The Origin of Double Ninth Festival

重阳节起源

Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month,it is one of the popular traditional Chinese festivals. According to traditional Chinese yin and yang theory, nine is a yang number, therefore it is also called Double Yang Festival. For some time in history, it was called Mountain-Climbing Festival and Zhuyu Festival ，there was a custom of climbing mountains and wearing zhuyu (a herb). According to Miscellany of the Western Capital written by Liu Xin in the Han Dynasty, as early as in the West Han Dynasty,the practice of wearing zhuyu and drinking chrysanthemum¹ wine on Double Ninth Festival was popular, arid² it was considered beneficial to people's health and conducive³ to longevity⁴.

重阳节适逢农历九月初九，它是流行的中国传统节日之一。根据中国传统的阴阳五行学说，九是阳数，因此它也被称为重阳节。对于历史上的一些时期，它被称为登山节和茱萸节，有登山、戴茱萸（香草）的习俗。据汉代刘昕记载，早在西汉西方资本杂记，在重阳节戴茱萸、喝菊花酒的做法是普遍的，有人认为这对人的健康有益，有利于长寿。