The cause and effect of the legend of the Chung Yeung Festival are as follows:

The legend says that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Huan Jing in the county of Ru Nan, who lived in a place where the plague was rampant, and Huan Jing's parents were killed by the plague. In order to get rid of the plague demon, Huanjing went to the southeast mountain to learn from the master, and the immortal Fei Changfang gave Huanjing a demonic blue dragon sword. Huanjing woke up early, slept late, wore stars and moonlight, and practiced hard. One day, Fei Changfang gave Huanjing a bag of cornelian cherry leaves and a bottle of chrysanthemum wine, and told the folks in his hometown to climb up to the top of the mountain to avoid trouble.

Huan Jing left Southeast Mountain and returned to his hometown. On September 9, he led his wife, children and townspeople up a nearby mountain. Huanjing gave everyone cornelian cherry leaves to take with them, so that the plague demons would not dare to come near them. He also poured out chrysanthemum wine, and each person drank a sip to avoid catching the plague. Huanjing fought with the plague demon alone and finally killed it. From then on, people celebrated the Chongyang Festival and had the custom of ascending the heights on the 9th day of the 9th moon.

Customs of Chung Yeung Festival

1, ascend to the heights: in ancient times, the folk in the Chung Yeung has the custom of ascending to the heights, so the Chung Yeung Festival is also known as the Festival of ascending to the heights. Ascension to the place, there is no uniform regulations, generally is to climb high mountains, climb high towers.

2, eat Chongyang cake: Chongyang cake, also known as flower cake, chrysanthemum cake, five-color cake. 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.

3, enjoy chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum wine: Chongyang Festival is the year's golden autumn, chrysanthemums in full bloom, according to legend, enjoy chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum wine, originated in the Jin Dynasty great poet Tao Yuanming.