What to eat on the Double Ninth Festival

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On the Double Ninth Festival, we respect the elderly and climb high to avoid disasters. "Cake" is homonymous with "high", and has the meaning of "rising step by step" and "longevity nine nine", so "Chongyang Huagao" has become a popular festival food. In autumn, we ascended to the top of the mountain to say goodbye to the youth, tasted flower cakes, enjoyed chrysanthemums, recited Tao Yuanming's poems, and held various activities to respect the elderly, which were full of human affection. Let's share the knowledge about what to eat on the Double Ninth Festival.

What to eat on the Double Ninth Festival

First: Chongyang flower cake began in the Western Han Dynasty, then known as Peng bait, that is, millet cake. In the Song Dynasty, it was popular to eat flower cakes on the Double Ninth Festival, and it has been handed down to this day. Jiujiu is homonymous with "Jiujiu" and also with "jiu", so the saying that Jiujiu wants to drink chrysanthemum wine is derived. The historical meaning is that it is a good name for prolonging life and not being old.

Second: eat mutton noodles. "Yang" and "Yang" are homonymous. You should eat white flour. Mutton is warm, especially when it is cold in winter. Autumn is the fattest season for sheep. Mutton is warm and can keep out the cold.

Third: eat flower cake. On the Double Ninth Festival, we respect the elderly and climb high to avoid disasters. "Gao" and "Gao" are homonymous, but also have the meaning of "rising step by step", which is more auspicious. There is eating crab, because crab smell salty, cold, and ginger temperature, with the effect of cold and detoxification; vinegar in addition to seasoning, but also can kill bacteria, destroy the histamine in the crab. And ginger and vinegar are condiments, when eating crab dipped in ginger vinegar, can make crab taste more delicious.

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Warm tips: in southern China, it is common to insert Cornus officinalis to exorcise evil spirits on the Double Ninth Festival, while in Beijing, the main content is to respect the elderly, so there are more chrysanthemums to enjoy, but less Cornus officinalis to insert. There is also drinking tea. Too much food to eat, you have to carry out a series of digestion, intestinal filtration, only tea, healthy, green drinks.