1 Why is the Chongyang Festival called the Festival of Respect for the Elderly

The modern inheritance of the traditional festival.

The Chung Yeung Festival was first a festival of sacrifice after the harvest, with the symbolism of thanksgiving and expectation in it, inherited to this day, now the Chung Yeung Festival and added the connotation of respect for the elderly, people will enjoy the feast on the day of the Chung Yeung Festival, thanksgiving and respect for the elderly.

2 The main festival of Chongyang is to honor the old, respect the old, love the old, help the old, is one of the traditional festival of modern inheritance.

2 What are the main customs of Chung Yeung Festival

The main customs of Chung Yeung Festival are: hiking and autumn tour, setting up a feast for the elderly, enjoying chrysanthemums, resigning from the Qing Dynasty, drinking chrysanthemum wine, and eating Chung Yeung cakes, etc.

Chung Yeung Festival is a traditional festival of respect for the elderly.

Chung Yeung Festival was firstly a sacrificial activity after the harvest. In the festival folklore, it still preserves the forms of activities such as ascending heights and banquets in the traditional sacrificial activities, and adds activities with a natural flavor such as enjoying chrysanthemums and quitting the Qing Dynasty, etc. In general, it is a festival with a long history and a traditional cultural flavor.

3 What is also known as Chongyang Festival

Chongyang Festival is also known as: Old People's Day, Respect for the Elderly Festival, Chrysanthemum Festival, Denggao Festival, Sunshine Autumn Festival, Respect for the Elderly Festival, Chongjiu Festival, Jiuzhongyang, and so on.

The alias of Chongyang Festival is mainly related to the traditional customs of Chongyang Festival, for example: Chrysanthemum Festival is because of the custom of chrysanthemum appreciation at the time of Chongyang Festival, Denggao Festival is because there is a tradition of ascending to the heights of the Chongyang Festival, etc., the Chongyang Festival has a long history in our country, and therefore, do not call it the Chongyang Festival, said the Chrysanthemum Festival, the Denggao Festival, etc., all know that it is this festival.

4 Origin of Chongyang Festival

Chongyang Festival began in ancient times, molding in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished after the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty is an important period of traditional festival customs and stereotypes, the main part of the inheritance to date, Chongyang ancestor worship folk customs along thousands of years, is an ancient folklore of profound significance, but also by the State Council included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list of the festival one.