Is it the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival to climb high and pick chrysanthemums?

Climbing the mountain and picking chrysanthemums is not the custom of Dragon Boat Festival, but the custom of Double Ninth Festival.

Brief introduction of double ninth festival

Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, is called "Double Ninth Festival". People have the custom of climbing mountains on that day, so the Double Ninth Festival is also called "Mountaineering Festival". There are also sayings such as Double Ninth Festival, Cornus officinalis and Chrysanthemum Festival. Because the homonym of "99" on the ninth day of September is "long", it has a long-term meaning, so it is often necessary to worship ancestors and respect the elderly on this day.

Double ninth festival custom

Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival of Han nationality, which combines various folk customs. Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high and looking far, enjoying chrysanthemums, planting dogwood all over the place, eating double ninth cake, drinking chrysanthemum wine and other activities.

Double Ninth Festival, because it is homophonic with "long", and nine is the largest number in the number, which means long life. Moreover, autumn is also the golden season of harvest in a year, and the Double Ninth Festival has far-reaching influence. People have always had special feelings for this festival. There are many excellent poems in Tang poetry and Song poetry to congratulate the Double Ninth Festival and chant chrysanthemums.