What food do you eat on September 9th?
1, crab
The nine kinds of food that must be eaten in the Double Ninth Festival are crabs, which are rich in high-quality protein and are called high-quality protein food.
2. Mutton noodles
The nine kinds of food that must be eaten on the Double Ninth Festival are mutton noodles. Mutton is homophonic with "Yang". Eating mutton on the Double Ninth Festival symbolizes welcoming the arrival of the Double Ninth Festival and eating white flour, because the word "white" removes the "one" at the top, which means eating 99 jiaozi on the Double Ninth Festival. Mutton is warm in nature, can replenish qi and deficiency, can replenish Yuanyang and promote blood circulation, and has certain relieving effect on five injuries and seven injuries.
Introduction of Double Ninth Festival
Double Ninth Festival is a traditional folk festival in China, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year. The number of "Nine" is a positive number in the Book of Changes, and the two positive numbers of "Nine Nine" are heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; Because the day and the month meet on the ninth day, it is also called "Double Ninth Festival". Double Ninth Festival is an auspicious day.
In ancient times, there were folk customs such as climbing mountains and praying for blessings, worshipping ancestors and drinking and praying for blessings, which have been passed down to this day and added the connotation of respecting the elderly. Climbing the mountain to enjoy autumn and giving thanks to respect for the elderly are two important themes of today's Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena, which began in ancient times, spread in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. According to the existing historical data and textual research, in ancient times, there were activities of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in season and autumn.