What is the meaning of eating dumplings on the Double Ninth Festival? Why should we eat dumplings on the Double Ninth Festival?

1. The shape of dumplings is like gold ingots, which expresses people’s longing for their loved ones and yearning for a better life. On the Double Ninth Festival, married daughters will go home, and eating dumplings also represents reunion. mean.

2. The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year. The number "Nine" is a yang number in the "Book of Changes". The two yang numbers "Nine Nine" overlap each other, so it is called "Double Ninth Festival"; because both the sun and the moon coincide with nine, it is also called "Double Nine". Ninety-Nine Returns to True Truth and One Yuan Begins. The ancients believed that the Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day.

3. In ancient times, during the Double Ninth Festival, people had customs such as climbing high to pray for blessings, enjoying chrysanthemums on autumn outings, wearing dogwood trees, worshiping gods and ancestors, and drinking banquets to pray for longevity. It has been passed down to this day, and connotations such as respecting the elderly have been added. On the Double Ninth Festival, a banquet is held to express gratitude and respect for the elderly. Climbing high to appreciate autumn and being grateful and respectful to the elderly are two important themes of today’s Double Ninth Festival activities.