The moral of ascending the heights on Chongyang Festival is to live a long and healthy life and get rid of diseases and be strong.

The Chongyang Festival, which is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, is a traditional Chinese folk festival. In ancient times, folk in the Chongyang Festival has the custom of climbing high, so the Chongyang Festival is also called "Denggao Festival". Ancient folk in the Chongyang Festival have climbed high to pray for blessings, autumn tour to enjoy chrysanthemums, wear dogwood, worship God and ancestor and drinking feasts to seek longevity and other customs. Nowadays, it has added the connotation of respecting the elderly and enjoying the feast on the day of Chung Yeung to give thanks and respect to the elderly. The two most important themes of the Chrysanthemum Festival today are the appreciation of the autumn and the thanksgiving and respect for the elderly. The festival is also known as "Treading Autumn".

The custom of ascending the heights of the Chongyang Festival has a long history. Chrysanthemum climbing custom from this time the climate characteristics and the ancient worship of mountains. Climbing to the mountains to "quit the green" is also derived from the nature of the festival, the Chongyang Festival mountain climbing "quit the green" and the ancients in the spring of March spring tour "step on the green" corresponds to.

Source of the Chongyang Festival:

The festival is an ancient activity that originated from hunting activities and later evolved into recreational activities. Song - Wu Zimu "Dream Liang Records" Volume 5: "The sun and moon shuttle fly, turn to look forward to the Chung Yeung, Meng Jia climbed the Dragon Hill fall hat, Yuan Ming to the East Ledge to enjoy chrysanthemums." It is more popular in Beijing to climb to the top of the mountain.

Qing Fuqa Dun Chong, "Yanjing Years and Seasons": "Beijing is called Chung Yeung for the ninth day of the ninth month, every ninth day of the ninth month, people carry pots and scandens, out of the countryside to climb high. In the south, Tianning Temple, Taoranting Longjiaohuai, etc., in the north, Jimen Smoke Tree, Qingjing Huacheng, etc., and in the distance, Xishan Eight Shastras, etc., they were poets and drinkers, and roasted meat. Poetry and wine, baked meat and cake, Xun a moment of pleasure."

After the Chongyang Festival, it was frosty, so people scrambled up the mountain to pick herbs, pluck wild vegetables and hunt before the frost, thus forming the custom of ascending the mountain. Beijing has to climb Xiangshan Ghostly Peak for the joy of habit, one in the mountain high, the second is the high and refreshing fall. To see the red leaves in the Western Mountains has now become an important form of tourism.

Reference for the above: Baidu Encyclopedia-September 9th