The origin of the Chongyang Festival can be traced back to the ancient period of harvest sacrifices to heaven and the ancient rituals of sacrificing to the "Great Fire", and the name of the festival comes from the I Ching in which the number of nine yangs overlap.

The origin of the Chongyang Festival can be traced back to ancient times. According to legend, Chung Yeung is the day when Emperor Yuandi attained enlightenment. The earliest surviving written record of Chongyang customary activities can be found in Lü Shi Chun Qiu - Ji Qiu Ji: "(September) ordered the family to slaughter, agricultural preparations for the harvest, citing the five kinds of essentials. The Emperor's books were hidden in the sacred storehouse, and they were honored and kept in order. It is also the day, the big feast emperor, taste sacrifice, tell ready in the son of heaven."

It can be seen that at that time there were already in the September crop fall harvest when sacrificing to the emperor of heaven, ancestor worship, in order to thank the emperor of heaven, ancestor grace of the activities. This is the ancient period, Chongyang Festival as a sacrificial activity and the existence of the original form, along with large-scale drinking and feasting activities. Worshipping the gods and ancestors and seeking longevity, drinking and feasting, etc., constitute the basic content of the Chongyang Festival.

Significance of Chongyang Festival

Chongyang Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals with a long history and rich cultural connotation. On the day of Chrysanthemum Festival, people have traditional customs such as climbing high, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine and eating chrysanthemum cakes, etc. All of these customs are related to nine, because "nine" is the largest number in the numerals, which implies long life and sends people's blessings to the old people for their health and longevity.

The Chrysanthemum Festival is not only a traditional festival of the Chinese people, but also one of China's cultural treasures.

The Chrysanthemum Festival was inscribed by the State Council on the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage on May 20, 2006, which fully reflects the great importance attached by the state to the protection of traditional culture.

The Chongyang Festival is an important part of the traditional culture of the Chinese people, carrying rich cultural connotations and national spirit. We should pass on and carry forward the culture of Chongyang Festival, so that more people can understand and recognize this traditional festival.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia - Chongyang Festival