The Chinese folk "Chongyang Festival" refers to which day

The "Chongyang Festival" in Chinese folklore refers to the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar.

The Chongyang Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. Because of the "nine nine" harmonic "long time", so the ancients often in this day to worship ancestors and the implementation of the activities of respect for the elderly, and gradually derived from the ascent of the "resignation of the green", viewing chrysanthemums, chrysanthemum wine, dogwood insertion, etc. The first is a series of folklore.

The Chrysanthemum Festival has a history of more than 2,000 years, and it was designated as an official festival in the Tang Dynasty, and during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the festival featured chrysanthemum-viewing and wine-drinking customs.

Before and after the Chrysanthemum Festival, the autumn sky is high and refreshing, this time to go out to ascend the heights, watching chrysanthemums and enjoying the scenery, in the season is the most appropriate. Folk also have "quit the green" saying, also because "September 9", the weather is more cold, grass and trees began to wither, Chongyang Festival "quit the green" just with the ancients in the spring of March spring tour The "Treading Green" of the Chrysanthemum Festival corresponds to the "Treading Green" of the ancient Chinese people in March of Yangchun.

Ancient times, also popular on the Chongyang Festival insert dogwood custom. In the past, poor medical conditions, Cornus officinalis flavor is strong, there is to drive away insects and dampness, the role of the wind, and can eliminate the accumulation of food, the treatment of cold and heat, folk like to wear Cornus officinalis on this day to ward off evil spirits and seek good luck, so the Chrysanthemum Festival is also known as "Cornus officinalis Festival".

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Chongyang Festival folk activities:

1, eat Chung Yeung cake: September 9 when the sky is bright, to piece of cake on the head of the children, the mouth read the words, wishing the children a hundred things are high, is the ancient people in September for the cake of the original intention.

2, ascend: Chongyang ascending custom from the climatic characteristics at this time as well as the ancient worship of mountains. Ascending "resignation of the green" is also from the nature of the festival, Chongyang Festival mountain climbing "resignation of the green" and the ancients in the spring of March spring tour "trekking" corresponds to.

3, Chrysanthemum Appreciation: Chrysanthemum Appreciation: On Chrysanthemum Day, there has always been a custom to appreciate chrysanthemums, which is why it is also known as the Chrysanthemum Festival in ancient times. The custom of chrysanthemum appreciation originates from chrysanthemum culture. Chrysanthemum is a natural flower, because of its colorful and frosty blossoms and the formation of the chrysanthemum culture of chrysanthemum appreciation. In September of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the month of chrysanthemums, the festival organizes a chrysanthemum conference, where crowds of people from all over the city go to enjoy chrysanthemums.

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