The main activities of the Chrysanthemum Festival are: climbing up to the top of the mountain, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, wearing dogwoods, and paying homage to one's ancestors.

1, climbing

Anciently, it was the custom to climb up to the top of the mountain during the Chrysanthemum Festival, which is why the festival is also called the "Festival of Ascension". Chrysanthemum climbing custom from this time the climate characteristics as well as the ancient worship of the mountains. Climbing to the mountains to "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.

2, chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum Day, there has always been the custom of chrysanthemum appreciation, so the ancient also known as the Chrysanthemum Festival. The custom of chrysanthemum appreciation originated from chrysanthemum culture. Chrysanthemum is a natural flower, because of its colorful flowers and the formation of chrysanthemum culture of chrysanthemum appreciation and praise.

3. Drinking Chrysanthemum Wine

Drinking chrysanthemum wine at the Chrysanthemum Festival is a traditional Chinese custom. Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as a must-drink, disaster relief and pray for good luck "good luck wine". Chrysanthemum wine is a medicinal wine with a slightly bitter taste and an auspicious meaning of getting rid of calamities and praying for good fortune.

4, wear cornelian cherry

Cornelian cherry is a kind of fruit that can be used in traditional Chinese medicine. Ancient people in the Chongyang Festival day hiking, will be wearing the cornelian cherry on the arm or grinding in the incense bag, and some inserted in the head. Mostly women and children wore them, and in some places men also wore them.

5, ancestor worship

Chongyang Festival is one of the four traditional Chinese ancestor festivals, the ancient folk tradition of ancestor worship and pray for blessings. The traditional custom of ancestor worship is still prevalent in the Lingnan area, where people hold ancestor worship activities on the Chrysanthemum Festival every year. Whether it is ancestor worship activities or climbing high and looking around, its most fundamental role is to enhance people's sense of cultural identity and strengthen the cohesion of the family and society.