What is the meaning of Chongyang Festival?

The main symbolism of the Chongyang Festival is long life, health and longevity

September 9 of the lunar calendar for the traditional Chongyang Festival, also known as the "Festival of the Elderly". Because the "I Ching" in the "six" as the number of yin, the "nine" as the number of yang, September 9, the sun and moon and yang, the two nine heavy, so it is called Chung Yeung, also known as Chung Kau. Chongyang Festival has been formed as early as the Warring States period, to the Tang Dynasty, Chongyang was officially designated as a folk festival, and since then it has been inherited by successive dynasties.

The Chongyang Festival is also known as the "Treading Autumn" and March 3 "Treading Spring" are all the family pouring out of the room, the Chongyang day all the relatives have to be together to climb high "to avoid disaster! ", insert dogwood, chrysanthemum. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the atmosphere of Chongyang has become increasingly rich, for generations of writers and writers to chant the most one of the several traditional festivals. In folklore, the 9th day of the 9th lunar month, because of its homonymity with the word "jiu jiu", contains the symbolism of a long life and a long and healthy life.

Denggao

September 9 is in the mid-autumn season, high and refreshing, high and distant, whistle galloping, activities, so people in the Chongyanggao, in the season is the most appropriate.

Mountain worship of the ancients

"Rituals - Ritual Law" recorded: "mountains, forests, valleys and hills, can be out of the clouds, for the wind and rain, see monsters, are said to be God." Ancient ancestors living environment is extremely difficult, mostly rely on collection and hunting to make a living. A variety of plants growing in the mountains, hidden birds and beasts, as well as babbling brooks, so that human beings can survive and reproduce. If the high temperature and drought, the dense forests in the mountains can avoid the high temperature baking; floods come, climb the mountains can avoid the disaster. In addition, the ancients believed that the mountain cloudy, for the call of the wind and rain to call the thunder and lightning of the divine dragon lives.

And, the thunder and lightning in the mountains can bring fire, the use of fire can be eaten fishy cooked food. Therefore, the ancients of the mountain both reverence and full of worship, "mountain climbing and praying for blessings" custom as early as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period has been popular. People who hold this view will also be "Chong" word itself as evidence: Chong, the shape of the word, from the mountain, Zongsheng. Worship of the "Chong" was originally for the mountains, because the "mountain" that is, high mountains, "Zong" for the sacred. To "Zong" as a metaphor for "mountain" or "mountain" as a metaphor for "Zong", both imply the meaning of respect and reverence.

The expression "to ascend to the heights and leave the green"

The expression "to ascend to the heights and leave the green" originates from the festivals in nature. Chrysanthemum for the autumn festival, the weather after the festival is getting cooler, grass and trees began to wither, Chrysanthemum Festival mountain climbing "resignation of the green" and the ancients in the spring of March spring tour "trekking" corresponds to. The Qing Dynasty Pan Rong ah compiled the "Imperial Capital Years and Years" records: "(Chongyang) have to rule to see with a drink in the countryside of each door to drink all day, called 'resignation of the Qing'."