Stories and legends of the Double Ninth Festival

The stories and legends of the Double Ninth Festival include Meng Jia's hat falling, white clothes delivering wine, the legend of Mount Li, the custom of seeking longevity, and the fairy tales of the Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena, which began in ancient times, spread in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. The ancients offered sacrifices to the emperor and ancestors in September when the crops were abundant to thank them for their kindness.

First, Meng Jia fell off his hat.

Yu Jia was a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He joined the army under the protection of Huan Wen, the most powerful general at that time and the secretariat of Jingzhou. On September 9th, General Huan Wen invited guests and staff to climb the mountain ceremoniously, feasted on the top of the mountain, drank wine and wrote poems. The people who attended the festival banquet were all dressed up and dressed neatly, enjoying each other's cups and being in high spirits.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the hat off Yoga Yu's head. Meng Jia was a little drunk at this moment, but she didn't notice that the hat was no longer on her head. But Master Huan Wen had seen it, so he asked everyone present in Sun Sheng to write an article to laugh at him. Sun Sheng was also a famous scholar at that time. He listened to Huan Wen's orders and wrote an article accusing Yujia during the dinner.

I didn't expect Meng Jia to get drunk, but she wasn't confused, and she was still quick. As soon as Sun Sheng finished his article, he glanced at it and immediately picked up a pen and wrote an article in return. After reading his article, I sighed, well said, and talked for a long time.

Second, send white wine.

Tao Yuanming, a great poet, loves chrysanthemums, which are weather-resistant flowers in autumn and symbolize noble character. Tao Yuanming lived in troubled times in Jin and Song Dynasties. He was dissatisfied with the political struggle and corruption of officials at that time, and he also had noble character, which was in line with the spirit of chrysanthemum. He resigned from his official position and returned to his hometown of Chaisang to live in seclusion. He planted many chrysanthemums by the east fence next to the house and watched them day and night.

His famous sentence "Picking chrysanthemums under the hedge, leisurely seeing Nanshan" has always been praised. Tao Yuanming likes drinking, but because of his poor family, he is often short of alcohol. On the Double Ninth Festival that year, Tao Yuanming was enjoying chrysanthemums by the hedge, but he didn't drink wine and was drunk. He had to pick a handful of chrysanthemums in his hand, sniff, chew and talk.

However, chrysanthemum can't replace wine after all. Tao Yuanming was bored when suddenly a man in white came from a distance. The man was originally sent by Jiangzhou secretariat Wang Hong to deliver wine to Tao Yuanming. Tao Yuanming was overjoyed. He immediately opened the jar and drank heartily at the chrysanthemum.

Third, the legend of Mount Li

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, reminding him, "By September 9, the whole family will be tall." "Zhuanghu people think that I didn't do anything strange on weekdays, and I don't want to be promoted. What should I do in the highlands? 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.

Fourth, the custom of seeking longevity.

Liu Hanxin's Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing records that after killing Mrs. Qi, the beloved concubine of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, Mrs. Qi's maid Jia was also expelled from the palace and married Duan Ru, a man who helped the wind. When chatting, she mentioned that when she was in the imperial court, she wore dogwood, ate tent bait and drank chrysanthemum wine every September 9 to ward off evil spirits and prolong life. According to legend, since then, there has been the custom of seeking longevity on the Double Ninth Festival.

Fifth, the myth of the Double Ninth Festival

According to legend, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in Ruhe. As soon as it appeared, people in every household fell ill and died every day, and people in this area were ravaged by plague demons. A plague claimed the lives of young Huan Jing's parents, and he almost died of illness himself. After he recovered from his illness, he bid farewell to his beloved wife and fellow villagers and decided to go abroad to study fairy arts to rid the people of the plague.

Huan Jing visited teachers everywhere to find the way, visited celebrities all over the world, and finally found an oldest mountain in the East. There is a magical fairy on the mountain. Under the guidance of the crane, Huan Jing finally found the mountain and the miraculous fairy. The immortal was moved by his spirit, and finally took Huan Jing in, taught him the sword to subdue the demon, and gave him a sword to subdue the demon. Huan Jing forgot to eat and sleep and practiced hard, and finally developed an extraordinary martial arts.

On this day, the immortal called Huan Jing to his side and said, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of September, and the god of plague will come out to do evil again. When you learn the skill, you should go back and kill the people. " Xianchang gave him a pack of dogwood leaves and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and secretly taught him how to ward off evil spirits and let him ride a crane home.

Huanjing returned to his hometown. On the morning of the ninth day of September, according to the fairy's instructions, he led the villagers to a nearby mountain and gave everyone a dogwood leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine to prepare for subduing the evil spirits.

At noon, with several strange calls, Mo Wen rushed out of the Ruhe River, but just as Mo Wen jumped down the mountain, he suddenly smelled the strange fragrance of Cornus officinalis and the alcohol smell of Chrysanthemum, and his face suddenly changed. At that time, Huan Jing chased Mo Wen down the mountain with a demon sword in his hand, and stabbed him to death in a few rounds. Since then, the custom of climbing mountains on the ninth day of September to avoid epidemics has been handed down year after year.