Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese Folk Festival, which is held on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year. The number of "Nine" is Yang in the book of changes. The two Yang numbers of "Nine" are equal, so it is called "double Yang"; Because both the sun and the moon meet nine, it is also called "double nine".
Returning to the true world in September, the beginning of one yuan, the ancients believed that the Double Ninth Festival in September was an auspicious day.
In ancient times, there were folk customs such as climbing high to pray for blessings, worshipping gods and ancestors, feasting and praying for longevity on the Double Ninth Festival. So far, it has added the connotation of respecting the elderly. Climbing the mountain to enjoy the autumn and Thanksgiving and respect for the elderly are two important themes of today's Double Ninth Festival activities.
The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena. It began in ancient times, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. According to the existing historical materials and textual research, in ancient times, there were harvest worship and ancestor worship activities in the autumn.
The ancients offered sacrifices to the emperor of heaven and ancestors at the harvest of crops in September, with the activities of thanking the emperor of heaven and ancestors' kindness, which is the original form of the Double Ninth Festival as the autumn harvest sacrifice.?
The Tang Dynasty is an important period for the integration and finalization of traditional festivals and customs, and its main part has been inherited to this day.