What festival is September 9th?

Double Ninth Festival is a traditional folk festival in China, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year.

The number of "Nine" is a positive number in the Book of Changes, and the two positive numbers of "Nine Nine" are heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; It is also called "Double Ninth Festival", because both the date and the month conform to nine. Returning to the truth of 1999, the ancients thought that 1999 Chongyang was an auspicious day. In ancient times, there were customs such as climbing to pray for blessings, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and drinking and praying for blessings. Inherited to this day, it has increased the connotation of respecting the elderly.

The custom of Double Ninth Festival:

1, basking in autumn

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. In mountainous areas, villagers have to use the roofs in front of and behind their houses and their own windowsills to dry and hang crops, which has evolved into a traditional agricultural custom over time.

This special lifestyle and scene of villagers drying crops has gradually become the material pursued and created by painters and photographers, and created a poetic name "drying autumn".

2. Fly a kite.

"On September 9th, it was Chongyang; Fly a kite, the thread is long. " A kite is what we call a kite. Guangdong, Fujian and other places have always kept the custom of flying kites on Chongyang. The folk Double Ninth Festival is characterized by flying kites. Guangxu's "Huizhou Fuzhi" is also recorded.

Step 3: climb the mountain

The custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history. One of the most important festival activities in Chongyang is mountain climbing. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called "ascensiontide". There is no uniform rule for climbing mountains. Generally, we climb mountains and towers. Of course, people climb mountains not only to climb mountains, but also to see the red leaves and wild flowers on the mountains and enjoy them by drinking and eating meat. This combination of climbing mountains and picnics is more attractive.