What are the customs of Chongyang Festival

The Chrysanthemum Festival, also known as the Denggao Festival, Chrysanthemum Festival, September 9 Festival, Sunshine Autumn Festival, Cornus Festival, Chrysanthemum Festival, etc., is a traditional festival of the Han Chinese people. When the first nine days of September in the lunar calendar, it is also known as the nine nine Chongyang, and New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, the three sections of the Festival is the traditional Chinese four major ancestor festivals, but also popular in the Chinese character cultural circle of the countries of the traditional cultural festivals. So do you know the traditional customs of the Chongyang Festival?

1, ancestor worship

The Chongyang Festival has the custom of ancestor worship to show filial piety and honor, not forgetting the root, but also pray for the blessing of ancestors. In ancient times, arable land resources, coupled with the family to be concerned about feng shui, usually the cemetery will be selected in the mountains, so ancestor worship generally have to climb. To date, in Tonglu, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Putian and Taiwan, Singapore and many other places, people in the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar is still "prepared pigs and goats to ancestor", known as "Autumn Festival". Chrysanthemum Tomb Sweeping and Ancestor worship, fit the actual mountainous areas. Because most of the tombs in mountainous areas are located in the mountains, on the ridge, the surrounding grass and trees, walking during the Ching Ming Festival is inconvenient. Chrysanthemum is different, it is high in the fall when the rain is less, this time not only easy to travel to the tomb, but also can climb high and enjoy the beauty of each place.

2, climbing

One of the most important festivities of the Chrysanthemum Festival is climbing. Therefore, the Chongyang Festival is also known as the "Festival of heights". Ascending to the place, there is no standardized rules, generally climbing mountains, climbing towers. Of course, people are not only climbing, but also to view the mountain leaves and wildflowers, and drink wine and eat meat, enjoy some, so that the combination of climbing and wild feast, more attractive. On the Chung Yeung Festival why climb high, there is a saying is to climb high to ward off evil spirits, in ancient times there are heavy nine a "Yang" Dengqin day, the earth's gas rise, the weather down the saying. The ancient people in order to avoid contact with the evil, so it is in the nine nine this day to climb to avoid the evil.

3, eat Chung Yeung cake

In the Chung Yeung custom, eat Chung Yeung cake is an essential one, because the "cake" and "high" consonant, implying that the standard of living step by step, symbolizing the joy of the family good luck. The main purpose of steaming cakes on Chongyang Festival is to honor the elderly. The old man ate Chongyang cake will not back pain, so every year to give the elderly to eat Chongyang cake, so that the elderly back strong spirit good.

4, drink chrysanthemum wine

Ancient chrysanthemum wine, is the first year Chrysanthemum Festival specifically for the second year Chrysanthemum Festival brewing. September 9 this day, pick the first bloom of chrysanthemums and a little verdant branches and leaves, mixed into the grain ready to brew, and then used together to brew, put to drink on September 9 of the second year. Legend has it that drinking this kind of wine can prolong one's life. During the festive season, autumn is crisp, chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and the hedges in front of the windows are golden. In addition to the dogwood, friends and relatives invited to drink chrysanthemum wine, *** enjoy chrysanthemums, really have a lot of fun. Especially the poets, chrysanthemum drinking, poetry and entertainment, leaving a lot of good lines for future generations. Chrysanthemum contains nutritious ingredients, and drinking chrysanthemum wine during the Chung Yeung Festival is a traditional Chinese custom. Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "lucky wine" that must be drunk to pray for good luck and get rid of disasters.

5, insert cornelian cherry

Anciently, the custom of inserting cornelian cherry is also popular, so it is also called Cornucopia Festival. Cornus officinalis is used in medicine and can be used to make wine to nourish the body and dispel diseases. Cornus and hairpin chrysanthemum in the Tang Dynasty has been very common. Cornus officinalis has a strong flavor, has the effect of driving away insects and dampness, expelling wind and evil, and can eliminate food accumulation and cure cold and heat. Folk believe that the ninth day of the ninth month of the ninth month of the ninth year is also the day of evil, many disasters, so in the Chongyang Festival people like to wear dogwood to ward off evil spirits and seek good luck. Cornus officinalis is therefore also known as the "evil weng".

The above is what I know about the Chongyang Festival customs, partners you know what else?