The origin of the Chongyang Festival is that in ancient times, the festival existed in its original form as a ritual for the fall harvest. Legendary stories are: ascending high mountains to find nine-section calamus, ascending high mountains to bring back thunder and fire.

1, Chongyang Festival origin

Chongyang Festival on the first nine days of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year. "Nine" number in the "I Ching" for the number of Yang, "nine" two Yang heavy, so it is called "Chung Yeung"; because the sun and the moon are nine, so it is also known as "Chung Yeung The sun and the moon coincide with nine, so it is also called "Chongjiu". Nine nine to the true, the beginning of a yuan, the ancients believed that the nine suns are auspicious days. In ancient times, folk in the Chongyang Festival have climbed to pray for blessings, worship God and ancestor worship and feast to pray for life and other customs. Since then, it has added the connotation of honoring the elderly. Climbing up to enjoy the autumn and thanksgiving and respect for the elderly are two important themes of today's Chongyang Festival activities.

2, legends

The nine sections of calamus: Legend has it that the custom of ascending the heights of the Chrysanthemum Festival began when Emperor Qin ordered the magician Zheng Anzhi to go to the south of the mountain to look for the elixir of immortality, and Zheng Anzhi, when looking for the nine sections of calamus in the Baiyun Mountain, unfortunately fell off a cliff and took the immortal crane to fly up.

Bringing back the fire of thunder and lightning: The ancients believed that the mountains were surrounded by clouds and mist, which were the residence of the divine dragon that called for wind and rain and called for thunder and lightning. Moreover, the thunder and lightning in the high mountains can bring fire, and the use of fire can be used to eat fishy cooked food.

Chrysanthemum Festival Folklore Activities

Chrysanthemum Appreciation: Chrysanthemum is a natural flower, because of its colorful and frosty blossoms and the formation of chrysanthemum culture to appreciate chrysanthemum. Since the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin dynasties, it has become fashionable to gather and drink wine at the Chrysanthemum Festival and to enjoy chrysanthemums and write poems. In ancient Chinese custom, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity. Chrysanthemum is the flower of longevity, and it has been praised by the literati as a symbol of unyielding frost.

Advancement: In ancient times, it was the custom of the ancient folk to ascend to the heights on the Chongyang Festival, which was also called the "Festival of Ascending Heights". Ascending "to quit the green" is also derived from the nature of the festival, Chongyang Festival climbing "to quit the green" and the ancients in the spring of March spring tour "trekking" corresponds to. The location of the climb, there is no uniform regulations, the climb to the place is divided into the climb high mountains, climb high buildings, or climb high platform.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Chongyang Festival