Happiness at the age of 99 will always come true.
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The combination of traditional festivals and natural time series in China leads to the connection between man and nature. Etymologically, the traditional Chinese characters of "Xie" are "Xie", with a bamboo prefix, and the next one is "Do something at once". This traditional Chinese character "knot" is an pictograph, which originally means bamboo joint, generally refers to the place where plants branch and grow leaves, and the extended meaning is the place where animal bones are connected. Therefore, the word "festival" has the meaning of origin and connection point; "Day" is time. "Nodes" refer to the corresponding points in time and space with the functions of germinal growth and connection.
Intuitively speaking, "festival" means "cutting off the sun", that is, dividing a day into different paragraphs or stages. In this sense, the so-called festival is actually the dividing point between day and time. Therefore, in ancient times, the vernal equinox, autumnal equinox, winter solstice, summer solstice, beginning of spring, Changchun, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter were divided into eight sections, and later into twenty-four solar terms.
Taishigong's Preface to Historical Records says that "husband and yin and yang have decrees at four o'clock, eight o'clock, twelve o'clock and twenty-four days respectively". Why are they "seasonal festivals" and "festivals"? Because the yin and yang of heaven and earth meet here, forming the rhythm of the four seasons, so "festival" means "festival", "when it is in season, the four seasons are changing" In this way, "Festival" is not external and accidental to the ancients in China, but the way and rhythm of existence of heaven and earth, which is the harmony between everything and life and should be valued. In a word, festivals are closely related to the fate of human life.
The time of traditional festivals in China is a kind of life value time, that is, the time of life preservation and practice. Therefore, festivals are often moments of alternation or change between suitability and taboo, auspiciousness and fierceness, new and old, good and evil, and also time and space nodes of overlapping and upgrading of life, man and nature.
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The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Double Ninth Festival. On September 9, the sun and the moon joined together, and the two phases were heavy, so it was called Chongyang, also called Chongyang. In the "number" system of China traditional culture, the number "one" is the number of congenital origin, and "nine" is the number of acquired luck. In the innate origin, "one" is regarded as the respect, and in the post-destiny transformation, "nine" is regarded as the extreme. "Returning to one after nine years" means returning to Yuan after robbery. The Ninth Five-Year Plan is only the "best" stage operation, and it also needs "normalized" polarization upgrade. "Perfection" is the nature of heaven and earth, and the bliss that people pursue is perfect.
The ancients worshipped "Nine" in particular, and they had richer spiritual projection. Because the ancients thought that "Nine" was not only the end of "finiteness", but also the beginning of returning to "infinity", such as "Nine Days", "Nine Days" and "Nine Stories".
In addition, the number "Nine" is related to ancient religious beliefs, such as the mythical "Nine-Day Xuan Nv", "Nine-Day Moon Tour" and "Nine-Day Fairy"? Ninth Five-Year Plan? And so on, as well as Buddhist sayings such as "returning to the truth in 1999", "returning to one in 1999", "returning to the original in 1999" and experiencing eighty-one difficulties, all of which are multiples of nine. Obviously, "Nine" also occupies an extremely important position in Buddhism, Taoism and folk beliefs.
China ancients, right? I like the number "nine" very much, perhaps because I think it is used to express a big number to express my own meaning, such as "Nine Curves of the Yellow River" and "Nine Cows of Yi Mao", and the poet Li Bai's "Suspected that the Milky Way has fallen for nine days". In the ancient poetry movement in China, there were nine debates, Jiu Shao, nine songs and nine chapters. In Li Sao, Qu Yuan also wrote that "its righteousness lasts for nine days". Among the people, there are even thirty-six plough and seventy-two devils.
Due to the restriction and dignity of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, people are very particular about all kinds of etiquette, and the emperor has the honor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan; Salute three times and nine times; Tribute should be counted by nine; Palace banquet, dishes, snacks and fruits are mainly ninety-nine; On the emperor's birthday, he will perform 998 1 program, and finally hold the "999th Anniversary Conference". As the largest number of Yang, Jiu ranked the highest. In the feudal society with strict hierarchy in ancient times, the highest level of yang number was dedicated to the royal family in architecture to reflect the imperial power.
The custom of "Worship Nine" exists in many areas of the Chinese nation and has its own customary practices. Hakkas regard "Nine" as a symbol of "good luck" and have the custom of "worshipping Nine". When Hakkas build new houses, they usually choose dates related to the ninth festival, such as the ninth and eighteenth day of the first lunar month. The number of floors and rooms in the completed building is also a multiple of 9, which means that we can live together for a long time. "Nine" is particularly important in the wedding ceremony of Hakkas. When men and women meet and exchange invitations, they usually choose dates related to Nine. The mantissa of the engagement fee should be nine, and the wedding team should make up nine people. There are 865, 438+0 or 360 birthday pins in the Hakka birthday celebration, and all the dishes used are "369", such as three fresh soup, stewed dog meat (nine dogs), leek tofu, Chongyang (99) birthday cake and so on.
In short, people call heaven nine days and earth nine continents; The height of the sky is nine, the depth of the earth is nine springs, and the thickness of people is nine virtues; The family is nine clans, the emperor wants to cast Jiuding, Buddhism wants to solve nine metaphors, Taoism wants to take nine turns, and Confucianism wants to be righteous with Jiu Si.
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The most important custom of the Double Ninth Festival is to climb high and look far. It's crisp in September. Climbing high and looking far in this season can achieve the purpose of relaxing body and mind, keeping fit and getting rid of diseases. Usually at this time, people have to do two romantic things, one is drinking for fun, and the other is "abstinence". The so-called "retiring" means climbing mountains (people meet to travel and drink in the suburbs together, which is called "retiring". Also called "crawling". Tattoos also correspond to Qingming outing. Therefore, since its birth, the Double Ninth Festival has placed the expectations of the ancients for health and longevity.
Health and longevity. The core of longevity is health. The ancient people's definition of health has a specific connotation: qi and blood are full of health, and meridians are unobstructed for health. When the word "Kang" is mentioned, it will be associated with "Broad Road". The ancients thought that all the way to Tao, two roads to Cha, three roads to Cha, four roads to Qu, five roads to Kang and six roads to Zhuang. So "Kangzhu Avenue" has the meaning of extending in all directions, smooth and bright. The "broad road" of the human body is that the five internal organs and meridians are unblocked and joy arises.
Health is the display screen of human life, which is hierarchical: a healthy body is full of qi and blood, and health and beauty lead to longevity; Mental health meridians are unblocked, and stability and goodness will lead to long-term stability; A healthy soul and a healthy life will not die (a drop of water will melt into the sea but will not dry up). If it is true, it will live forever. Health is the common belief of mankind, and the pursuit of health superposition and upgrading is the common vision of mankind.
A truly healthy person is the unity of truth, goodness and beauty, and the perfection of innocence. Strengthening the body and benefiting the mind is an introductory version of health care, practicing Tao is an upgraded version of health care, and 99-99 Chongyang Rentian Festival is a popular version of health care.
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The ancients thought that there was a sky above, a land below and a man in it. The operation of heaven and earth is inseparable from human participation. Man and heaven and earth are collectively called "three talents" and "towering". This is a conscious requirement of taking heaven and earth as an example and constantly improving human living standards, which embodies the spirit of the whole Chinese nation.
The goal of pursuing the avenue is to become a Buddha and an immortal. In fact, this is an infinite pursuit of the ideal realm. Immortality is the hope that it will exist forever and not disappear, which is the ancient people's pursuit of eternity. In the real society, the concept of ascending to heaven and becoming immortal on the Double Ninth Festival in September has been transformed into people's expectation for longevity and healthy practice.
Double Ninth Festival is a good day for Taoist Buddhists to commemorate Christmas. This is the birthday of Daoist Zhenwu Emperor and Dou Yuanjun. It is also the birthday of nine emperors, Fengdu Emperor, Marshal Zhongtan and Vulcan, and the Christmas anniversary of Bodhisattva Morita. At the same time, this day is also known as the "Nine Emperors Meeting". According to the Taoist Beidou classic, the first day of September to the ninth day of September in the lunar calendar is the "birthday of the ninth emperor of Beidou". For nine consecutive days, worshipping the Star of the Big Dipper can help people eliminate disasters and live longer. The ninth day is also the peak and climax of the Dharma Meeting.
September 9 is the day when immortals ascend to heaven, so there is a saying that "Double Ninth Festival, immortals ascend to heaven". On the Double Ninth Festival, the Yellow Emperor rides a dragonfly; This day also happens to be the day when Empress Mazu ascended to heaven for enlightenment. Emperor Chongyang ascended to heaven, fought in the east and descended to the world, the North Pole descended to the world, Emperor Donghua descended to the world, the old gentleman in the Supreme Court saved the suffering, the Buddha descended to the world, and the exorcist, Zheng Yijing, Ying Zhenjun, Yu Zhenren, right assistant minister Zhao Zhenren and Xu Zhenren supported them for three days, all on the ninth day of September.
Taoist pursuit of immortality is consistent with people's pursuit of longevity in the secular world. In this sense, it has been internalized as praying for longevity on September 9. People's desire to ascend to heaven, traced back to the source, is an expectation of longevity, an insistence on health and a confidence in longevity.
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Festivals are the time and space nodes where people meet with nature, and the best moment to generate positive energy of body and mind. Double Ninth Festival is a golden day for health and practice.
Celebrating festivals is a healthy practice. On holidays, every family is happy, everyone is happy, family members get together, relatives and friends get together, welcome greetings, smile and raise a glass, sincerely bless, resolve grievances, enhance friendship, and form a happy field of physical and mental harmony, affinity and joy. Not keeping in good health, but better than keeping in good health; I have no intention of practicing, but I am already practicing.
The core of the festival is to guide people to correspond to time and space and synchronize their movements. This is the essence of practice, so it is not clear whether time and space are wasted in practice. Furthermore, it is not normal to practice meditation.
At present, everything is characterized by "* * *", forming a scientific era of information empowerment, data guidance and platform operation, and also an era of achieving "scientific bodhisattva" and "scientific fairy". Therefore, practice should be based on "observing the mind, observing the mind and reading the mind". Observing the mind produces the sensitivity of navigation, cultivates the concentration of observing first and awakens the consciousness of listening. Keeping the orifices is the key to Dan Dao, reading prescriptions is the essence of meditation, and observing the heart is sincere respect for Dao. Contains the trinity and the * * * body, and is single-minded and wonderful.
99 days of practice, 99 days of meditation, 99 days of infinite life, Guo Ming, 99 yuan.
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Chongyang every year, and Chongyang today; I miss you very much and wish you well. Pray for 1999 happiness and it will always come true.