One, about the origin of the Chongyang Festival says a lot, the more common are:

1, the first nine days of September on the lunar calendar, for the traditional Chongyang Festival. From the ancient "I Ching" in the "six" as the number of yin, the "nine" as the number of yang, September 9, the sun and the moon and yang, the two nine heavy, so it is called Chung Yeung, also known as Chung Nine, the ancients believe that it is an auspicious day to celebrate, and from early on this holiday!

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2, originated in the fifth century BC Spring and Autumn and Warring States period of the Duke of Qi Jing. On the ninth day of the ninth month, he took a lot of people to climb the mountains and the city walls, and felt the high and refreshing autumn, so he decided that it was an auspicious day. After that, he went out to climb the mountain every year on this day. Later generations imitated it, forming a custom.

3, according to the "renewed Qi Harmony Records" account: the Han Dynasty Huan Jing with the "Yi" master Fei Changfang traveled for many years. One day, Fei masters of the apprentice said, September 9, the day should be tied cornelian cherry climbing, Huan Jing and his family for listening to the words of the teacher was spared, but not evacuated livestock all suffered from the plague and died. Therefore, every year on September 9, go out to climb high, to avoid disaster, and has become a habit.

Second, Chongyang Festival Introduction:

Chongyang Festival, also known as the Heavy Nine Festival, Sunshine Autumn Festival, "Treading Autumn", the traditional Han Chinese festival. Celebration of the Chongyang Festival will generally include trips to enjoy the fall, climbing high and far away, viewing chrysanthemums, all inserted dogwood, eat Chongyang cake, drink chrysanthemum wine and other activities. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year, and is one of the four traditional Chinese festivals for ancestor worship, along with New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, and Chinese New Year's Day. Chongyang Festival, as early as the Warring States period has been formed, to the Tang Dynasty was officially designated as a folk festival, and since then it has been inherited by successive dynasties to the present day. Chrysanthemum and the first three days of March "spring" are all family out of the room, Chrysanthemum this day all the relatives have to climb together "to avoid disaster".

The Chongyang Festival has been formed as early as the Warring States period, since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the atmosphere of the Chongyang is getting stronger, doubly so by the literati and ink writers, to the Tang Dynasty was officially designated as a folk festival, and since then has been inherited by successive dynasties to the present day.

In 1989, the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar was designated as the Day of the Elderly, advocating the establishment of the whole society to respect the elderly, respect the elderly, love the elderly, and help the elderly. 2006 May 20, Chongyang Festival was included in the State Council in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Three, Chongyang Festival customs:

1, Chongyang ascension

The Chongyang Festival first of all have the custom of ascension. Autumn in September, the sky is high and cool, this season can be achieved by climbing high and looking far away from the heart, fitness to get rid of the purpose of the 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".

2, eat Chongyang cake

According to historical records, Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake, five-color cake, the system is not fixed, more random. September 9 when the sky is bright, with a piece of cake on the forehead of the children, the mouth read the words, wishing the children all things high, is the ancient people in September for the cake's original intention. The delicate Chongyang cake to be made into nine layers, like a pagoda, the top is also made into two small sheep, in line with the meaning of Chongyang (sheep). Some also inserted a small red paper flag on the cake, and light candles. This is probably the "light", "eat cake" instead of "high" meaning, with a small red paper flag instead of cornelian cherry. Today's Chongyang cake, there is still no fixed varieties, all over the Chongyang Festival to eat the fluffy cakes are called Chongyang cake.

3. ? Chrysanthemum Appreciation

Chrysanthemum Appreciation, drinking, the game Chrysanthemum Day, traditionally there is the custom of chrysanthemum appreciation, so the ancient also known as the Chrysanthemum Festival. In September of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the month of chrysanthemums, the festival organizes a chrysanthemum conference, and crowds of people from all over the city go to the conference to enjoy chrysanthemums. Since the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin dynasties, it has become fashionable to gather and drink wine, enjoy chrysanthemums and write poems on Chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemums symbolize longevity in ancient Han Chinese customs. Drinking Chrysanthemum Wine Chrysanthemums contain nutritious ingredients, and Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty recorded in his "Hug Park Zi" that people in the mountains of Nanyang gained longevity by drinking sweet valley water with chrysanthemums all over it. Drinking chrysanthemum wine during the Chung Yeung Festival is a traditional Chinese custom. In ancient times, chrysanthemum wine was regarded as the "lucky wine" that must be consumed to get rid of calamities and pray for good fortune at the Chrysanthemum Festival. Chrysanthemum wine has been seen in the Han Dynasty. There were stories of chrysanthemum giving to wish longevity and chrysanthemum brewing, such as Cao Pi, the Emperor of Wei, who gave chrysanthemums to Zhong Cao (wishing him longevity) on the day of the Chrysanthemum Festival, and Emperor Jianwen's "Chrysanthemum Casting", in which he said, "We call each other to pick chrysanthemums in baskets, and we get up and dip them in the dew", which is an example of how to pick chrysanthemums to brew wine. Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine is still prevalent, in the Ming Dynasty, Gao Lian's "Zunsheng eight paper" is still recorded, is the prevalence of fitness drinks.