Admire the chrysanthemums dipped in cold dew, step on the autumn to invite the twilight, September and the sun, ascend to the distance.
The ninth day of the ninth month of the ninth lunar month every year is a traditional Chinese festival, Chongyang Festival.
"Nine" is the largest number among the numbers, so it gives the meaning of long life, health and longevity!
So, what are the customs of the Chongyang Festival?
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Take a drink
Chrysanthemum wine: Drinking chrysanthemum wine during the Chongyang Festival is a traditional Chinese custom.
Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that chongyang must drink and pray for disaster relief. "Nine" is homophonous with "wine", so it is derived from the saying that nine nine should drink chrysanthemum wine.
It is recorded in the "Chronicle of the Jingchu Years" that on September 9, Pei Zhu, eating lotus mushrooms, and drinking chrysanthemum wine can make people live a long life.
Eat two cakes
1. Chestnut cake
Chestnut cake is made with chestnut puree as the main ingredient.
Peel and steam the raw chestnuts and mash them into a puree, and prepare the large slices of Kyo cake and the chengsha filling;
Divide the 200g chestnut puree into 3 parts, spread out as the bottom layer, then lay a layer of Beijing cake slices, then use one part to smooth on the Beijing cake slices, and then smear a layer of Chengsha filling, and then smear the last part of chestnut mud on the top layer;
The top is made of kyo cake slices cut into small diamond shapes and fine green plum silk, which becomes a yellow cake on the top, middle and bottom, with five layers of red and brown in the middle.
2. Chongyang cake
Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake, five-color cake, the production is indefinite, more arbitrary.
Chongyang cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, and two lambs are also made on it to conform to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep).
Today's Chongyang cake, there is still no fixed variety, the soft cake eaten in the Chongyang Festival everywhere is called Chongyang cake.
"Cake" is homophonous with "high", and there is the meaning of step by step, which is more auspicious.
Do three things well
1. Add clothes and bedding appropriately
After the heavy sun, there will be frost and the temperature will drop sharply.
Therefore, at this time, people should add clothing to make the human body resist the cold;
At night, thick bedding should also be added to avoid cold intrusion into the body, inducing new diseases and aggravating old diseases.
2. Prevent colds
At the turn of autumn and winter, people are most susceptible to colds, decreased resistance, and respiratory diseases!
Therefore, we must drink more hot water every day to detoxify the body;
In addition, you can also drink a few cups of hot tea: fermented milk grass, which can improve the body's immunity very well, and thus prevent colds.
Milk grass has the reputation of "natural antibiotic", and is often used for anti-virus, anti-infection, heat-clearing and detoxification effects are widely known.
At the same time, it also has the effect of protecting the liver, clearing liver toxicity and preventing liver damage.
After fermenting it, the coldness is reduced and the effect is greatly improved. Improve immunity, prevent colds, protect the liver and stomach, and have great benefits for the body.
3, often rub the "four hearts"
"Four hearts" refers to two foot hearts and two palms.
Pressing the four hearts helps to relieve dry skin, and also prevents autumn dryness and autumn wetness.
There are many acupuncture points in the palms of the hands and feet, and they are frequently rubbed, which is of great benefit to good health.
Chongyang Festival, there are two taboos, you know!
1. Avoid "sexual affairs"
In a few areas, there is a saying that "Chongyang Festival avoids sharing the same bed", they believe that nine nine heavy yang, heavy nine is the limit of yang number, after which it is yin number. On this day, husband and wife intercourse will make the yin and yang out of harmony, easily lead to other disasters, and are not conducive to the reproduction of offspring.
2. Avoid talking about "Happy Holidays"
September 9 is when two "polar yangs" meet, so it is called "chongyang".
Yang also means steel, and Chongyang is "two steels meeting" and xiangke, so it is regarded as "Erri".
Therefore, in the festival that originally had the meaning of avoiding evil, it seems strange to say "Happy Holidays", and it is more appropriate to say "good health".
Summary: This taboo is only a custom in some areas, believe it or not, do it or not, it depends on personal wishes, do not spray!
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