The beautiful meaning of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival. A brief description of the beautiful meaning of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival.

1. One of the customs of the Double Ninth Festival is to climb high and look far away. In fact, the meaning of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival is very simple. We are familiar with the poem, "I know from afar that brothers climb high, planting dogwood everywhere and one less person." "It can be seen that climbing on this festival is to remember our relatives far away and to express our longing.

2. There is also a theory of warding off evil spirits

There is a theory of warding off evil spirits when climbing on the Double Ninth Festival. The ancients believed that on the Double Ninth Festival, the weather dropped and the earth's air rose, and the two airs of heaven and earth intersected. Bad atmosphere permeates the air. In order to avoid contact with unhealthy energies, one must climb high mountains to avoid the evil energies of Chongjiu. In addition, September 9th is the mid-autumn season, and the autumn air is crisp, which is very suitable for climbing high and looking far away.

3. Prayers and thanksgiving

In ancient times, there was worship of mountain gods, believing that mountain gods could protect people from disasters, so people had to climb mountains during the Double Ninth Festival when "the anode must change" Worship the gods for good luck. "Book of Rites·Sacrifice" records: "Mountains, forests, rivers, valleys and hills, which can produce clouds, wind and rain, and see monsters, are all said to be gods."

4. The meaning of auspiciousness

However, It is also said that the ninth day of the ninth lunar month has the auspicious meaning of "good for a long time". Cao Pi at the end of the Han Dynasty said in "The Book of Nine Months and Zhong Yao": "As the years go by, the ninth day of September suddenly returns. Nine is the yang number, and the sun and the moon correspond to each other. The common people praise its name because it is suitable and long-lasting. Therefore, it has gradually become a folk custom to climb high during the Double Ninth Festival, drink chrysanthemum wine, and wear dogwood bags on the arms.

5. Climbing to collect

During the Double Ninth Festival, the autumn harvest has been completed, and farming is relatively free. At this time, the wild fruits and medicinal materials in the mountains are in the mature season. Farmers have gone to the mountains to collect wild fruits, medicinal materials and plant raw materials for sideline industry. The custom of climbing may have originally evolved from this.