双语《陆地诗词》节日特刊：重阳节

重阳

（中华新韵）

吴浩浩

秋心盈月露，

九月复重阳。

簪发茱萸赤，

登高岭壑苍。

白云盈去意，

碧水自流长。

共望霜林染，

风吹菊酒凉。

注释：

重阳节，农历九月初九，二九相重，又称为“重九”。民间在该日有登高的风俗，所以重阳节又称“登高节”。由于九月初九“九九”谐音是“久久”，有长久之意，所以人们常在此日祭祖和敬老。

The Double Ninth Festival

Tr. Wu Haohao

Morning dew is autumn’s favorite son,

Double Ninth Festival in west wind blows on.

Cornus flowers bloom, tears come to my eyes.

Climbing the hill high, my heart to you ties.

Clouds as white as snow, to my hometown float,

Waters clean and green, wind their way up 'nd low.

When maple leaves are falling down on your hair,

With the wine I lost in the chilly air.

Note:

The Double Ninth Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar.

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 (a traditional Chinese spiritual concept) and is thus a potentially dangerous date. Hence, the day is also called “Double Yang Festival” (重阳节). To protect against danger, it is customary to climb a high mountain, drink chrysanthemum liquor, and wear the zhuyu (茱萸) plant, Cornusofficinalis. (Both chrysanthemum and zhuyu are considered to have cleansing qualities and are used on other occasions to air out houses and cure illnesses.)

On this holiday some Chinese also visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects. The whole extended families head to ancestral graves to clean them and repaint inscriptions. Food offerings are laid. Chongyang Cake is also popular. Incense sticks are burned.

重阳节（Double Ninth Festival）

菊花酒（Chrysanthemum Wine）

山茱萸（Cornus Officinalis）

重阳糕（ Chongyang Cake）

祭祖（Ancestor-Memorial Services）

重阳登高（Climbing Mountains on the Double Ninth Festival）