Chongyang cake, named because it is eaten on the Chongyang Festival. Started before the Tang Dynasty, to the Song Dynasty, Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan Province), Lin'an (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province) and all over the very prevalent, in the universal custom. Chongyang cake has been recorded in the Southern Dynasty. More rice flour, fruit and other raw materials, the system varies from place to place, mainly branding, steaming two kinds of cakes inserted on the five-color small colored flags, stuffed and printed double goat, take the meaning of "Chongyang", is still popular.

Chrysanthemum cake, named after the Chrysanthemum Festival. Started before the Tang Dynasty, to the Song Dynasty, Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan Province), Lin'an (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province) and all over the very prevalent, in the universal custom. Chongyang cake has been recorded in the Southern Dynasty. More rice flour, fruit and other raw materials, the system varies from place to place, mainly branding, steaming two kinds of cakes inserted on the five-color small colored flags, stuffed and printed double sheep, take the meaning of "Chongyang", is still popular. Chrysanthemum cake to rice flour, soybean flour and other raw materials, fermentation, more dotted with dates, chestnuts, almonds and other fruit naan, sugar steamed.

Chung Yeung Festival originated from the worship of heaven, evolved from the ancient times of the seasonal autumn harvest rituals. Lv's Spring and Autumn - Jiuqiu Ji" in the record, the ancients in September when the crop harvest sacrifices to the emperor, ancestor worship, in order to thank the emperor, ancestor grace of the activities. In its historical development, the Chongyang Festival is a mixture of various folklore and carries rich cultural connotations. The Chongyang Festival has many folk activities and rich cultural connotations. Over thousands of years, the festival has given rise to activities such as climbing up to a high altitude, viewing chrysanthemums, organizing banquets to honor the elderly, eating chrysanthemum cakes and drinking chrysanthemum wine. "Ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs". The Chrysanthemum Festival has been going on for thousands of years, and customs vary from place to place. For example, in Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, Qingming is a "spring festival" and Chongyang is an "autumn festival". In Longan County, Guangxi, cows and sheep are allowed to forage for food on September 9, and in Haicheng County, Fujian, kites are flown as a play on the Chongyang Festival. On the day of Chung Yeung Festival, people in Nanjing will chisel five-color paper into a slanting shape, linking it into a flag and inserting it in the court. In front of the door of every household in rural Shaanxi, green dogwoods are inserted, and neighbors give them to each other. Eat Chongyang cake popular in some parts of the country, mainly in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.