According to the existing historical data and textual research, the origin of the Double Ninth Festival can be traced back to ancient times. There were activities such as autumn harvest and ancestor worship in ancient times. According to Lu Chunqiu, when the crops were harvested in September, the ancients offered sacrifices to emperors and ancestors to thank them for their kindness. This is the original form of the Double Ninth Festival as an autumn harvest sacrifice activity. The Double Ninth Festival began in ancient times, prevailed in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty is an important period when traditional festivals and customs are combined and shaped, and its main part continues to this day. The folk custom of ancestor worship in Chongyang has a profound significance for thousands of years. Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and mid-July are also called the four traditional ancestral festivals in China.
Double Ninth Festival, like "Long Time", is the largest one, which means longevity. Moreover, autumn is also the golden season for a year's harvest. It has far-reaching significance. People always have a special feeling for this festival. There are many poems in Tang poetry and Song poetry to congratulate Chongyang and chant chrysanthemums. The name "Chongyang" comes from the Book of Changes. In Zhouyi, "six" is defined as yin number, "nine" is defined as yang number, and it is also defined as "pole number", indicating that the height of the sky is "nine". On September 9, the sun met the moon, which was called "Chongyang", so it was called "Chongyang". At the same time, it is a combination of two positive numbers, so it is called "Chongyang". Nine is a positive number, and the sun and the moon correspond, so it is called "Chongyang".
Today's Double Ninth Festival has a new meaning. 1989, China designated September 9th as the festival for the elderly. The combination of tradition and modernity has become a festival of respect, care and help for the elderly. Organs, organizations and streets all over the country often organize retired people to enjoy the scenery in autumn, or play by the water, or climb mountains to keep fit, so that their bodies and minds can be bathed in the embrace of nature; Many young families will also help the elderly to go to the countryside or prepare some delicious food for them. The origin of the Double Ninth Festival can be traced back to ancient times. It is said that the Double Ninth Festival is the time of Yuan Di's enlightenment. The existing written records of Chongyang folk activities were first discovered in the Spring and Autumn Period of Lu: "In September, the family was the leader and the farming was prepared. Take five important points as an example. It is only a kind of respect to keep the emperor's books in the warehouse. Today is also the day when the emperor feasts, tastes sacrifices and reports to the emperor. "
It can be seen that there were sacrificial activities at that time, that is, when the crops were harvested in September and autumn, the emperors and ancestors were sacrificed to thank them for their kindness. This is the original form of the ancient Double Ninth Festival. At the same time, there are large banquets, which were developed in the pre-Qin period to celebrate the harvest. Sacrificing to the gods and ancestors, seeking longevity and drinking and feasting are the basic contents of the Double Ninth Festival.