A brief introduction to the origin and significance of the Double Ninth Festival on September 9
The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Double Ninth Festival, also known as the Double Ninth Festival, which is a traditional festival in my country.Nowadays, the Double Ninth Festival is not only a traditional festival to worship ancestors, but also an old-age festival to filial piety to the elderly, so it has multiple meanings of promoting national culture, respecting the old and loving the young.
Introduction to the Double Ninth Festival
The Double Ninth Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year.The number of "nine" is a yang number in the Book of Changes, and the two yang numbers of "nine and nine" overlap each other, so it is called "double yang"; because both the sun and the moon meet nine, it is also called "double nine".Ninety-nine returns to the truth, the beginning of one yuan, the ancients believed that nine-nine double yang is an auspicious day.In ancient times, during the Double Ninth Festival, there were many customs such as climbing high to pray for blessings, visiting chrysanthemums in autumn, wearing dogwoods, worshiping gods and ancestors, and feasting to pray for longevity.It has been passed down to the present, and the connotations of respecting the elderly have been added.On the day of Chongyang, we enjoy a high banquet and thank the elderly.Appreciating the autumn and being grateful and respecting the elderly are the two major themes of today’s Chongyang festival.
Origin of the Double Ninth Festival
The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena, started in ancient times, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished after the Tang Dynasty.According to the existing historical data and research, in ancient times, there were harvest sacrifices to the sky and ancestors in Jiqiu; it is recorded in the "Lv’s Spring and Autumn Period Jiqiu Ji" that the ancients sacrificed to the emperor and ancestors in September when the crops were harvested to thank the emperor, Ancestor Ende’s activities.This is the original form of the Double Ninth Festival as an autumn harvest sacrificial event.The Tang Dynasty was an important period in which traditional festival customs were combined and finalized, and the main part of it has been passed down to this day.The folk custom of worshiping ancestors on Chongyang has been around for thousands of years, and it is an ancient folk custom with profound significance.The Double Ninth Festival, New Year’s Eve, Qingming Festival and Zhongyuan Festival are also known as the four traditional Chinese ancestor worship festivals.
Meaning of Double Ninth Festival
On December 28, 2012, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China voted to pass the newly revised Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly.The law makes it clear that the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar is the old age festival.We Chinese are a group with a tradition of respecting the elderly.As early as 3,000 years ago, in the Book of Songs, there was a verse of "mourning my parents, giving birth to my hard work"."It’s even more popular.At this stage, the increase of a large number of elderly people and the social pressure of "getting old before getting rich" have endowed the culturally rich Double Ninth Festival with more and heavier practical significance.In any case, the Double Ninth Festival is only one day.As Director Liao said, we cannot expect to solve all problems in one day.We can only use this as an opportunity to form a long-term mechanism, guarantee it from the system, and from the atmosphere Influence from above and adjustment from concept, this is the true meaning of Double Ninth Festival.
Folklore of the Double Ninth Festival
It is said that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in the Ruhe River.As long as it appeared, every household would fall ill and even die every day.The people have been ravaged by the plague demons, and they are horrific.At that time, there was a young man named Huan Jing in Runan County.One year, the plague took away his parents and he almost lost his life.After Huan Jing recovered from his illness, he said goodbye to his beloved wife and relatives, and decided to go out to visit immortals to learn art and save the people.Huan Jing went through hardships and dangers, and finally found an immortal with boundless mana in an ancient mountain.The immortal was moved by his spirit of tireless hard work and eliminating harm for the people.Teach the swordsmanship of subduing demons.Huan Jing forgot to eat and sleep, practiced hard day and night, and finally developed an extraordinary martial arts.
One day, the immortal called Huan Jing to him and said to him, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, and the plague demon will come out to do evil again.Now that you have learned your skills, you should go back and kill the people.At this time, the immortal gave Huanjing a pack of dogwood leaves and a bottle of chrysanthemum wine, and gave him the secret of warding off evil spirits, so that Huanjing immediately rode the crane to go home.Huan Jing returned to his hometown, and on the morning of September 9, he led the villagers to a nearby mountain according to the immortal’s instructions, and gave each one a piece of dogwood leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine.At noon, the gust of wind roared, the north wind suddenly rose, the sky was dark and the sky was dark, and with a few shrill roars, the plague demon rushed out of the Ru River and rushed down the mountain.At this moment, the Plague Demon suddenly smelled the strange smell of dogwood and the mellow aroma of chrysanthemum wine, his face suddenly changed, he shivered and did not dare to move forward.It was too late, but Huan Jing held the sword of subjugating the demon and immediately ran down the mountain.After several rounds of fierce fighting, Huan Jing stabbed the demon to death, and the plague was eliminated.Later, people regarded the Double Ninth Festival as an activity to avoid disasters and avoid disasters.
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