What does Double Ninth Festival mean?

The Double Ninth Festival is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period. In the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a folk festival.

There are roughly three views on the origin of the Double Ninth Festival.

1, according to the account of Continued Harmony.

During the Han Dynasty, Huan Jing studied under Fei Changfang, a master of Yi Studies, for many years. One day, Master Fei told his disciples that cornus was going to climb the mountain on September 9, and Huan Jing and his family survived because they listened to the master's words. All the livestock that didn't evacuate died of the plague. So on September 9 every year, I go out to climb mountains to avoid disasters and get used to each other.

2. Taoism originated in Han Dynasty.

In the Book of Changes, which is regarded as a classic by Taoism, odd numbers are regarded as positive numbers, even numbers as negative numbers, and "nine" in positive numbers as "extreme yang". September 9 is the meeting of the two poles, so it is called "Chongyang". Yang also means steel, and Chongyang is regarded as "the second day" because it is "the meeting of two steels". The purpose of climbing mountains and joining dogwood is to "solve problems", from which the custom of Chongyang comes.

3. Originated in Qi Jinggong during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the 5th century BC.

On the ninth day of September, he took a lot of people to climb mountains and walls, feeling crisp in autumn, so he decided it was an auspicious day. Since then, he will go out to climb mountains on this day every year. Later generations imitated it and formed customs.

Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high and looking far, enjoying chrysanthemums, planting dogwood all over the place, eating double ninth cake, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other activities. Double Ninth Festival, because it is homophonic with "long", and nine is the largest number in the number, which means long life. Moreover, autumn is also the golden season of harvest in a year, and the Double Ninth Festival has far-reaching influence. People have always had special feelings for this festival. There are many excellent poems in Tang poetry and Song poetry to congratulate the Double Ninth Festival and chant chrysanthemums.