Is the Double Ninth Festival a festival for the elderly? why
The Double Ninth Festival is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In the Book of Changes, nine is the number of yang and nine is the number of two yang, so it is called Chongyang. Since ancient times, the Double Ninth Festival has generally held activities such as climbing to pray for blessings, enjoying chrysanthemums in autumn, planting dogwood, and offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors. Spread to this day, it has increased the connotation of respecting the elderly. Today's Double Ninth Festival is about climbing chrysanthemums and thanking the elderly.
The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of astronomical phenomena, originated in ancient times, was popular in the Han Dynasty, and reached its peak after the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of the Double Ninth Festival, people held harvest sacrifices, ancestor worship and other activities on this day, and then it continued to spread. When the Double Ninth Festival is harvested in autumn, people will hold activities such as ancestor worship to express their gratitude. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Orchid Festival are also called the four traditional ancestor worship festivals in China.