After the national day, we will usher in a special festival - Chongyang Festival. Do you know whether the Double Ninth Festival is a legal holiday? It is also an important holiday for the elderly. So how are the customs and habits different in Chongyang Festival? Let's get to know.
Whether the Double Ninth Festival is a legal holiday
According to the general office of the State Council, holiday arrangements are made clear. New Year's day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, international labor day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid Autumn Festival and national day are legal holidays. For some women's day, children's day and army building day, some citizens will have holidays. Therefore, Chongyang is not a legal holiday, not a holiday.
The custom of Chongyang Festival
The festival of Chongyang on the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is full of activities and interests, such as climbing the heights, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, eating Chongyang cake, inserting dogwood, etc.
Ascend height
In ancient times, there was a folk custom of climbing in Chongyang, so Chongyang Festival is also called "Climbing Festival". It is said that this custom began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are many poems written by the Tang dynasty literati, most of which are about the customs of Chongyang Festival. The seven laws of Du Fu, the climbing to the heights, are the famous poems about the climbing to the heights of Chongyang. There is no uniform rule for climbing everywhere. Generally speaking, it is to climb mountains and towers. There is also the custom of eating 'Chongyang cake'.
Eat Chongyang cake
According to historical records, Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake and five color cake, has no definite method of making and is more casual. In the morning of September 9, the ancient people made cakes in September, by using cakes to match their children's heads and saying words in their mouths. They wished their children everything was high. The exquisite Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, with two lambs on it, so as to conform to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some even put a small red paper flag on the double ninth cake and light a candle light. This means "light the lamp" and "eat the cake" instead of "climb the high", and "small red paper flag" instead of dogwood. Today, there is no fixed variety of Chongyang cake. All kinds of soft cakes eaten in Chongyang Festival are called Chongyang cakes.
Dogwood and chrysanthemum hairpin
The custom of planting dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival was very common in Tang Dynasty. The ancients believed that on the day of the Double Ninth Festival, dogwood can be planted for shelter and disaster relief; or it can be worn on the arm, or it can be used as a sachet to put dogwood in it, or it can be put on the head. Most of them are women and children. In some places, men also wear them. Wearing dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival is recorded in Gehong's miscellany of the western classics in the Jin Dynasty. Besides wearing dogwood, people also wear chrysanthemum. Tang Dynasty has been so, the prevalence of successive dynasties. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of the Double Ninth Festival in Beijing was to stick chrysanthemum branches and leaves on the doors and windows to 'remove the ferocity and filth and call for good luck'. This is the change of hairpin chrysanthemum on the head. In Song Dynasty, there were also pieces of color cut into dogwood and chrysanthemum for gift.
Customs of Chongyang Festival
[Guangdong Province] even in Chongyang, Sichuan Province, boys and girls all gathered outside the city to answer the song and the people of the state watched. On September 9, Nanxiong mansion invited Taoists from Maoshan to establish a royal mother's Association. All the young women who want to obtain children will come to attend. On the Double Ninth Festival in Yangjiang City, Zhiyuan is put on it and tied with rattan bow. The voice is very loud in the mid air. When people in Lingao County get up early on Chongyang Festival, they all shout 'catch up with SM', which is a good omen for an and Fu Li.
HUAIJI County, Guangxi Province, took Chongyang as the day when emperor yuan got the way. Men, women, old and young, come out of the city. They all use cannons to reward the gods. On September 9, Long'an County allowed cattle and sheep to forage on their own. As the saying goes: 'on September 9, cattle and sheep keep themselves'.
[Sichuan Province] scholars from Nanxi County met in censhan tower of Longteng mountain to commemorate poet Cen Shen, known as "Cen guild". In the old folk custom, before and after Chongyang, glutinous rice is used to steam wine and make fermented glutinous rice. As the saying goes: 'Chongyang steam wine, sweet and delicious'.
[Shanxi Province] since ancient times, there has been a tradition of climbing on September 9 in the south of Shanxi Province. Enjoy the great rivers and mountains, view the places of interest, and become a festival event. Up to now, it is still preaching the famous sayings such as "heaven and earth will win, our generation will rise to the heights together", "the east wind will not stay, and the peak will rise slowly", "September will be joyful and new Ji, agriculture, rural areas and farmers will celebrate the autumn".
[Henan Province] in 2010, the Chinese people's Association awarded Xixia County of Nanyang City as the "hometown of Chongyang culture in China", and established the only "China Chongyang Culture Research Center" in Xixia. Every year, on September 9 of the lunar calendar, the "China & middot; Xixia Chongyang Culture Festival" will be held here.