The three main customs of the Chongyang Festival: climbing up to the top, drinking chrysanthemum wine, and wearing dogwood.

1, ascent:

The Chongyang Festival is the first to have the custom of ascent, in September of the golden autumn, high and refreshing, this season, ascent to a distant view can be achieved to achieve the purpose of the heart and mind. The custom of climbing high on the Chongyang Festival has a long history. Ancient folk custom in the Chongyang Festival, so the Chongyang Festival is also known as the "Festival".

Denggao "quit the green" is also derived from the nature of the festival, Chongyang Festival mountain climbing "quit the green" and the ancients in the spring of March spring tour "trekking" corresponds to. There is no uniform regulation on the location of the climb, and the place where the climb is made is roughly divided into the climb to a high mountain, the climb to a high building, or the climb to a high platform.

The origin of the custom of ascending to the heights is roughly threefold: first, it originated from the ancient worship of mountains; second, it originated from the climate of "clear air rising, turbid air sinking"; and third, it is to ascend to the heights to take advantage of the clear air to ascend to heaven.

2, drinking chrysanthemum wine:

Chrysanthemum wine is a traditional Chinese custom during the Chrysanthemum Festival. Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as a must-drink, disaster relief and pray for good luck "auspicious wine". Chrysanthemum wine has been seen in the Han Dynasty.

After that, there were still stories of giving chrysanthemums to wish for longevity and picking chrysanthemums to make wine, for example, Cao Pi, the Emperor of Wei Dynasty, gave chrysanthemums to Zhong Cao on the day of Chrysanthemum Festival (wishing him longevity), and Emperor Jianwen of Liang Dynasty's "Picking Chrysanthemums" had a sentence of "picking chrysanthemums in baskets, and picking chrysanthemums in the morning when they are wet and stained by the dew. Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine was still popular, and it was still recorded in Zunsheng Bazian of Gao Lian in the Ming Dynasty, and it was a popular drink.

3, wearing dogwood:

Anciently, there was also the custom of inserting dogwoods in the nine cornelian cherry blossoms, which is why it is also called the Cornucopia Festival. Cornus officinalis is strong, folk believe that the first nine days of September is also the day of the evil, disaster, so people like to wear cornelianthus to ward off evil spirits and seek good luck in the Chongyang Festival. Cornus officinalis is also known as the "evil weng".

Customs around the country:

Guangdong in ancient times in Guangdong on the ninth day of the ninth month, more than nine Huang will be built to gift bucket. Guangzhou over the Chongyang Festival, the people climbed Baiyun Mountain, enjoy the fall, fitness. Wuchuan land over the Chongyang Festival, enjoying the feast will be high, set up to honor the elderly feast. Huaji County to Chongyang for Yuan Di to achieve the epoch, the race God reward. Yangjiang City, the Chongyang Festival to release paper kites.

Fujian Haicheng County Chanyang Festival kite flying as a play, known as "wind hewer". Legend has it that on the ninth day of the ninth month is the day when A-Ma ascends to heaven, and the villagers go to the A-Ma Temple in Meizhou or the ancestor shrine of Tin Hau in the harbor to offer sacrifices and ask for blessings.

Jiangsu Chrysanthemum Festival, Nanjing people with five-color paper chiseled into a diagonal shape, linked into a flag, inserted in the court. Changzhou County Chanyang Festival to eat a noodle called "camel's feet". Wuxi City, the Chongyang Festival to eat Chongyang cake, nine products soup.

Shanghai, Shanghai Yuyuan Garden in the Chrysanthemum Festival will be held in the new, noble, rare and different three scores to determine the high and low. In recent years, Yangpu District in Shanghai has been carrying out a series of activities to honor and love the elderly.

Zhejiang shaoxing province visit each other on the Chongyang Festival. Tonglu County, September 9 to prepare pigs and goats to ancestors, known as the autumn festival. Also in the Chongyang Festival tied zongzi, gift each other, known as Chongyang zongzi.

Jiangxi wuyuan county september 9th, Huangling held sunshine autumn festival. Wuyuan Huangling ancient village still retains better "sunshine autumn" production life phenomenon, autumn has a large number of fresh vegetables and fruits need to dry storage, formed a spectacular scene.

Tongling County, Anhui Province, to the ninth day of the Dragon Candle for the Dragon Candle will be to welcome the mountain gods. Cutting bamboo horses for the play is said to expel the plague. In recent years, Hefei Thermal Power has organized activities on the theme of condolences for the Chung Yeung Festival.

Wuchang County, Hubei Province, on the Day of the Chrysanthemum brewing, it is said that this brewed wine is the most clean, and long hiding not bad. In Yingcheng County, the Chongyang Festival is a date for returning wishes, and even families worship the god of Tianzu in Fangsha on this day.

Sichuan in the old days, Nanxi County, readers on this day in Longtengshan Censhan building gathering to commemorate the poet Cen Sen, known as the "Cen Guild". The old folk custom, before and after the Chongyang to glutinous rice steamed wine, making mash. As the saying goes, "Steamed wine on the sun, sweet and savory".

Hebei Xianghe County, September 9, families with in-laws will send gifts to each other, known as the "Festival of Chasing". In Yongpingfu, the weather of the Chongyang Festival accounts for the future rain and shine. If it rains on the Chongyang Festival, it will also rain on these days. There are no mountains in Quzhou County, so the county people often go up to the city tower to climb high on the Chongyang Festival.

Shanxi Shaanxi, Shaanxi's vast countryside, the day of the Chongyang Festival, the door of every household, are inserted in front of the verdant cornelian cherry, and neighbors give each other. Xixiang County, Chongyang Festival, friends and relatives to chrysanthemums, chrysanthemum cakes to give each other. Scholars appreciate each other with poetry and wine. It is said that women can cure heartache by picking dogwoods with their mouths on this day.

Shanxi Shanxi Jinnan region since ancient times, the traditional habit of September 9 to climb the mountain. It has become a festive event to see the great mountains and rivers, and to admire the famous monuments. To this day, in the folk recitation of the "Qiankun open win concept, my generation together high", "the east wind can not stay, Ran up the peak", "September Xin Xinjian, three farmers to celebrate the fall" and other famous words.

Henan in 2010, the Chinese National Association awarded Nanyang Xixia County as the "hometown of Chinese Chongyang culture", and established in Xixia the country's only "China Chongyang Cultural Research Center", which is held here every year on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. "China - Xixia Chongyang Cultural Festival" will be held here every year on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.