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What is the evolution of dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival?

on the Double Ninth Festival, we all know the custom of appreciating chrysanthemums, climbing high and inserting Cornus! So what kind of plant is dogwood and what medicinal value does it have? How did the custom of inserting dogwood evolve? 4hw.com.cn reveals the evolution of the Chinese dogwood planting custom on the Double Ninth Festival!

Cornus officinalis, also known as Vietnamese pepper and wormwood, is an evergreen and fragrant plant with the functions of killing insects, disinfecting, expelling cold and expelling wind. It is an important folk custom to insert dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival!

It is said that dogwood insertion began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jin Dynasty and became popular in the Tang Dynasty. It is used to insert dogwood, decorate and beautify, celebrate and prolong life. It is believed that planting dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival can take refuge and eliminate disasters; Or wear it on the arm, or make a sachet, put Cornus in it, called Cornus capsule, and insert it on the head. Most of them are worn by women and children. In some places, men also wear them.

The evolution of the custom of inserting Cornus on the Double Ninth Festival

Wearing dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival is recorded in Ge Hong's miscellaneous notes on the western classics of the Jin Dynasty. In addition to wearing dogwood, people also wear chrysanthemums. This has been the case in the Tang Dynasty, which has prevailed in all dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, there were also people who cut colored ribbons into cornel and chrysanthemum to give each other and wear them. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of Beijing's Double Ninth Festival was to stick chrysanthemum branches and leaves on doors and windows to 'remove evil and evil in order to attract good luck'. This is the vulgarization of the hairpin chrysanthemum on the head.

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