1. The Chongyang Festival is related to the character Hengjing, who lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

2. There has been a myth and legend circulating in China about the Chongyang Festival. Legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in the River Ru, and whenever it appeared, people fell sick in every house and people lost their lives every day, and the people in the area suffered from the plague demon's ravages. Hengjing's parents were killed by the plague, and he himself almost died because of the plague. After he recovered from the disease, he left his beloved wife and folks and went out to learn the art, so that he could get rid of the plague demon for the people. After a thousand years of hard work and suffering, Hengjing finally found an immortal with high magical power, who was touched by his spirit, and taught Hengjing the art of martial arts.

3. One day, the immortal told Hengjing that tomorrow would be the ninth day of the ninth month, and the plague demon would come out again, and now that you have learned the skill, you can go back to get rid of the harm for the people. The immortal also gave him a bag of cornelian cherry leaves and a cup of chrysanthemum wine. After returning to his hometown, Hengjing led the townspeople to a nearby mountain according to the immortal's instructions, and gave each of them a piece of cornelian cherry leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, so that they were ready to subdue the demon. After the plague demon came out, because of the fear of dogwood incense and chrysanthemum wine gas, so do not dare to go forward, Hengjing took this opportunity to kill the plague demon, from the first nine days of September to climb the custom of avoiding the epidemic has been passed down year after year. Later, the Chongyang Festival ascension became a very important custom.

4, Chongyang Festival, also known as the Old People's Day, is an important traditional festival in China, people have some special feelings about the Chongyang Festival, the ancients believe that Chongyang is an auspicious day to celebrate. At the time of the Chongyang Festival, in addition to ascending the heights, there are many other folk customs, such as drinking chrysanthemum wine, chrysanthemum appreciation, eating Chongyang cake, trekking and so on.

5. In today's society, the Chongyang Festival has added the connotation of honoring the elderly, and has become a festival for the elderly to honor, respect, love and help the elderly. Every year, there are many young people to visit some of the old people in the old people's home, give them some of their own carefully prepared gifts, to express their love and care of the heart.