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Stubborn nine (in the first lunar month Gansu 9th), is the Fuzhou unique popular tradition holiday. “stubborn nine” said that “latter nine”, “filial piety nine” and “exorcize misfortune the festival”. This day of early morning, each and every family uses the glutinous rice, the brown sugar, in addition raw materials and so on peanut, red jujube, water chestnut, sesame seed, dried longan, boil Cheng Tianzhou, is called “the stubborn nine gruel”, uses for the ancestor worship or presents the relatives and friends. Has gotten married daughter, must deliver a bowl surely “the stubborn nine gruel”, some must add on the peaceful surface, the egg, the pig's feet and so on, returns to the maternal home, is filial piety the parents. In addition, every person's age meets nine, like nine year old, 19 year old, 29 years old (said that “bright nine”), perhaps nine multiples, like 18 year old, 27 year old, 36 years old (call “years which are multiples of nine”), must celebrate a birthday likely is the same, eats bowl of peaceful noddles, is in order to safe, is healthy. “Nine” do not feel better in the Fuzhou person's traditional ideas. the stubborn nine gruel's origin, the folklore varies. A saying is originates in “item of Lian Jiu the mother” the fable. It is reported that ancient times has human who calls an item of company, before its homalium hainanensis, fierce wicked, after dying, is closed in the netherworld prison cell, when he visits prisoners, delivers food to eat frequently to the mother, but is guarded the prison guard little rascal for ate. Afterward, he had thought means that with raw materials and the glutinous rice mix and so on water chestnut, peanut, red jujube, dried longan, brown sugar, boil Cheng Tianzhou, on after abundant bowl, then sprinkles black-seeded sesame to send to for the mother, guards the prison guard to see this gruel to be dark, asks: What is this? An item of company speaks thoughtlessly replies : “this is stubborn filthy”. (Fuzhou dialect “nine” and “filthy” harmonics) the guard accepts as true, thought that this gruel very dirty, does not dare to eat. Therefore “the stubborn nine gruel” only then can deliver in the item of company mother's hand. This day happen to is in the first lunar month 29, item of company mother this year also just right 29 years old, Fujian vulgar, the month “39”, in first lunar month ninth day are called “on nine”, 19 are called “nine”, 29 are called “latter nine”, therefore this gruel is called “the latter nine gruel”. Later by gruel color stubborn black, is called “the stubborn nine gruel”, by an item of filial mother, is called “the filial piety nine gruel” continually. No matter is in the first lunar month 39, 29 years old, are the years which the item of company's mother meets misfortune, therefore the Fuzhou people meet nine violate a taboo, thought that “nine” are the calamity years, therefore, every meets “nine” the age person to eat the peaceful noddles, gets married daughter, must deliver to the parents “nine”, the parents are in order to safe, are healthy. |
