What verses and ancient poems are there about the Double Ninth Festival?
The verses and ancient poems about the Double Ninth Festival are as follows:
1. Climbing the mountain in nine days, Du Mu of Tang Dynasty:
The geese first fly in the autumn shadow of the river, carrying pots with the guests Go up to Cuiwei.
It is rare in this world to smile, and you must return with your head full of chrysanthemums.
But I will be drunk to celebrate the festival, and I will not come to hate the sunset.
This has always been the case. Why should Niu Shan be alone in his clothes?
2. On the Double Ninth Festival, Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty wrote:
The garden is full of golden chrysanthemums and tulips, and there is a solitary bush in the middle that looks like frost.
It’s like today’s singing and drinking banquet, and the white-headed man enters the youth field.
3. On September 9th, I recalled Tang Wangwei, my brother from Shandong:
I am a stranger in a foreign land, but I miss my family even more during the festive season.
I know from afar that my brothers have climbed to a high place, and there is one less person planting dogwood trees everywhere.
4. Vincent on the 9th:
The Chrysanthemum blooms for three years and is not at home when it blooms.
How can I drink wine today and suddenly see the flowers in my hometown?
There are clouds and trees in the wilderness, and geese gather on the sand in the cold weather.
Climbing to Infinite Meaning, where can I look at Beijing?
These verses and ancient poems describe the scenes of the Double Ninth Festival and people's emotional expressions of this festival. Through words full of artistic conception, people express their feelings about life, longing for their loved ones, attachment to their hometown, and helplessness over the years. It also shows the emphasis on solar terms and the praise of natural landscapes in traditional Chinese culture.
On the Double Ninth Festival, traditional customs such as climbing high to overlook, appreciate the autumn scenery, taste chrysanthemums, wine and food are both a cultural experience and a kind of physical and mental cultivation. These customs and activities reflect people's love for life and expectations for the future, and also convey the traditional culture and values of the Chinese nation.
The origin of the Double Ninth Festival
There are many theories about the origin of the Double Ninth Festival, the most popular of which is to commemorate the immortal Hengjing in ancient mythology. Legend has it that on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Hengjing led the villagers to climb high, wear dogwood and drink chrysanthemum wine to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and seek health and longevity. This custom gradually spread and formed the Double Ninth Festival.
Another theory is that the Double Ninth Festival originated from ancient ancestor worship activities. In the pre-Qin period, there was a tradition of worshiping ancestors in September when crops were harvested. By the Han Dynasty, this ancestor worship activity became more common and was gradually integrated with the Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival is also known as the Double Ninth Festival or the Ancestor Worship Festival.
There is also a saying that the Double Ninth Festival originated from the ancient sacrifice of the God of Fire. In the Jiangnan area, there was an ancient custom of offering sacrifices to stoves during the Double Ninth Festival, and the sacrifices were made to the household fire god, hoping for a prosperous year. With the development of the times, this custom gradually disappeared.