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Vi firar 090909 – nu på onsdag!
Vi passar på att hålla en liten festlighet, den nionde dagen i den nionde månaden brukar firas i kinesisk tradition som Dubbla Yang-festivalen. Och nu på onsdag så infaller datumen 090909 – och med tanke på hur stor betydelse man ger talet 9 inom Taoismen och som allmänt som lyckobringande tal i Kina så går vi på krogen och skålar, 9 gånger, klockan nio minuter över nio, nu på onsdag!

Då vi har undervisning på Parkskolan / Kronborgsskolan i Malmö före det, så vi går till krogen Backfickan på Köpenhamnsvägen, på hörnet mot Mariedalsvägen, det är nära från skolan. Även Lundabor är förstås välkomna till denna universiellt lyckobringande dag!

Som exempel på hur mycket det har betytt för kinesisk kultur, kan man nämna att det kejserliga palatset i Beijing, den Förbjudna staden sägs ha 9 999 rum, och framför stora salen finns 9 stora drakar. Stora porten har 9x9 gyllene nitar, med stora kupor, och så fortsätter det....

Och förstås vår Tai Chi-form som har 81 positioner (=9)

Ja, talet nio återkommer i alla möjliga sammanhang, och det är viktigt för Feng Shui.

Så vi kan skåla för Tai Chi, för Zhang San Feng, Tai Chi Chuan's legendariske grundare, för mäster Tung, och för våra vänners och vår egen lycka och välgång, och extra passande denna dag för ett långt liv till oss alla!

Välkomna!
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Några citat från weben:

A Chinese Festival worthy of keeping. 
In China the odd numbers are seen as male-yang, the number nine is the ultimate masculine so the ninth day of the ninth month has long been a very important festival known as the Double Yang Festival. This is a time for wine and poetry inspired by the beautiful autumn scenery. In the past, Chinese scholars would climb nearby mountains and look into the distance and think of their faraway friends. And that's a festival I wish you would find worthy of keeping up - no matter what value you place nowadays on the number nine.

En skön tanke, att ägna vänner i fjärran en tanke, och en skål!

Och detta:
The ancient Chinese considered numbers a mystical part of the universe. As an odd number, the number "9" belongs to the "yang" category, which represents strength and masculinity. In ancient China, the number "1" represented the starting point while the number nine represented infinity and extremity. The number "9" can be seen in many aspects of life in China. For example, "Jiu Zhou" is a poetic name referring to the nine states, which means that the country encompasses so much territory that it is beyond measure. The highest heavens were referred to as the "ninth heaven", "Jiu Quan" or "the ninth spring" where the afterlife is located beneath the deepest water. In the royal palace or a monastery, the doors, windows, stairs or fixtures existed in multiples of nine or a number that contains nine. The numbers of the gilded knobs on the double doors of the major gates of the Forbidden City is a good example.

The Chinese tended to view life diametrically. So when a change occurred in one aspect of life, that change was a result of a change in its opposite. Therefore, as a symbol of extremity, "9" in Chinese Culture is also a warning, a turning point. In ancient Chinese Classic Yijing, or the "Book of Changes", wherever number "9" appears, it is a crucial point of change and transformation.

In traditional Chinese culture, the number nine has great significance. For example, the ninth day of the ninth month has long been a very important festival in China. This festival is known as the Double Yang Festival, which was a time for wine and poetry inspired by the beautiful autumn scenery. In the past, Chinese scholars would climb nearby mountains and look into the distance and think of their faraway friends.


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The Number “Nine” and Imperial Buildings
It may not be common knowledge among western visitors that the number “nine”carried a special significance in old China .Ancient Chinese regarded odd numbers as masculine and even numbers as feminine. “Nine” , the largest single digit number, was taken as representing the “ultimate masculine ” and was ,therefore ,symbolic of the supreme sovereignty of the emperor. For this reason, the number “nine”(or its multiples) is often employed in palace structures and designs .

A noticeable example is the number of studs on palace gates. The studs are usually arranged in nine row of nine each, totaling eighty-one .This is even true of the marble gates of the “underground palace” of the Dinling Mausoleum in Beijing: 81 (or 9*9) studs were carved out of the stone .If the visitor goes to the Temple of Guan Yu in Luoyang, he will also find on the red gate nine rows of nine wood studs each .This was because Guan was given posthumous honors of an emperor.

Ancient palaces generally consisted of nine courtyards or quadrangles; so does the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong Province—a magnificent architectural complex worthy of an imperial household and testifying to the importance attached to the great sage by the courts of various dynasties.

The buildings of the Forbidden City of Beijing are traditionally measured as having a total floor space of 9,900 bays ---some even say 9,999 bays, which may be an exaggeration .

The picturesque towers guarding the four corners of the palace compound have each 9 beams and 18 columns, and the three famous screen walls (in Datong and Beijing ---see above article) have nine dragons on each.

There is a seventeen---arched bridge in the Summer Palace of Beijing. This, too, has much to do with “nine” . Count the arches from either end and you will find that the largest span in the middle the ninth.

An extreme example of the “game of nine” is perhaps the Circular Mound Altar (Huanqiutan) in the Temple of Heaven. Site for the Ming and Qing emperors to worship Heaven, the altar is in three tiers .The upper terrace is made up of nine concentric rings of slabs. The first ring or innermost circle consists of nine fan –shaped slabs, the second ring 18(2*9) slabs, the third 27(3*9) ?until the last or ninth ring .made up of 81 or 9*9 slabs.

The number “nine” is not only used on buildings .The New Year dinner for the imperial house was composed of 99 dishes.

TO celebrate the birthday of an emperor, the stage performances must comprise of 99 numbers as a sign of good luck and long life.

http://www.chinainfoonline.com/ChineseArchitecture/Imperial_Buildings.htm

Och så ett nordsiskt exempel:
kan ju vi nordbor tänka på Oden som var upphängd i fötterna i nio dagar, för att få insikt i runorna. Så vi kan ju hänga tillsammans då....