What are the interesting customs of the Double Ninth Festival in ancient times?

The vast Xinghai entrusted us with many reverie, especially for the ancients.

Many stars were endowed with special status by the ancients, such as the Big Dipper, including Ziwei Star and Wolf-hungry Star. One of the most special stars is called. Chen Da? , that is, big Mars. ? July fire? It means that after July, the big Mars will run down and the weather will gradually turn cold.

When it is around September 9, it will be difficult to observe the big Mars, because its operating position is too low. At this time, people will climb the mountain with sacrifices and send away the big Mars, praying for the smooth return of the big Mars in the coming year.

This is the origin of the custom of climbing the mountain in Chongyang, but because of its long history, few people know why they want to climb the mountain now.

Seeing that the Double Ninth Festival is coming, some people have begun to plan how to have a meaningful Double Ninth Festival. So, what are the interesting customs of the Double Ninth Festival in ancient times?

First, climb mountains, enjoy dogwood and drink chrysanthemum wine.

September 9th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sky is high and the air is far away, which is most suitable for climbing high and looking far and breathing fresh air, and this time coincides with the blooming of chrysanthemums. Laughter makes people laugh, when chrysanthemums are in full bloom. ? Looking up at the distance, enjoying chrysanthemums along the way, and gently folding a few chrysanthemum heads by the way, can be described as beautiful. When going down the mountain, you can also add chrysanthemums to the wine. This chrysanthemum wine was the favorite of Tao Yuanming, a great hermit, and the world followed suit. Fu Shuo, a master brewer, met Chongyang on September 9th, and the chrysanthemum was the highest. Only on this day can you brew the best chrysanthemum wine. So, how can Chongyang miss drinking chrysanthemum wine?

As for Pegonas and Wang Wei? When I think of my brothers' bodies climbing high, I will feel a little regret for not being able to reach me. ? When the ancients climbed the mountain on this day, they would put Cornus officinalis in the crown or make it into a sachet to carry with them. Did you write Local Conditions and Customs? The custom is still September 9, which means more than nine. On this day, Cornus officinalis is mature, angry and red, fighting for the plug of his house, clearing the clouds and evil spirits to ward off the cold early? .

Why should we juxtapose the three?

In fact, it is a legend of the Han Dynasty. It is said that there was an alchemist named Huan Jing in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Huanjing's hometown suffered a plague. At that time, his hometown was filled with sadness and sorrow, so Huan Jing asked his master for two treasures, one was the leaves of Cornus officinalis and the other was the wine of chrysanthemum, and returned to his hometown on September 9 when the sun was the highest. He took the villagers to the highest peak, planted the leaves of Cornus officinalis, drank the wine of chrysanthemum and breathed the clear mountains.

On the other hand, why does the custom of the Double Ninth Festival have some content of praying for blessings and avoiding disasters? Actually, it's because the ancients thought that there were a lot of nine, so-called? Nine is Lao Yang, the anode must be changed? So, after the Double Ninth Festival is safely over, it will begin? Water inverse? Therefore, many customs of Chongyang have the meaning of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil.

Second, Dionysian sacrifice

The so-called chrysanthemum wine is recorded in Xijing Miscellanies? When chrysanthemums are comfortable, pick them from the stems and leaves and brew them with mixed millet. Drink it when it is ripe on September 9 next year, so it is called chrysanthemum wine. ?

At that time, people thought that drinking chrysanthemum wine was not only elegant and abnormal, but also could ward off evil spirits. More importantly, drinking chrysanthemum wine can prolong life, so the brewing of chrysanthemum wine is very important. As mentioned above, winemakers think that the sun is strongest on September 9th, and Jin Ju on this day can be used to brew the best chrysanthemum wine.

As we all know, whenever the ancients wanted to do something important, they had to bathe, change clothes, burn incense and pray. It's easy to say that someone must pray when you take a shower and change clothes. Generally speaking, you should worship your ancestors at this time. Who is the originator of the wine industry?

Yes, it is Du Kang.

On this day, the restaurant will offer a sacrifice to Dionysus, and Dionysus is Du Kang. In today's Maotai Town, Guizhou, it can be described as a holy place for wine making. Today, wineries all over the country have the custom of holding a water sacrifice ceremony on the Double Ninth Festival, which actually inherits the tradition of toasting the Double Ninth Festival God. So-called? On September 9, it was Chongyang, and Chongyang brewed manjiang fragrant wine; On September 9, I went down to the river to cook new wine? .

In fact, this day is also a wine festival in Maotai Town, which attracts a large number of people every year? Good drinker? Onlookers, and only on this day, the winery in Maotai Town will brew chrysanthemum wine, and other liquors can be brewed at any time.

Third, eat Chongyang cake.

The so-called Chongyang cake, also known as? Osmanthus Jelly? Is this the chapter recorded in September and Dream of Liang Lu? On this day, everyone is in the market, steaming cakes with sugar noodles, serving pigs, mutton and ducks as silk strings and inserting them into Caiqi Yang. What's your name? Chongyang cake? . ?

Dream of Liang Lu was written by Song people, so it is certain that the custom of eating Chongyang cake was established at the latest in the Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, Chongyang cakes are mostly made of rice flour and fruit materials, and the specific production methods are not the same. Different winds in ten miles, different customs in a hundred miles? It is understandable that the making method of Chongyang cake varies from place to place. Some people even add red dates, dogwood and other materials that can barely be counted as medicinal materials to Chongyang cake.

There is an interesting story about Chongyang cake, called? Topic cake? , it was recorded in the Shao Shi Wen Jian Hou Lu? Liu Meng wrote a poem "Nine Days". Do you want to use it? Cake? Words, there are "Five Classics" without it, quit it. ?

What do you mean? Liu Mengde is Liu Yuxi. The old gentleman wrote a poem called "Nine Days" during the Double Ninth Festival. It is mentioned in the poem that when people want to eat cake on this day, they naturally use the word cake. But this old gentleman has a strange rule in writing poetry. The words he used in writing poems must be those in the Five Classics, which refer to the five Confucian classics: The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu.

Coincidentally, there was really no bread in the Five Classics, so Liu Yuxi finally gave up. Liu Yuxi was ridiculed by another poet Song Qi for this? Liu Lang didn't dare to write the word "cake". ? "History of Song Dynasty, Apricot with the Same Name", which one was written? The branches of red apricots are in spring? The real one.

Fourth, put paper harriers.

Flying paper owls is actually a custom in Huizhou. This so-called paper owl is actually what we call a kite today. It used to be called by northerners. A kite? , southerners call? Scorpion? The name of Huizhou paper owl is obviously influenced by both north and south.

Putting paper owls in Chongyang is a unique custom in Huizhou, which has attracted some attention of local scholars in Huizhou. Unfortunately, it is difficult to verify the origin, but from the time point of view, September and autumn are crisp, and Huizhou's climate is just right to put paper owls at this time.

It is said that kites can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. At first, they were all birds. According to Mozi, did Lu Ban have it? The loser cut bamboo and thought it was a magpie and flew away three days later. ? And use it to spy on military intelligence? Make a wooden kite to see Song Cheng? .

After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, papermaking became more and more popular, and the craft was more exquisite. You can make kites out of paper. The earliest? Paper owl? .

Yangjiang City near Huizhou was awarded by the State Sports Commission 1993? The hometown of kites in China? The title of "Double Ninth Festival", and Yangjiang also designated the annual Double Ninth Festival as the Kite Festival. The most interesting thing is that 1990, the 7th International Kite Fair, Yangjiang City was made by the legend of White Snake? Ganoderma lucidum? Kite, was rated as? Top ten kites in the world? . Yangjiang city is also named after its famous kites? Paper city? .

Nowadays, the kites in Yangjiang are just like the wineries in Maotai Town, which makes people feel sad. We can inherit not only spirit and culture from history, but also tangible economic benefits.