What is the legend of the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival?

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is another important traditional festival in autumn in China-the Double Ninth Festival. Because the main festival custom of the Double Ninth Festival is to climb high and look far, the Double Ninth Festival is also called the "Climbing Festival".

The ancients emphasized symmetry and balance in everything. Climbing on the Double Ninth Festival in September is opposite to the waterfront on March 3rd. One spring and one autumn, one mountain and one water, have different tastes, which provide many themes of poems and songs for scholars in previous dynasties and leave people today with reasons to be close to nature.

There are three legends about climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival, but there are many other customs on the Double Ninth Festival. By the way, introduce two customs of Double Ninth Festival. Let's take a look:

First,? The legend of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival?

? One of the legends of mountain climbing: how to eliminate the plague demon in the dreamland?

The custom of climbing mountains on September 9th comes from Taoist legend. According to legend, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, a rural teenager named Huan Jing in runan county had both parents and a wife and children. Although the family is not rich, life is passable. Who knows that there is a plague on both sides of the Ruhe River, every family falls ill and bodies are everywhere. This year, Huan Jing's parents also died of illness.

When Huan Jing was a child, he heard adults say, "There is a plague god living in Ruhe River, who travels all over the world every year and brings plague. Huan Jing is determined to learn from the teacher and destroy the demon for the people. I heard that there lived a big fairy named Fei Changfang on the southeast mountain. He packed his bags and set off for the mountains to learn from his teacher.

Fei Changfang gave Huan Jing a demon-reducing dragon sword, and Huan Jing wore a star Dai Yue to practice hard. Another year in a blink of an eye. Huanjing was practicing sword that day. Fei Changfang said: "On September 9 this year, the plague god of Ruhe will come out again, so hurry back to your hometown to exterminate insects for the people. I will send you a bag of dogwood leaves and a bottle of chrysanthemum wine to let the elders in your hometown climb the mountain to avoid disaster. " Xianweng said, "Just point your finger, and a crane spreads its wings and lands in front of Huanjing. Huanjing boarded the crane and flew to Runan.

Back home, Huan Jing called the villagers to tell Daxian. On the ninth day of September, he led the villagers to a nearby mountain, and each of them took a dogwood leaf with him, so that athel Loren did not dare to approach. Let everyone have another sip of chrysanthemum, and they won't catch the plague. After arranging the villagers, Huan Jing returned home with the demon-reducing dragon sword and sat alone in the house, waiting for the plague demon to fight the demon.

After a while, I heard Ruhe roaring and the strange wind whirling. The god of plague came out of the water, walked ashore, passed through villages and thousands of families, and no one was there. Suddenly, he looked up and saw people gathering on the high mountain. When Yaowen fled to the foot of the mountain, he felt a pungent smell of alcohol. Cornus was so anxious that he dared not climb the mountain near him. He turned and walked towards the village. I saw a man sitting in the room, so I rushed forward with a roar. This person is Huan Jing. He took the sword and fought several rounds. The plague demon couldn't beat him, but he ran away. Huan Jing threw the dragon sword out with a whoosh, only to see the sword flashing cold light chasing the plague demon and throwing it to the ground through his heart and lungs.

Since then, the people on both sides of the Ruhe River have never been harmed by the plague demon. People spread the story of climbing mountains on September 9 to avoid disasters and stabbing demons with the sword of Huan Jing handed down from generation to generation, which was passed from son to grandson. This is the origin of the custom of climbing mountains on September 9.

? Mountain climbing legend 2: worship of mountain gods?

The climbing of Chongyang originated from the worship of mountain gods in ancient times. Believe that mountain gods can save people from disaster.

The ancients thought that "nine is Lao Yang, and the anode will change", and the number of Lao Yang on September 9th was both a month and a day, which was unlucky. So it developed a series of activities to avoid evil and seek longevity (this is not the number "nine" that Wei Wendi Cao Pi said is "suitable for a long time". This is the viewpoint in Xie's Five Miscellanies of Ming Dynasty). Legend has it that people must go to the mountains to avoid disasters on the Double Ninth Festival. At first, people had to worship mountain gods for peace and good luck, and later it gradually evolved into the custom of climbing mountains.

? The third legend of mountain climbing: small autumn harvest?

Legend has it that in the ancient Double Ninth Festival, after the autumn harvest was completed, there was not much farm work and farmers were relatively idle. At this time, it is the mature season of wild fruits, medicinal materials and other plants in Shan Ye. Farmers go up the mountain to collect wild fruits, medicinal materials and plant raw materials for sideline production, and this activity of collecting them up the mountain is called "small autumn harvest". Therefore, the custom of climbing on the ninth day of September evolved from this.

Second,? The custom of Double Ninth Festival?

? One of the customs of Double Ninth Festival: Flying kites?

Flying kites is one of the main customs of the Double Ninth Festival in southern China. The folk Double Ninth Festival is characterized by flying kites. Guangxu's "Huizhou Fuzhi" is also recorded. In the folk tradition, besides climbing mountains, flying kites is also a major feature of the Double Ninth Festival. As for why people fly kites (kites) on the Double Ninth Festival, apart from the climatic reasons that the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the wind is light and bright, paper kites can easily ride the wind, and there are some sayings that are between wizards and witches, which are quite interesting inadvertently.

According to legend, flying kites on the Double Ninth Festival is to "ward off evil spirits". The higher a kite flies, the more bad luck it takes away. What's more, to make the kite disappear, you need to disconnect it specially. Another explanation is that flying kites in Chongyang is "auspicious" and "lucky". The better the kite flies, the more blessed it is. People who fly kites not only can't break the silk thread, but also must do everything possible to protect it, because when the silk thread is broken, "auspiciousness" and "luck" will also drift away.

? The second custom of Double Ninth Festival: basking in autumn?

"Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon with strong regional characteristics. In some places, the annual Double Ninth Festival also began to enter the autumn dry season, and a grand autumn dry festival was held.

The Double Ninth Festival is the best time to enjoy autumn, and some mountain villages in the south of China still retain the characteristics of "basking in autumn". "Sunbathing in autumn" is a typical agricultural custom phenomenon. Villagers in mountainous areas have to use the roofs and windowsills in front of and behind their houses to hang crops, because their villages have complex terrain and few flat land.

For people living in mountainous areas, the terrain here is very complicated. Even in inhabited villages, there is little flat land. If you are drying crops, you can only make full use of the front and back of the house, or the windowsill and roof of your own house. After a long time, very traditional agricultural customs have naturally formed. Generally speaking, the Double Ninth Festival refers to villagers drying crops, which is a special life scene and way. Later, under the works of photographers and painters, sunbathing in autumn became a rich source of their materials, and they also called this agricultural custom poetic, that is, sunbathing in autumn.

However, it should be reminded that the autumn in the sun does not mean autumn, but refers to the harvested fruits and crops. In fact, the traditional agricultural custom of sunbathing exists not only in autumn, but also all year round. It's just that autumn is a harvest season, there are more kinds of crops, and the scope and scale of sunbathing in autumn are richer and larger, so it attracts people's attention more.

In ancient times, there was a saying that September 9th was Lao Yang, where the atmosphere rose and the weather dropped. In order to avoid contact with evil spirits, ancient people climbed mountains on September 9 to avoid evil spirits. Climbing Chongyang Mountain has two meanings, one is to climb the mountain to ward off evil spirits, and the other is to climb the mountain to pray.