The birthplace of the Chongyang Festival!

Originated in Shangcai County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province.

According to the existing historical materials and testimonies, the origin of the Chongyang Festival can be traced back to the ancient times, when there were activities such as harvest offerings to heaven and ancestor worship in the seasonal autumn. In the Lu Shi Chunqiu - Jiqiu Ji, recorded in the ancient people in the September crop harvest sacrifice to the emperor, ancestor worship, in order to thank the emperor, ancestor benevolence of the activities.

This is the original form of the Chongyang Festival that existed as an autumn harvest festival. Chongyang Festival began in the ancient times, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was an important period in which traditional festival customs were kneaded and finalized, and the main part of them has been handed down to the present day. The folk custom of ancestor worship has been practiced for thousands of years, and is an ancient folk custom with profound significance. Chrysanthemum Festival, together with New Year's Eve, Ching Ming Festival and the half of the seventh month, are known as the four major traditional festivals of ancestor worship in China.

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Customs of the Chongyang Festival

One, appreciate chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum Day, historically there is a custom of chrysanthemums, so the ancient also known as the Chrysanthemum Festival, chrysanthemums is a natural flower, because of the colorful and frosty flowers bloomed in the formation of chrysanthemums appreciate chrysanthemums chrysanthemums culture, the ninth month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the chrysanthemums month, the festival was organized The Chrysanthemum Festival is held in September of the lunar calendar, which is commonly known as the month of chrysanthemums.

In the ancient Chinese custom, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity, and for the people of literature praised as a symbol of frost unyielding, since the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin dynasties, Chrysanthemum party drinking, chrysanthemum poetry has become fashionable.

Two, ancestor worship

The Chung Yeung Festival is one of the four traditional Chinese ancestor festivals, the ancient folk tradition of ancestor worship and pray for blessings, especially in the Lingnan area, people will be held every year on the Chung Yeung Festival ancestor worship activities. Sacrificing ancestors and looking up to the sky serves to enhance people's sense of cultural identity and strengthen the cohesion of the family and society. However, with the development of history, many local people's concept of ancestor worship on Chongyang is becoming increasingly thin.

Source of reference; Baidu Encyclopedia - Chongyang Festival -