The story about the Double Ninth Festival

It is said that a long time ago, there lived a peasant family at the foot of Mount Li. The whole family is very diligent and has a good life.

One day, the master came back from other places and met a fortune teller on the road. Because it's getting dark, this gentleman hasn't found a place to rest. Because the owner's house is very narrow, there is only one thatched ovary, so I made a thatched shop in the kitchen, let my wife and children sleep on the thatched shop, and I slept on the kang with Mr. Zhugua, making do with it.

At dawn the next day, Mr. Pig melon will leave. The farmer woke up his wife, cooked a meal for Mr. Zhu and wrapped a bag of white steamed bread for Mr. Zhu. Mr. Shugua went out and looked at the banker's place, urging him to say, "By September 9, the whole family will be tall."

The peasant family thought, I didn't do anything strange on weekdays, and I didn't want to be promoted. What should I do in a higher place? But on second thought, people often say that fortune tellers can read Feng Shui and are proficient in astronomy. Maybe something will happen where I live. On September 9th, we went for a walk in a high place to show the whole family the scenery.

On September 9, farmers took their wives and children, carrying flowers, cakes and wine, and climbed to the top of Mount Li to play. After they went up the mountain, a spring suddenly rushed to his house halfway up the mountain and washed away his hut at once. It didn't take much effort, and the whole ravine was soaked. Only then did the peasant family understand why Mr. Zhugua asked his family to climb the mountain on September 9.

After the news spread, people helped the old and brought the young to climb the mountain on September 9 of the summer calendar every year, which has been passed down to this day.

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Customs before and after the Double Ninth Festival

1. Guangdong

Guangzhou celebrates the Double Ninth Festival, and people climb Baiyun Mountain to enjoy autumn fitness. Wuchuan Double Ninth Festival, a high-standard banquet, a banquet to respect the elderly. In Huaiji County, Chongyang is regarded as the moment of Yuan Di's enlightenment. Men, women and children all came out of the city, and they all used cannons to compete with God. Even in Chongyang, Sichuan, boys and girls gathered outside the city to sing songs for the citizens to watch. On the Double Ninth Festival in Yangjiang City, a paper kite with a rattan bow on it is very loud in mid-air.

2. Hong Kong and Macau

In the customs of Hong Kong and Macao people, Tomb-Sweeping Day is the "Spring Festival" and the Double Ninth Festival is the "Autumn Festival". The traditional custom of ancestor worship in Chongyang Mountain continues to this day. In Hong Kong and Macau, the ancient Double Ninth Festival has now evolved into a diversified festival.

3. Guangxi

On September 9th in Longan County, cattle and sheep were allowed to feed on their own. As the saying goes, "on September 9, cattle and sheep will keep their food." Tomb-Sweeping Day is a spring festival, the Double Ninth Festival is an autumn festival, and worshipping mountains on Double Ninth Festival is one of the customs in Lingnan. The tradition of pursuing the distance carefully and thinking about the source has been passed down for thousands of years.

4. Fujian

Flying kites in the Double Ninth Festival in Haicheng County is a game, which is called "Wind Chak". According to legend, the ninth day of September is the day when Mazu ascended to heaven. Many villagers went to the Tianhou Palace and the Palace Temple in Mazu Tempel or Meizhou Port to offer sacrifices and pray.

5. Hainan

During the Double Ninth Festival in Hainan, there are some customs, such as climbing high and looking far, inserting dogwood, sending "Double Ninth Cake", "driving away bobcats" and washing mugwort leaves with water.

6. Jiangsu

On the Double Ninth Festival, Nanjing people cut five-color paper into inclined planes, connected them into flags and inserted them in the court. Eat a kind of pasta called "camel hoof" at the Double Ninth Festival in Changzhou County. Eat Chongyang cake and Jiupin soup in Wuxi Double Ninth Festival.

7. Shanghai

The Chrysanthemum Festival held in Shanghai Yuyuan Garden was judged by three grades: novelty, nobility and rarity. In recent years, Yangpu District of Shanghai has launched a series of activities of "Joy in Chongyang" to respect and love the elderly.

8.zhejiang province

Shaoxing Double Ninth Festival visits each other. Tonglu county prepares pigs and sheep to bring their ancestors on September 9, which is called autumn festival. At the same time, zongzi are tied up and given to each other on the Double Ninth Festival, which is called Chongyang Zongzi.

9. Jiangxi

On September 9, Huangling Wuyuan County held the Autumn Festival. The ancient Wuling village in Wuyuan still retains the good phenomenon of "autumn sun". In autumn, a large number of fresh vegetables and fruits need to be dried and stored, forming a spectacular scene.

10. Anhui

Tongling county regards the ninth Double Ninth Festival as the Dragon and Candle Festival to welcome the mountain gods. Chopping bamboo and horses for fun is said to drive away the plague. In recent years, Hefei Thermal Power has organized many condolence activities for the Double Ninth Festival.

1 1. Yunnan

In recent years, Kunming, Yunnan Province held the theme activity "Our Festival Double Ninth Festival".

Hubei 12

Wuchang County brews wine at the Double Ninth Festival. It is said that the wine brewed here is the clearest and will not go bad after a long time. The Double Ninth Festival in Yingcheng County is a wishing day, and even every household worships the God of Fangshe Tianzu on this day.

13. Sichuan

Once upon a time, scholars from Nanxi County gathered in the Censhan Building in Longteng Mountain to commemorate the poet Cen Can, which was called "Cen Hall". According to the old folk custom, glutinous rice should be used to steam wine before and after Chongyang to make mash. As the saying goes, "steamed wine on the Double Ninth Festival is sweet and delicious".

References:

Fuzhou News Network-The Legend of Double Ninth Festival and Mount Li