The activities of the Double Ninth Festival mainly include

A, eat Yuanxiao and enjoy lanterns.

B, eat moon cakes and enjoy the moon.

C, climb the mountain and drink chrysanthemum wine

The main activities of the Double Ninth Festival are chrysanthemum appreciation and dogwood appreciation.

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1, Double Ninth Festival

The Double Ninth Festival is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month and a traditional festival of the Chinese nation. In the Book of Changes, nine is designated as the yang number, and on September 9, two or nine is the most important, so it is called Chongyang, and because the day and the month meet nine, it is called Chongyang. The main activities are mountain climbing, chrysanthemum appreciation and dogwood appreciation. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called Mountaineering Festival, Chrysanthemum Festival and Cornus Festival.

Step 2 climb high

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". 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.

Step 3 drink chrysanthemum wine

1) was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink in ancient times, and the custom of brewing and drinking chrysanthemum wine existed as early as the Han Dynasty. In Liu Xin's Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing in the Han Dynasty, it was recorded that "chrysanthemum is suitable, stems and leaves are picked, and miscellaneous millet is brewed. When it matures on September 9 next year, it can be drunk, so it is called chrysanthemum wine. "

2) Chrysanthemum wine is a traditional wine of Han nationality brewed with chrysanthemum, glutinous rice and distiller's yeast. Longevity wine is called in ancient times, and it tastes cool and sweet. The ancients believed that it had the effects of nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, strengthening the brain and delaying aging. There are medlar chrysanthemum wine, flower cake chrysanthemum wine and white chrysanthemum wine. As early as in Qu Yuan's works, there was a saying that "autumn chrysanthemums fall from England at a banquet", that is, eating chrysanthemum petals.

Step 4 enjoy chrysanthemums

The Double Ninth Festival is the golden autumn season in the first nine years of the ninth lunar month, and it is also the season when chrysanthemums are in full bloom. In the past, people also called September of the lunar calendar "Chrysanthemum Month", so enjoying chrysanthemums in full bloom this month has become an important activity of the Double Ninth Festival.

5. Pei dogwood

The attendance of Cornus officinalis in the Double Ninth Festival has been recorded since the Jin Dynasty. Cornus officinalis is also known as the "evil god" and is an important symbol of the Double Ninth Festival. In the past, it was generally believed that inserting Evodia rutaecarpa into the Double Ninth Festival could ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and wearing Cornus officinalis as a sachet on the arm could ward off evil spirits and eliminate diseases.