Why can’t we say “Happy Holidays” on Double Ninth Festival? What are the taboos on Double Ninth Festival?
The ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year is my country's traditional Double Ninth Festival. Do you have any questions about this festival? Why can’t we say “Happy Holidays” on Double Ninth Festival? What are the taboos on Double Ninth Festival? The ninth month of the lunar calendar is the time when maple forests are dyed in all colors. Let’s celebrate with the country and have fun with the people. Learn about every day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 2020 with Shuimoxiansheng.com.What are the taboos on Double Ninth Festival?1. Avoid saying "Happy Holidays "<br /> Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival and Zhongyuan Festival are known as the four major traditional Chinese festivals for ancestor worship. On these festivals, it is generally taboo to say "Happy Holidays" and instead, people should say "I wish you good health" or "My family is safe".2. Avoid giving chrysanthemums as gifts <br /> Although there is a custom of appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival, it is not allowed to give chrysanthemums as gifts to others. In the minds of the older generation, chrysanthemums are sacrificial flowers, flowers given to the dead to express grief. On that day, you can send some auspicious flowers, such as gladiolus, which represent longevity, health, and fortune, and are perfect for sending to the elderly. You can also send flowers to express gratitude, such as carnations, to show your gratitude and love. 3. It is taboo for married daughters to return to their parents' home <br /> In Teng County in southwestern Shandong, there is such a taboo that married daughters within three years cannot return to their parents' home on the Double Ninth Festival, but they can return after three years. Of course, this is just a local custom, and other areas may not have such taboos. 4. Avoid cooking In 1989, September 9th of the lunar calendar was designated as "Respect for the Aged Day", advocating that the whole society establish a culture of respecting, honoring, loving and helping the elderly. Therefore, the mother should be allowed to rest on this day and not be tired from cooking. Why can’t we say “Happy Holidays” on Double Ninth Festival? Is Double Ninth Festival an unlucky day?As to why Fei Changfang predicted that Huan Jing's family would suffer a disaster on September 9, we can find an explanation in the Book of Changes - the Book of Changes emphasizes the balance of yin and yang, and moderation is the most precious. When two old yangs meet, they will not interact or communicate with each other. Yang cannot be born alone, Yin cannot grow alone, all things cannot succeed, and everything will not go smoothly.Therefore, compared with the lively and family-reunion Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern Festival, the Double Ninth Festival is not a very auspicious day, but a very ominous festival. The customs of climbing high places to look far into the distance, inserting dogwood, and drinking chrysanthemum wine that have been passed down from the palace to the people are all for warding off evil and avoiding disasters. To sum up, the ancients believed that nothing was appropriate on the Double Ninth Festival, and people could not say "Happy Festival" to each other when they met on the Double Ninth Festival. People used to ward off disasters, evil spirits and avoid misfortunes through a series of activities such as “climbing high and looking far”; however, some of these customs have been preserved to this day, and the feudal and superstitious color has gradually faded with the passage of time. How did the Double Ninth Festival evolve into the Senior Citizens’ Day?In the long process of formation, evolution and development over more than 2,000 years, the Double Ninth Festival has been closely centered around the themes of health and safety, great fortune and longevity, and seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, which is a hope for a better future.Today's Double Ninth Festival, in addition to being a traditional festival, has been given new meaning. “Jiujiu” means Double Ninth Festival because it has the same pronunciation as “long”, which means “for a long time”. “Nine” is the largest and most honorable number, and it implies longevity. In 1989, the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar was officially designated as "China's Senior Citizens' Day" and "Respect for the Aged Day". In 2012, relevant regulations were further clarified in the "Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly", and the Double Ninth Festival became a day to respect, honor, love and help the elderly. This modern Respect for the Aged Day can be said to be a "traditional invention", but this "invention" was not created out of thin air. The Double Ninth Festival, which traditionally revolves around climbing high places to avoid disasters, originally had the connotation of praying for longevity. Therefore, from the "Climbing Festival" to the "Respect for the Aged Festival", its cultural significance has not been broken with tradition, but rather is a kind of inheritance and development. |
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