climbingmountains

登高

peopleliketoclimbmountainsonthisfestival,sodoubleninthfestivalisalsocalled“mountain-climbingfestival“.

the9thlunarmonth,withclearautumnskyandbracingair,isagoodtimeforsightseeing.sopeople,bothancientandPsent,lovetogosightseeingthismonth.

陰歷9月這天，正值秋高氣爽，適合旅行觀光。所以，一到金秋九月，不論男女老少，都喜歡在此時旅行登高。

apartfromexpellingbadluckanddisasters,climbingmountingalsoindicates“climbingtoahigherposition”,anditisalsoanimportantreasonwhyancientpeoplepaymuchattentionaboutthiscustom.anotherreasonthatclimbingmountainsarevaluedbypeople,especiallybytheelderlyisthatishasameaningof“climbtoalongevouslife”.alsoforthisreasonpeoplebelievethatclimbingmountainscanmakepeopleliveamorelongevouslife.

登高可以驅除霉運，還意指“晉升高位”。這也是古人為什么很重視這一傳統習俗。登高之所以受人重視，特別受老人重視，是因為人們認為登高還意寓“登頂長壽”。除此之外，人們還相信登山能使人健康長壽。

itisreallyrefreshingtoclimbmountainsandenjoythebeautyofnatureatthisbrightandcleartimeinautumn.climbingmountainsondoubleninthfestivalwasalreadyPvailinginthetangdynasty,andalotofpoemsweredevotedtothiscustom.

在九月登高既是件愜意放松的事，又是件可以欣賞到自然之美的幸事。重陽節登高，在唐代就開始盛行了，古時也有很多跟重陽登高有關的詩歌：

enjoyingchrysanthemumflowers

賞菊花

chrysanthemumoriginatedinchinaandwasrecordedinsomechinesebooksasearlyasthe5thcenturyb.c.chrysanthemumblossomintheninthlunarmonthhaveabeautifulnameof“floweroflongevity”.

菊花產自中國，最早記載始于公元前5世紀。菊花在陰歷九月盛開，它有一個美稱“長壽之花”

drinkingchrysanthemumflowerwine

飲菊花酒

thechrysanthemumflowerwineisuniqueinbrewing.inancienttimes，peopleusuallypickedfreshchrysanthemumflowersandleavesonthe9thofthe9thlunarmonth,andbrewedthemixtureofthemandgrainsintothewine,whichwouldnotbedrunkuntilthesamedaynextyear.thewineissaidtohavewholesomeeffectsonsharpnessoftheeye,alleviationofheadache,dropofhypertension,reductionofweightandremovalofstomachtrouble,thuscontributingtolongevity.itissaidthatthedrinkersofthechrysanthemumwinewouldbefreefromevilandhavestrongphysiqueagainstcoldweather.

菊花酒的釀造十分獨特。古時，人們在九月九日采摘新鮮的菊花和菊花葉，然后把它們和谷粒一起釀制成酒。等到來年的同一時候再打開品嘗。據說，菊花酒具有清神明目，減肥降血壓，治療胃病的功效。因此，可以飲菊花酒可以使人長壽。另外，飲菊花酒還有驅邪抗寒的效用。

wearingdogwood

插茱萸

thedogwoodisaspeciesofevergreenarbor;itisheavy-scentedplantwhosefruitisedibleandstockandleavescanbemedicinalmaterials.theycanexpelinsects,getridofthehumidity,helpdigestionandcureinnerheat.itputsoutpurpleflowersinspringandbears,inautumn,purplish-brownfruitthatissour,puckeryandmildinnature.

茱萸為長青喬木。該植物具有濃香，它的果實可食用或干存。它的葉子可以用作藥材。茱萸具有驅蟲去濕，助消化去內熱的功效。春季它開紫色的花，然后開始孕育果實。到了秋天，就結出了紫褐色，味酸，帶皺，質感柔軟的果實。

eatingdoubleninthcake

吃重陽糕

thedoubleninthcakeisalsoknownas“chrysanthemumcake”or“flowercake”.itdatesbacktothezhoudynasty.itissaidthatthecakewasoriginallyPparedafterautumnharvestsforfarmerstohaveatasteofwhatwasjustinseason,anditgraduallygrewintothePsentcakeforpeopletoeatonthedoubleninthday.

重陽糕又名“菊花糕”或“花糕”重陽糕的歷史可追溯到周朝。相傳，最初人們是為了慶祝秋收而制作重陽糕的。到現在，就逐漸發展為在重陽佳節人們常吃的一種糕點了。

flyingapapercrane

放紙鳶

papercraneisjustkite.accordingtoourtraditionsandcustoms,flyingkitesusuallyhappenattheqingmingfestival.buttombsweepingfestivalisduringtherainyseasonwhichobviouslyisnotsuitforflyingakite,whiledoubleninthdayownsclearautumnskyandcrispairmakingkiteflyingabestoutdooractivity.

紙鳶類似于風箏。據中國傳統習俗，人們通常在清明節放風箏。但每逢清明，也是雨紛紛的時節，因而并不適合放風箏。相比之下，重陽節這天，秋高氣爽，最適合戶外放風箏。