With the continuous development of Denggao Festival, Chongyang cake and respect for the elderly, love the old meaning, also known as the "Festival of respect for the elderly", so in the Chongyang Festival to take the Chongyang cake to honor the elderly and other customs, there is a saying popular Chongyang do not eat cake, the old man with the people told.

Chongyang Festival, is a traditional Chinese folk festival, the festival in the first nine days of September on the lunar calendar every year. Nine numbers 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 the heavy nine. Nine nine return to the true, the beginning of a yuan, the ancients believe that the nine nine sun is an auspicious day. In ancient times, the folk in the Chongyang Festival have climbed to pray for blessings, worship God and ancestors and feasts and pray for life and other customs. Since then, it has added the connotation of honoring the elderly. Climbing up to enjoy the autumn and thanksgiving and respect for the elderly are two important themes of today's Chrysanthemum Festival activities.