The Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Zhongyuan Festival are collectively called the four traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China. In recent years, people have paid great attention to the elderly, so the festival is also called the Festival for the Elderly.
The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival of the Han nationality, which is a mixture of various folk customs. The Double Ninth Festival has a history of more than two thousand years. The origin of the Double Ninth Festival can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
During the Warring States period, Chongyang was paid attention to by people, but it was only an activity in the Imperial Palace. In the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was designated as an official festival. Since then, the court and the people have celebrated the Double Ninth Festival together, and all kinds of activities have been carried out during the festival. People have always had special feelings for this festival. There are many excellent poems in Tang poetry and Song poetry that congratulate Chongyang and chant chrysanthemums.
Chongyang has become the landmark of the handover of Xia Dong in people's life. If Shangsi and Cold Food are the Spring Festival when people go out for a swim after a long winter, then Chongyang is a ceremonial autumn outing when the autumn cold is coming and people are about to live in seclusion, so there are Shangsi's "outing" and Chongyang's "resignation". The custom of the Double Ninth Festival revolves around people's feelings in this season.