Stories about Chongyang Festival allusion

An allusion to the Chongyang Festival:

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague in the River Ru, whenever it appeared, people fell ill in every house, and people lost their lives every day; the people in the area suffered from the ravages of the plague.

A plague took away Hengjing's parents, and he himself almost died. After recovering from the disease, Hengjing left his wife and relatives and resolved to visit the immortals to learn the art of ridding the people of the plague. Hengjing visited all the famous mountains, and finally found out that there was an immortal on one of the oldest mountains in the east who had infinite power. Under the guidance of a crane, the immortal finally took Hengjing in and taught him the art of demon-slaying sword and presented him with a demon-slaying sword. Hengjing was able to practice hard and sleeplessly, and finally developed his martial arts skills.

This day, the fairy chief called Hengjing to him and said: "Tomorrow, on the ninth day of the ninth month, the plague demon will come out to do evil again, you have learned your skill and should go back to get rid of the harm for the people" The fairy chief gave Hengjing a pack of cornelian cherry leaves, a cup of chrysanthemum poros wine, and taught him the usage of the evil spirits in a secret way, and told Hengjing to ride on the crane and hurry back home.

Hengjing returned to his hometown, and on the morning of the 9th day of the 9th lunar month, he led the townspeople to a nearby mountain according to the immortal chief's instructions, and then gave each of them a piece of cornelian cherry leaf and a cup of chrysanthemum wine. At noon, with a few strange screams plague demon rushed out of the River Ru, the plague demon just swooped down to the mountain, suddenly blowing gusts of cornelianthus strange fragrance and chrysanthemum wine gas.

The plague demon stopped abruptly, face suddenly changed, Hengjing holding a demon sword chased down the mountain, a few rounds on the Wen Demon stabbed to death under the sword, and from then on the ninth day of the ninth month of September, the custom of ascending to avoid the epidemic year after year passed down.

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The Chongyang Festival originated from the worship of heavenly signs, which began in ancient times, popularized in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. According to the existing historical materials and evidence, in ancient times, there are in the seasonal autumn harvest held in heaven, ancestor worship activities; ancient people in September when the crop harvest sacrifice to the emperor of heaven, ancestor worship, in order to thank the emperor of heaven, ancestor benevolence activities, which is the Chung Yeung Festival as a fall harvest rituals and the existence of the original form. 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 Chrysanthemum Festival, in the course of its historical development and evolution, has blended a variety of folklore into one, carrying a rich cultural connotation. On May 20, 2006, the Chongyang Festival was included in the State Council's list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages.

The Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly of the People's Republic of China, which was amended and adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in 2012, stipulates that the festival is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year.