1, Chongyang Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival, the festival for the first nine days of September on the lunar calendar every year. "Nine" number in the "I Ching" for the number of Yang, "nine nine" two Yang heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; because the sun and the moon are nine, so it is also known as "heavy nine The sun and the moon coincide with nine, so it is also called "Chongjiu". Nine nine to the true, the beginning of the first yuan, the ancients believed that the nine nine suns is an auspicious day.
2, the ancient folk in the Chongyang Festival have climbed high to pray for blessings, autumn tour to enjoy chrysanthemums, wear dogwood, worship and ancestor and drink feasts to pray for life and other customs. To this day, it has added the connotation of honoring the elderly, enjoying feasts and honoring the elderly on the day of the Chrysanthemum Festival. The two important themes of the Chrysanthemum Festival today are the appreciation of autumn and the thanksgiving and respect for the elderly.