TheDoubleNinthFestival(重阳节).pptVIP

The Double Ninth Festival －－the ninth day of the ninth lunar month The Double Ninth Festival Name definition Festival Introduction According to the I Ching(易经), nine is a yang number; the ninth day of the ninth lunar month (or double nine) has too much yang (阳)(a traditional Chinese spiritual concept) and is thus a potentially dangerous date. Origin One day a man named Huan Jing believed that a monster bringing pestilence(瘟疫) was coming. He told his countrymen to hide on a hill while he went to defeat the monster. Later, people celebrated Huan Jing’s defeat of the monster on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. The festival began as early as the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC). According to the yin/yang dichotomy that forms a basis to the Chinese world view, yin represents the elements of darkness and yang represents life and brightness. The number nine is regarded as yang. The ninth day of the ninth month is a double yang day, hence the name Chong Yang Festival. (Chong means repeat in Chinese.) The ninth month also heralds the approach of winter. It is a time when the living need warm clothing, and filial Chinese sons and daughters extended this to make the festival a time for providing winter clothes for their ancestors. The Double Ninth Festival, therefore, also became an occasion to visit the graves of dead family members. Clothes made of paper would then be burnt as offerings. The Double Ninth Festival is also the Old Men Festival. Old people are especially meant to improve their health by taking part in the activities on the day of the festival Poem 重阳节的习俗 说是很早以前，有个庄户人家住在骊山下，全家人都很勤快，日子过得也不错。 有一天，这家主人从地里回来，半路上碰上个算卦先生，因为天快黑了，这先生还没找上歇处。由于主人家里很窄，只有个草棚子房，于是就在灶房里打了个草铺，让妻子儿女都在草铺上睡，自己陪着算卦先生睡在炕上，凑合着过。 第二天天刚亮，算卦先生要走，庄户人叫醒妻子给先生做了一顿好吃喝，又给先生装了一袋白蒸馍。算卦先生出了门，看了看庄户人住的地方，叮咛他说：到九月九，全家高处走。庄户人想，我平日没做啥怪事，又不想升官，上高处走啥呢？但又一想，人常说算命先生会看风水精通天文，说不定我住的地方会出啥麻瘩。到了九月九，就到高处走一走吧，全当让全家人看看风景。 到了九月九，庄户人就带着妻子儿女背上花糕香酒，登上骊山高峰去游玩。等他们上山后，半山腰突然冒出一股泉水直冲他家，把他家的草棚子一下子就冲垮了。不大功夫，整个一条山沟都被