1. Chongyang Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year. Chongyang Festival originated from the worship of heaven, evolved from the ancient times of the seasonal autumn harvest rituals. Nine" number in the "I Ching" for the number of Yang, "nine nine" two Yang number is heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; because the sun and the moon are on the ninth, so it is also known as "Chongjiu The name "Chongyang" is also used because both the day and the month coincide with nine. Nine to return to the truth, the beginning of a yuan, the ancients believed that the nine suns are auspicious days.

2, the ancient folk in the Chongyang Festival have climbed to pray for blessings, autumn tour to enjoy chrysanthemums, Pei plug dogwood, worship God and ancestor worship and drink feasts to pray for life and other customs. Since then, it has added the connotation of honoring the elderly, enjoying the feast on the day of the Chongyang Festival and honoring the elderly with gratitude. Climbing up to enjoy the autumn and thanksgiving and respect for the elderly are two important themes of today's Chrysanthemum Day activities.

3, according to the existing historical materials and evidence, the origin of the Chongyang Festival, can be traced back to ancient times, in ancient times in the seasonal fall held in the harvest sacrifice to heaven, ancestor worship and other activities. Lv's Spring and Autumn - Jiuqiu Ji recorded, the ancients in September when the harvest of crops sacrificed to the emperor, ancestor worship, in order to thank the emperor of heaven, the ancestors of the grace of the activities.

4. This is the original form of the Chongyang Festival that existed as an autumn harvest festival. Chongyang Festival began in ancient times, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished after the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty is an important period of traditional festival customs kneaded stereotypes, the main part of its inheritance to this day. The folk custom of ancestor worship has been practiced for thousands of years, and is an ancient folk custom with profound significance. Chongyang Festival, together with New Year's Eve, Ching Ming Festival and July 30th, are known as the four major traditional festivals of ancestor worship in China.