20 words short short story of Chongyang Festival: Hengjing used cornelian cherry and chrysanthemum wine to subdue the plague demon and save the townspeople on Chongyang Day.

Legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in the River Ru, as soon as it appeared, people would fall sick in every household, and even people lost their lives every day, the people in this area suffered from the ravages of the plague demon, and were miserable. At that time, there was a young man named Hengjing in Ru Nan County, who left his beloved wife and folks, determined to go out to visit the immortals and learn the art of ridding the people of the plague.

Hengjing was sleepless, practicing day and night, and finally developed an extraordinary martial arts. One day, the immortal called Hengjing to him and said, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of the ninth month, the plague demon will come out to do evil again, now that you have learned your skill, you should go back to get rid of harm for the people!"

Then the immortal gave Hengjing a packet of cornelian cherry leaves, a bottle of chrysanthemum wine, and the secret of avoiding evil spirits, and told Hengjing to ride a crane back home immediately. Hengjing returned to his hometown, and on the morning of the day of the Chongyang Festival, he led the townspeople to a nearby mountain as the immortal had instructed, and gave each of them a piece of cornelian cherry leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine.

At noon, the wind was howling furiously, the north wind suddenly rose, the sky was dark, with a few mournful roars, the plague demon rushed out of the Ru River, swooping down to the mountain. Just at this time, the plague demon suddenly smelled the strange flavor of cornelian cherry and chrysanthemum wine mellow aroma, face suddenly changed, shivering, do not dare to move forward. When it was too late, Hengjing ran down the mountain immediately, holding the sword of demon-subduing, and after several rounds of fierce struggle, Hengjing stabbed the plague demon to death, and the plague was eliminated.

To condense the story, it is: Hengjing used cornelian cherry and chrysanthemum wine to subdue the plague demon and save the townspeople on the day of Chung Yeung.

Customs of Chung Yeung Festival

1, climbing

Customs of Chung Yeung Festival, first of all, climbing, September in autumn, the sky is high and cool, this season, climbing high and far away can be achieved to the purpose of the heart, fitness and disease. As early as in the Western Han Dynasty, "Chang'an Zhi" in the Han Dynasty, the capital of September 9 when people play to view the record. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is the famous story of "Dragon Mountain Hat Drop". And the sunrise has also become a timeless theme in Chinese poetry and paintings.

2, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum wine

Chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum wine is also very common in Chrysanthemum Festival, chrysanthemum can dispel cold and poison, so Chrysanthemum Festival is also known as "Chrysanthemum Festival". Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that must be drunk at the Chrysanthemum Festival to get rid of disasters and pray for good luck. At the same time, chrysanthemum is also known as the flower that prolongs life, and there are many paintings of chrysanthemums entitled "longevity".

3, family and friends get together to drink

The Chongyang Festival, along with New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, and Chinese New Year's Day, are known as the four major festivals of the Chinese tradition of ancestor worship, and eating, drinking, and having fun was also the theme of the Chongyang Festival in ancient times. In ancient times, people liked to go to the temple for Chung Yeung Festival activities, in the scenic places built in the temple, blowing the wind, enjoy the chrysanthemums, drink a little wine to help cheer up, can be said to be cozy.