1, Huan Jing subdued the devil

Legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in the River Ru, as long as it appeared, people fell ill in every house, and people lost their lives every day, and the people in the area suffered from the ravages of the plague demon. A plague took away young Huanjing's parents, and he himself almost lost his life because of the disease. After recovering from his illness, he left his beloved wife and his folks and resolved to go out to visit the immortals and learn the art of ridding the people of the plague.

Huanjing went around to visit the masters and masters of the way, and visited famous mountains and high priests all over the world, and finally inquired about the oldest mountain in the east, and on the mountain there was an immortal with infinite magic power. Huanjing, undaunted by the difficulties and dangers and the distance of the road, guided by the cranes, finally found the mountain, and found the immortal with miraculous magic power, and the immortal was touched by his spirit, and finally took in Huanjing, and taught him the art of demon-slaying sword. Huanjing was touched by his spirit and finally took him in and taught him the art of demon-subduing swordplay. Huanjing was so impressed by the immortal's spirit that he took him in and taught him the art of demon-slaying sword.

This day, the fairy chief called Huanjing to him and said, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of the ninth month, the plague demon will come out to do evil again, you have learned your skill, you should go back to do away with evil for the people". He gave him a packet of cornelian cherry leaves and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and taught him how to ward off evil spirits, and told him to ride a crane back home.

Huanjing returned to his hometown, and on the morning of the ninth day of the ninth month, he led the townspeople to a nearby mountain according to the immortal chief's instructions, and gave each of them a piece of cornelian cherry leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and made preparations to subdue the evil spirits. At noon, with a few screams, the plague demon rushed out of the Ru River, but the plague demon just pounced to the bottom of the mountain, suddenly smelled a burst of cornelian cherry and chrysanthemum wine, will stop, face suddenly changed, then Huan Jing holding a demon sword chased down the mountain, a few rounds on the Wen demon stabbed to death under the sword, from the first nine days of September, the custom of avoiding the epidemic year after year passed down.

2, Mount Li climbing

A long time ago, there is a Zhuang family living in Mount Li, the whole family is very diligent, the day is also good. One day, the master of the family returned from the field, halfway to meet a fortune-teller, because it was almost dark, the gentleman had not found a resting place. Because the master's home is very narrow, only a hayloft room, so in the stove room to play a straw bed, let his wife and children are in the straw bed to sleep, he accompanied Mr. fortune-telling sleep on the bed, make do.

The next day at dawn, Mr. Fortune-telling to go, the banker woke up his wife to do a good meal for Mr., and Mr. loaded a bag of white steamed buns. Mr. Fortune-telling out of the door, took a look at the banker lived, urged him to say: "to the ninth of September, the whole family high place to go." The Zhuang family thought, I usually do not do anything strange, and do not want to promote, on the high place to go what? But then again, people often say that fortune-tellers will read the feng shui proficient in astronomy, maybe I live in the place will be what a boil. To the September 9, just go to the high place to walk it, as a whole let the whole family to see the scenery.

On the ninth day of the ninth month, the Zhuang family took their wives and children on the back of the flower cakes and fragrant wine, climbed the peak of Mount Li to play. When they got to the top, a spring suddenly sprang up halfway up the mountain and rushed straight to his house, washing down his grass hut in a flash. In no time at all, the whole of a ravine was soaked. Only then did the family understand why Mr. Fortune Teller told his family to ascend to the heights on September 9th. After this story spread, people every summer calendar September 9, will help the old and young to go to the heights of the custom, has been passed down to the present day.

3, Chongyang Princess

According to the "Book of Han" records, the Eastern Han Dynasty, An Di years, the palace is pregnant with six niangniang by Yan's victim, fled to the west of Luoyang, south of Mount Fuyao Chongyang store. On the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese calendar, she gave birth to a daughter, named Chongyang female. Li Niangniang through all the hardships, slowly put Chongyang female raised adults. In the fall of the year, a plague broke out in the area, and both the people of the village and Niang Li were not spared.

Niangniang Li told Chongyang Daughter about her life before she died, and passed on the jade pendant given by Emperor An to her daughter, so that she would find a chance to sue Yan, and do her justice. After the death of Auntie Li, Chongyang Daughter went around to learn from masters, determined to eliminate the plague and avenge her mother's death. A Taoist was touched by her spirit, and carefully taught her the sword, and told her the four weaknesses of the plague demon: fear of the color red, fear of alcohol, fear of irritating odors, and fear of loud voices, so that she would act on the occasion of the reappearance of the plague demon on September 9 of the next year, and do away with it for the sake of the people.

September 9 of the second year on this day, the Chung Yeung female organization near the people climbed the cloud-colored mountain, the female head inserted red dogwood, dogwood fruit for the red, the leaves emit a strange smell, the men drink chrysanthemum wine, the plague demon appeared on the shouting: "Eradicate the plague demon, the world is peaceful". When the plague demon saw the red color, smelled the wine and the strange smell, and heard the shouts, he shrunk into a ball, and the Chongyang woman stabbed the plague demon to death. From then on, the people in the area of Chongyang Store lived in peace and happiness and had a long and healthy life. When word of this spread to the capital, Emperor An sent a eunuch to inspect the area, saw the Chongyang woman and the jade pendant, and reported it to Emperor An.

The Emperor summoned the Chongyang woman to the capital to meet her, and father and daughter embraced and cried. Later, Emperor An deposed Yan, built a temple dedicated to Li Niangniang, and named Chongyang Daughter as Princess Chongyang. Emperor An to stay Chongyang female in the palace, Chongyang Princess to mother buried in Chongyang, festivals to go to pay homage to the reason, insisted on returning to live in Chongyang store. But every year around September 9, should bring chrysanthemums, cornelian cherry and chrysanthemum wine, cornelian cherry wine back to the capital once, filial piety to his father, by the way, the local climbing, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum wine, insert cornelian cherry and other folk customs into the palace.