Climbing custom on Double Ninth Festival

The custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history. In ancient times, there was the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival, so it was also called "Climbing Festival". The climbing custom of Chongyang originated from the climate characteristics at this time and the worship of mountains by the ancients. Climbing is also a solar term originated from nature, and climbing on the Double Ninth Festival corresponds to the spring outing of ancient people in spring and March. According to documents, the custom of "climbing to pray for blessings" was popular during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There is no uniform regulation on the place of climbing, and the place of climbing is generally divided into mountain climbing, building climbing or platform climbing. There are four origins of high customs: first, the ancients worshipped mountains; Second, it comes from the climate of "clearing the air, raising the turbidity and sinking the gas"; Thirdly, it stems from the "resignation" of climbing; Fourth, it originated from an absurd legend in the attached meeting, "climbing mountains to avoid disasters."

The ancient ancients worshipped mountains and formed the custom of "climbing to pray for blessings". Dai Sheng wrote "Sacrifice Ceremony" in the Western Han Dynasty: "Mountains, rivers, valleys and hills can make storms, and when they meet monsters, they are all called gods." According to documents, the ancients revered and worshipped mountains, and the custom of "climbing to pray for blessings" was popular as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. [1] The Chronicle of Chang 'an in the Western Han Dynasty records that people visited the Han capital on September 9th.

According to the law of the movement of the heaven, the earth, the sun and the moon, Chongyang has a climate of "clearing the air, raising the turbidity and sinking the gas". The higher the terrain, the thicker the clear sky, so "Double Ninth Festival" has become an important folk custom.

The term "tattoo" comes from the solar terms in nature. Chongyang is an autumn festival. After the holiday, the weather became colder and the plants began to wither. The word "climbing the mountain" on the Double Ninth Festival corresponds to the "outing" of the ancients in March in the spring.

The story background of myths and legends about climbing mountains to avoid disasters in the Double Ninth Festival took place in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is said that there was a warlock named Huan Jing in Runan at that time (now southwest of Shangcai, Henan Province). He thought that there would be a plague on this day, and people should leave their homes and go as high as possible for safety. In Wu Liangjun's mythical novel "Continuation of Qi and Harmony" in the Southern Dynasties, the absurd story of Huan Jing going up the mountain to avoid disaster on September 9 was recorded.