Which historical figure is the Chongyang Festival associated with

Related to Huanjing.

Legend:

Legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in the River Ru, and whenever it appeared, people fell ill in every house and people lost their lives every day, and the people in the area suffered from the plague demon's ravages.

A plague claimed the parents of a young man, Huan Jing, and he himself was nearly killed by the disease. After recovering from the disease, he left his beloved wife and his folks, determined to go out to visit the immortals and learn the art of ridding the people of the plague.

Huanjing traveled all over the world to visit famous masters and masters, and finally found the oldest mountain in the east, where there was an immortal chief who had unlimited power, and Huanjing, undaunted by the difficulties and dangers of the journey, was guided by a crane to the mountain.

When he found the immortal chief with magical power, he was touched by his spirit and finally took Huanjing in and taught him the art of demon-subduing sword and presented him with a demon-subduing sword. Huanjing was so impressed by the immortal's spirit that he took him in and taught him the art of demon-slaying sword and gave him a sword.

This day, the fairy chief called Huanjing to him and said, "Tomorrow is the ninth day of the ninth month, the plague demon will come out to do evil again, you have learned your skill, you should go back to get rid of the harm for the people". He gave Hengjing a bag of cornelian cherry leaves and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and taught Hengjing how to avoid the evil spirits, so that Hengjing could ride a crane and go back home.

Huanjing returned to his hometown, and on the morning of the ninth day of the ninth month, he led the townspeople to a nearby mountain according to the immortal chief's instructions, and gave each of them a piece of cornelian cherry leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and made preparations to subdue the evil spirits.

At noon, with a few screams, the plague of the devil rushed out of the Ru River, but the plague of the devil just jumped to the bottom of the mountain, suddenly smelled a burst of cornelian cherry and chrysanthemum wine gas, they stopped, face suddenly changed, then Huanjing holding a demon sword chased down the mountain, a few rounds of the Wen demon stabbed to death under the sword, from the first nine days of September, climbed up to the end of the epidemic custom year after year down.

Extended information:

Chongyang Festival, the first nine days of September of the lunar calendar every year, is a traditional festival of the Chinese people. In the I Ching, "nine" as the number of Yang, September 9, two nine overlap, so it is called "Chongyang"; because the day and the month are nine, so it is also known as "heavy nine".

Nine to the truth, the beginning of a yuan, the ancients believed that the nine suns are auspicious days. In ancient times, the folk in the Chongyang Festival have climbed high to pray for blessings, autumn tour to enjoy chrysanthemums, wear dogwood, sacrifices to the gods and ancestors and feasts to seek longevity and other customs. Nowadays, it has added the connotation of respecting the elderly, enjoying feasts and honoring the elderly on the day of Chung Yeung. The two important themes of today's Chrysanthemum Festival activities are to enjoy the autumn and to be grateful to the elderly.

According to existing historical evidence, the origin of the Chongyang Festival can be traced back to ancient times. Lvshi Chunqiu - Jiqiu Ji" contains, the ancient people in September when the harvest of crops sacrificed 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 a ritual activity. It was then molded in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished after the Tang Dynasty.

"Chongyang Festival" name records in the Three Kingdoms era, to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the festive atmosphere is growing stronger, with the custom of chrysanthemum viewing, drinking, doubly popular with the literati and writers, to the Tang Dynasty was formally designated as a folk festival, and since then it has been inherited by successive generations to the present day. Chrysanthemum ancestor worship folk custom has been followed for thousands of years, is an ancient folk custom with profound significance. Chrysanthemum, together with New Year's Eve, Qingming, and Zhongyuan, are the four major traditional festivals for ancestor worship in China.

The Chrysanthemum Festival, in the course of its historical development and evolution, has blended a variety of folklore into one, carrying a rich culture and connotation. In folklore, "nine" is the largest number in the numerals, which has the meaning of longevity and sends people's blessings to the elderly for a long and healthy life.

In 1989, the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar was designated as "Respect for the Elderly Day", advocating the establishment of a culture of respect for the elderly, respect for the elderly, love for the elderly, and help for the elderly in the whole society.

On May 20, 2006, the Chrysanthemum Festival was included in the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages by the State Council.

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