文档介绍：“重阳”故事知多少?
农历九月初九,两阳相重,故叫“重阳”,重阳节又是“老人节”。九月重阳,金风送爽,“重阳”自然是登高远眺的好时节,在这一天,人们佩带茱萸,携酒登山,畅游欢饮。
当然,“重阳登山”不仅仅是因为秋高气爽的好天气,做为重阳节一大重要****俗,“登山”源于一个“为民除害”的民间传说。关于这个因“民间英雄”而兴起的节日,虽然大部分人都可用汉语来讲述,但若想把它送出国门之外,讲给老外听,似乎还是难了那么一点点。来吧,阅读一下以下文字,相信会对您有所帮助。
The 9th day of September in the lunar calendar is “the Chinese Chong Yang Festival” and a happy occasion in autumn. According to the traditional theory of “Yin” and “Yang”,both the 9th month and the 9th day of the month belong to “Yang”,which means positive and masculine,and “Chong” means double,thus it is called “Chong Yang”.
People often gather for a party,appreciate chrysanthemums,pin the leaves of Cornus on clothes. And the custom of climbing mountains and eating a special cake also features the day.
This custom of climbing mountains can be dated back as early as West Han Dynasty. Some old travel notes have it that,people climbed to mountain peaks not only for beautiful scenes and poetic inspiration,but also the avoidance of evil spirits and disasters.
This practice came from an ancient folktale. It is said long ago there appeared a devil of plague in the Ruhe River. People lay down and died wherever it came up. A boy named Heng Jing swore to help his neighbors and fellow people to get rid of it. He visited many famous mountains to seek a powerful master. Finally an old Taoist took him in and taught him how to defeat the devil. Heng J