Double Ninth Festival
The Double Ninth Festival, also known as "Double Yeung Festival", "Double Ninth Festival" and "Respect for the Elderly Festival", is included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.
Nine, is a long-lasting, long-term homonym, ninety-nine double yang has a long-lasting, longevity and noble metaphor, entrusting people with the blessing of health and longevity for the elderly.
The ancients believed that the Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day, and there were customs such as basking in autumn, appreciating chrysanthemums, climbing high to pray for blessings, putting paper kites, eating Double Yang cakes, worshipping gods and ancestors, and drinking feasts and praying for longevity.
Chung Yeung Festival customs 1
There are also some mountainous villages in the south that retain the characteristics of "basking in autumn", due to the complex terrain and the lack of flat land in the villages, they have to use the front and back of the house and the roof of their own window sills to dry and hang their crops.
2. Ascend
The Chongyang Festival, also known as the "Ascending Festival", originates from the climatic characteristics of this time and the worship of the ancients to the mountains.
3. Dogwood
The ancients believed that on the day of the Double Ninth Festival, dogwood could repel insects and dampness, and chase away evil spirits, so they wore dogwood on their arms or grinded them in sachets, and inserted them on their heads.
4. Appreciate chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum wine
Late autumn is the season when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and chrysanthemum wine was regarded as an "auspicious wine" for disaster relief and blessing in ancient times, and people prayed for good health and longevity while drinking.
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