Among the main customs of the Chung Yeung Festival, when does ancestor worship begin? Why is it important to worship ancestors at this time?

In 1989, the 9th day of the 9th lunar month was included in the "Respect for the Elderly Festival", advocating that all walks of life shape the culture of respecting the elderly, honoring the elderly, respecting the elderly, loving the elderly, and assisting the disabled. 2006 May 20, the Chongyang Festival was included in the State Council's first batch of national level intangible heritage roster. 2012 was also in the "Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly Act", further clarifying the relevant provisions. In 2012, the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly further clarified the relevant provisions, and the Chongyang Festival has become a day of respect for the elderly, honoring the elderly, respecting the elderly, loving the elderly, and helping the disabled.

The Chongyang Festival, also known as the Heavy Nine Festival, Sunshine Mid-Autumn Festival, and "Treading Autumn", is a traditional Chinese national holiday. Celebration of the Chongyang Festival will generally include traveling trekking, climbing high and looking out, enjoying chrysanthemums, inserting dogwoods all over the place, eating Chongyang cakes, drinking chrysanthemum wine and a series of other activities. Every year on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, Meng Lan Festival three sections commonly known as the traditional Chinese style four major traditional festival of ancestor worship.

The Chongyang Festival, long ago in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period has been produced, to the Tang Dynasty was first included in the folklore of the traditional festival, and since then successive dynasties inherited so far. Chrysanthemum and the first three days of March, "trekking" are all the big family pouring room out, Chrysanthemum this day all the family members should be together to climb high "to avoid disaster. Included in the number of Yin, the "nine" included in the number of Yang, the ninth day of September, the sun Taiyin and Yang, the two nine heavy, known as Chung Yeung, also known as Chung Kau. Chongyang Festival has long been in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period has been produced, since the pre-Qin Chongyang atmosphere gradually intensified, praised by all generations of literati, to the Tang Dynasty was first included in the folklore of the traditional festival, since then successive dynasties inherited so far.

The Chongyang Festival originated from the astronomical phenomenon of admiration, originated in ancient times, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, prosperity after the Tang Dynasty. According to the existing historical information and investigation, the ancient period also held in the seasonal autumn harvest rituals, ancestor worship activities; ancient people in the September harvest of grain crops on the occasion of the sacrifice of emperor, ancestor worship, in order to thank the emperor of heaven, ancestor beneficent activities, which is the Chung Yeung Festival as a fall harvest rituals and the existence of the initial way.

The Tang Dynasty was the main stage in the integration of traditional festival customs, and some of its actors have been passed down to the present. Chongyang ancestor worship folk culture both long thousands of years, is a long history with in-depth value of folk culture. Chongyang Festival, together with New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, and the half of the seventh month, are known as the four major traditional festivals of worship in Chinese tradition. Important Metaphors for the Chongyang Festival

The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, also known as the "Festival of the Elderly". Because the I Ching puts "six" in the yin number and "nine" in the yang number, on the ninth day of the ninth month, the sun, Tai Yin, and yang, the two nines coincide, so it is called Chung Yeung, also known as Chung Nine.

Chrysanthemum is also known as "Treading Autumn" and March 3, "Treading Green" are all the big family pouring room rushed out of the Chrysanthemum this day all the family members also want to climb together "to avoid disaster", inserting Cornus officinalis and chrysanthemums. Since the pre-Qin Chongyang atmosphere gradually intensified, for the literati and elegant people throughout the ages to sing the praises of the largest number of a number of traditional national festivals.