Double Ninth Festival: Think about your relatives every festive season

According to historical records, Chongyang Cake, also known as Flower Cake, Chrysanthemum Cake, and Five Color Cake, has no fixed method and is more casual.At dawn on September 9th, the children’s foreheads were set up with slices of cakes, and there were words in their mouths, wishing the children all the best, this was the original intention of the ancients to make cakes in September.The exquisite Chongyang Cake should be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, with two lambs on it, to conform to the meaning of Chongyang (sheep).

Since the Three Kingdoms, the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it has become a fashion to gather for drinking and compose poems on Chongyang Festival.In the ancient customs of the Han nationality, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity.During the Double Ninth Festival, my country has a traditional custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine.Chrysanthemum wine was regarded as the \"auspicious wine\" that must be drunk on the Double Ninth Festival in ancient times, and for the relief of disasters and blessings.In the \"Baopuzi\", Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty recorded that a family in the mountains of Nanyang, Henan Province prolonged their years of life due to drinking the water from the valley of chrysanthemums.Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine was still popular, and it is still recorded in the \"Eight Notes of Zunsheng\" written by Gao Lian in the Ming Dynasty. It is a popular fitness drink.

The custom of climbing on Chongyang Festival originated from the climatic characteristics at this time and the ancient people's worship of mountains.Climbing \\"Ciqing\\" is also derived from the solar terms in nature. Climbing on the Double Ninth Festival\\"Ciqing\\" corresponds to the ancients' outing in the spring of Yangchun and March\\"outing\\".There is no uniform rule for the place to climb, and the places to climb are roughly divided into climbing mountains, climbing buildings, or climbing platforms.