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October 14th will usher in the Double Ninth Festival. Have you ever thought about these issues when you climb high and appreciate chrysanthemums?
Luo Shuwei, a historian and researcher at the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, said that the Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival with a long history in my country, also known as the "Chong Ninth Festival", "Climbing Festival", "Chrysanthemum Festival" and "Juyu Festival".
According to research, Chongyang Chongyang is derived from mountain worship, and banquets are from the celebration of a good harvest. Therefore, since ancient times, society has been widely formed to climb high to overlook, to see the scenery in autumn, to chant chrysanthemums, to wear dogwood, relatives and friends to appreciate chrysanthemums, drink chrysanthemum wine, and eat Chongyang. Customs such as cakes.
Poster production: Fang Jinyang
In traditional Chinese culture, "nine" is the "extreme" of the yang number (odd number). On the ninth day of September, the two "nine"s overlap each other. The month and the day are both the largest yang number, so it is called "Chongyang" or "Chong Nine" ; And because of the homophony of "nine" and "long", the ancients believed that this day "is suitable for a long time, so it is a feast for the high meeting."
Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chongyang banquets have gradually become popular; in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was more fashion for enjoying chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine. . Qiuju is in the garden, while holding glutinous rice, the flight attendant Jiuhua, cherishing words."
"Mix" refers to wine, and "Jiuhua" refers to the chrysanthemum in September.
In the Tang and Song dynasties, Chongyang has become a formal folk festival. Because chrysanthemum is a symbol of longevity, both men and women have also formed the style of "hairpin chrysanthemum".
In the Ming Dynasty, the palace had to eat "flower cake" evolved from "pengbait", and the emperor went up to Wansui Mountain (now called Jingshan) or Tuer Mountain and rotary milling platform in Xiyuan.
In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor climbed the Duixiu Mountain in the imperial garden, and if he was in the Old Summer Palace, he climbed the Xiangshan Mountain.
Among the folks, people admire the variety of chrysanthemums and the independence of Aoshuang that "the flowers bloom and there is no flower."
Poster production: Fang Jinyang
The Double Ninth Festival originates from the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and the date in the Gregorian calendar is not fixed.
"Corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, the earliest is October 1 (2033), and the latest is November 1 (1995), but most of them are in October of the Gregorian calendar." Luo Shuwei said.
Since ancient times, the ninth day of September has been given the meaning of "longevity", so the Double Ninth Festival gradually has the meaning of the Old Man's Day.
On this day, the elderly should pray for longevity by climbing high and drinking chrysanthemum wine.
In 1989, my country designated the annual Double Ninth Festival as the "Old People's Day" and "Respect for the Elderly Day".
In order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly, to develop the cause of the elderly in a healthy manner, and to promote the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, the "Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly" implemented on July 1, 2013 stipulates that the Chongyang Festival is my country's "Old People's Day" every year.
Luo Shuwei said that this year is the ninth "Old Age Day" in our country, and many places across the country will carry out activities on the theme of respecting, respecting, loving, helping the elderly and Chongyang Ninth Festival.
With the establishment of the new socialist trend and the implementation of various policies and measures to support the elderly, the sense of acquisition, happiness, and security of the elderly will be further enhanced.