: Southwest
By checking the old Chinese almanac, we can see that traveling on the Double Ninth Festival is taboo today. However, China has a long-standing custom of climbing heights and inserting dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival, so it is also possible to go out on this day to appreciate the autumn scenery.

Why do people climb mountains on the Double Ninth Festival?

One theory is that it may have originated from the ancient worship of mountain gods, who were believed to be able to protect people from disasters. Therefore, people go to the mountains to play on the Double Ninth Festival when "the anode must change" to avoid disasters. Perhaps initially people had to worship the mountain god for good luck, and later it gradually turned into a form of entertainment.
During the Double Ninth Festival, the autumn harvest has been completed and farmers are relatively free from work. At this time, the wild fruits, medicinal herbs and the like in the mountains are ripe, and farmers go up the mountains to collect wild fruits, medicinal herbs and plant raw materials for their sideline businesses. The custom of climbing heights may have originally evolved from this. As for focusing on the Double Ninth Festival, that happened later. The meaning is to use it as a symbol to promote something, just like spring is a good time to plant trees, so people set up the Arbor Day.

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