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On the Double Ninth Festival, everyone climbs up.
The Chung Yeung Festival in 2024 falls on October 11 of the solar calendar, which is the dividing line between spring and autumn in the year according to the old traditional Chinese festival customs, and it is a good day for a good harvest.
At the same time, the Chung Yeung Festival is also designated as the Respect for the Elderly Day, so that the elderly can be reunited with more people's families on this day, and feel that the old people are 100 years old.
On this day, in addition to giving gifts, what else should you pay attention to?
Revere nature, climb high and enjoy autumn.
Chung Yeung Festival refers to the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which means the long-term repetition of the character "nine", and is regarded as a day to pray for longevity and auspiciousness, and Respect for the Aged Day is also held on this day.
Speaking of which, the relationship between the Double Ninth Festival and the elderly is still a bit far-fetched, and it is more of a metaphor for the theme of longevity, believing that the repetition of the word "nine" has the function of resisting evil and can resist all kinds of diseases.
In ancient times, ordinary people did not read, did not understand medical skills, and encountered any illness with a great superstitious color, so they thought that illness was caused by gods and devils, which affected people's health.
Therefore, the culture of longevity in the mainland arose with the atmosphere of superstition.
This atmosphere finally has a chance to be released in front of the sky of the Chung Yeung Festival, and people go up the mountain at the same time on this day, climb high and look far away, with doubts in their hearts to see the dead flowers and fallen leaves when the end of the year is approaching, but these words of death.
However, from these scenes of death, superstitious to find a different kind of vitality, just because these scenes of death give people a kind of courage to "man conquers the sky".
In their opinion, under the influence of the natural world where everything is repeated, they are naturally unwilling to be controlled by the people, and always think of "fighting back", but people are looking up at this time, as if they have declared war on nature, "You thief is not dead".
On the other hand, Chung Yeung Festival is a day of harmony between nature and human society, and it is a day for people to show their reverence for the natural world, and to express that they still consider themselves to be the spirit of all things and have the ability to dialogue with nature in a world where all things are recovering.
While everyone climbs to the top to enjoy autumn, there are also farmers who will go to the fields to give skilled craftsmen a good omen for themselves at the time of harvest, hoping to harvest good crops.
In the last century, most people in the mainland were farmers, so many festivals in the mainland have a lot to do with the living habits of farmers, such as sugar gourds for the Qingming Festival, zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Double Ninth Festival is obviously no exception.
Some traditional festivals that imply a good omen of harvest still have to be continued, and the more we are in the great social environment, the more we must recall the innocent environment of the previous society through the ancient experience, and feel the truth of life.
Chrysanthemums are not allowed as gifts.
Chung Yeung Festival is the Day of Respect for the Elderly, and respecting the elderly, the first thing is to respect the living habits of the elderly.
The habits of the old people are different from those of the young people of today, and there is a big gap in the gifts they like.
You must know that the ancients were "gentlemen's friendships are as light as water", and the gifts they gave to their wives and lovers were very low-key expressions of love.
In modern society, people's communication is no longer so formal, and the discipline line between men and women is also broken, and it is impossible to have no gossip between boys who want girls to be absent, and people's discipline lines are much more relaxed for the obvious emotional relationship.
Therefore, the gift-giving between people has also been relaxed a lot, not to pay attention to the beauty and meaning of the packaging like the ancients, but more around the preferences of the recipient, and the importance is the mind.
However, Chung Yeung Festival is still an exception.
Chung Yeung Festival is a festival for the elderly, and their concept of gifts is also very different from that of modern people, and they feel that those inconspicuous objects contain the blessings of the recipient to the recipient, which is a way to express emotions.
Therefore, it is not too difficult to give gifts on the Chung Yeung Festival to meet the interests of the ancients, just grasp the four principles, that is, "one does not give, two does not do, three must eat, and four do not do".
The first principle, one does not send, refers to not sending chrysanthemums.
Chung Yeung Festival is an autumn festival, and autumn appreciation has always been a traditional custom, not only to appreciate the leaves, but also to appreciate the autumn chrysanthemums.
Chrysanthemums are the most common decoration for Chung Yeung Festival, and are believed to be able to keep out the cold, relieve cough and prolong life.
But chrysanthemums are only precious things, and most people can only see them in autumn, which is the Double Ninth Festival, and even many people will not see them, so giving them away is a very heartfelt thing.
But the old people are different, their living habits are not heavy, in order to express their respect for the elderly, many people give chrysanthemums to the elderly, thinking that chrysanthemums are a full decoration that means respect.
However, chrysanthemums also die, and the customs of the elderly cannot be disagreed, so in the minds of the elderly, giving chrysanthemums is against the spirit of respecting the elderly during the Double Ninth Festival.
The second principle, two don'ts, means don't go out to play.
The Chung Yeung Festival is a festival to climb high and enjoy autumn, how can you not go out to play and feel the feeling that autumn is gradually coming to an end?
However, the salary level of modern people is far less than that of the ancients, and the weather on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is not very cold, so modern people are more inclined to go out to enjoy autumn on the day of the Double Ninth Festival.
For modern young people, climbing to the top to appreciate autumn is a happy thing, but for the elderly, it is not necessarily a pleasant thing.
They are old, and the weather outside is not very adaptable, and they are tired after going out to move for two or three days, and it is even more worrying to go out to climb the heights.
Indeed, most of the elderly live in the city, and there is no chance to see the green trees in summer in a lifetime, but in order to make them happy on Respect for the Elderly, it is absolutely not advisable to go out to climb the height for the elderly.
The third principle, "three to eat", refers to eating good food.
Every time the elderly come to the Chung Yeung Festival, they must turn over the cabinets, take out all their favorite dishes and cook them on the table, and turn over their kitchens.
Therefore, modern people should follow the habits of respecting the elderly of the ancients, even if it is an ordinary dish, so don't be lazy, cook a good meal for the elderly, and let the elderly eat a delicious meal during the Double Ninth Festival, and feel better.
The fourth principle, the four don'ts, refers to not quarreling and not complaining.
Chung Yeung Festival is a day of respect for the elderly, a reunion festival, a good day for the family, but also the day when it is easiest to quarrel.
Because of work, study and other problems, the relationship between modern people and their families will be very stiff, and people will often cold and not speak, and even make a lot of noise, anyway, this is how the contradiction gradually ferments.
The Chung Yeung Festival is considered to be a dividing line between spring and autumn, and winter is actually not far away, so people will have a panic in their hearts, and everything around them will become harsh.
Therefore, the only principle for the Chung Yeung Festival to be good is not to make a big fuss because of small contradictions, since it is a family, there should be restraint, and more importantly, it should maintain harmony.
In addition to these principles, people should pay attention to the price of gifts for the elderly on this day not to be too expensive, expensive will be considered to be a show of wealth, is disrespectful to the Respect for the Elderly, therefore, the price of gifts should be controlled within 100 yuan.
Health care products are the best gift for the elderly during the Chung Yeung Festival, the ninth lunar month of the Chung Yeung Festival is exactly the dividing line of the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, with the most abundant herbal collection season, this season's Chongyang flowers, dandelions, etc. have very good health care effects.
Books are the favorite gifts of the elderly, and the old people are used to living a very leisurely life, with a lot of time to spend time, so it is obviously a very good choice to give the elderly a book they love or read a book during the Chung Yeung Festival.
As for handicrafts, some of the old people are very interested in them, because most of the old people lived before and after the revolution, and they have already seen good things that only the emperor's relatives can see, so they have a very high opinion of handicrafts.
Therefore, give the elderly a handicraft, is able to make the old people face bright all day long, it is not important what kind of handicrafts to choose, the important thing is that the production of handicrafts is not too rough, shoddy handicrafts will be considered disrespectful to the elderly, so that the old people are in a bad mood.
Food culture, auspicious wishes.
During the Double Ninth Festival, in addition to climbing high to enjoy autumn, there is also a very, very famous thing, that is, eating Chongyang cakes and drinking chrysanthemum wine.
Chongyang cake is a diet food invented in ancient times in order to restrain people's appetite from becoming greater and greater in winter, causing people to overeat and hurt their stomachs.
Chrysanthemum wine was produced in ancient times in order to prevent people from drinking too much and harming their brains at the Chongyang banquet.
Chongyang cake was originally a unique specialty snack in the south, but it was gradually introduced to the north and became a traditional folk festival food.
Chongyang cake is made of glutinous rice flour, and in terms of color alone, it reveals the gorgeous and elegant beauty of golden yellow, and more importantly, its meaning is the most important in Respect for the Elderly.
In fact, many festivals in the mainland have the custom of admiring the moon, this is because the ancient people believed that admiring the moon means praying for blessings, which means that everything is over today, and they are confused and sober, so they give the moon a name of "Siyuan".
Chongyang cake and moon appreciation have the same meaning, the same is to give the festival a "source" name, the former is to let people return to their hometown, the thought is to return to their hometown, and the latter is to let people return to history, relive the wisdom left by the ancestors, restart the good mood to start the new year's cycle.
Therefore, eating Chongyang cake is to look forward to the old people being able to live a long and safe life, and it is also to praise the old people for being guests on the Respect for the Aged Day.
Chrysanthemum wine is an inconspicuous small taste of wine, chrysanthemum wine will be used as the official drink of the Chung Yeung Festival in addition to enjoying chrysanthemums to be happy, through the strength of the wine to express oneself through the strength of the wine in addition to enjoying the chrysanthemum.
The custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine together during the Chung Yeung Festival originated more than 2,000 years ago, when people were very religious and thought that wine was a very good artifact to worship the gods.
Therefore, during the Chung Yeung Festival, when everyone goes out to play, and when they encounter a dim place, they will intrigue to find out if the other party has brought wine, and then rush to do it, and finally when they have drunk enough, they will sit together and talk nonsense, and even fight.
Of course, modern people can't be so stupid, so in modern times, everyone goes out to play and drinks chrysanthemum wine is a mantra, and everyone will encourage the people around them to do more.
However, the brewing of chrysanthemum wine takes time, and modern people love to be clean and hygienic, and will not let sick chrysanthemums ferment the wine bottle.
Therefore, in modern times, chrysanthemum wine is more used to cultivate a good mood, and people's mantra has long been changed to "I wish you a happy Chung Yeung Festival, drunk and good dreams".
However, chrysanthemum wine is wine after all, and it is drunk, and a medium amount of wine can make people feel happy, but too much alcohol will