What is the significance of the Chongyang Festival The origin of the Chongyang Festival

The Chongyang Festival, also known as the Festival of the Elderly, is a festival that has a tradition of honoring the elderly and loving them since ancient times, and because of the double-nine Chongyang has the meaning of a long, long time. Therefore, the significance of the Chongyang Festival in modern times is "honoring and respecting the elderly".

The Chongyang Festival, as early as the Warring States period has been formed, since the Wei and Jin Dynasties because of the atmosphere of the Chongyang increasingly strong times by the literati and writers chant, to the Tang Dynasty was officially designated as a folk festival, and since then successive dynasties have followed the present. Chrysanthemum and the first three days of March, "Treading Spring" is the family out of the room, Chrysanthemum on this day, all the relatives have to climb together to "avoid disaster".

In 1989, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month was designated as the Day of the Elderly, advocating that the whole society set up a culture of respect for the elderly, respect for the elderly, love for the elderly, help for the elderly.

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

Folk Activities

The Chrysanthemum Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that combines a variety of folk activities and cultural connotations throughout its history. Celebrations of the festival generally include trips to enjoy the scenery, climbing up to a high altitude, viewing chrysanthemums, picking Chinese herbs, sticking dogwoods all over the place, organizing feasts for the elderly, eating cakes, making medicinal wine and drinking chrysanthemum wine, and so on.

The Chung Yeung Festival is a time when "clear gas rises and turbid gas sinks", and the higher the terrain, the more the gas gathers, so "Chung Yeung Festival" has become a folkloric event to climb high and enjoy the clear gas. Autumn and September, the sky is high, this season can be achieved by climbing high and looking far away, fitness to eliminate the purpose of the disease.

Every day of the 9th anniversary of the sun, all over the organization of the elderly mountaineering autumn excursion, exchange of feelings, exercise activities. Many families of the younger generation will also help the elderly elders to the countryside activities. Chongyang Festival has a lot of folk activities and rich cultural connotations.

Sunshine autumn

The Chongyang Festival is the best time to enjoy autumn, and some mountain villages in southern China have retained the characteristics of "sunshine autumn". Going to the countryside to enjoy folklore and see the sun-drenched autumn has become a fashion for rural tourism.

"Sunshine autumn" is a typical agricultural phenomenon, with strong regional characteristics. In Hunan, Guangxi, Anhui, Jiangxi and other villagers living in mountainous areas, due to the complex terrain, the village flat land is very little, had to use the front and back of the house and the roof of their own windowsill frame sun, hanging sun crops, over time has evolved into a traditional agricultural phenomenon.

The villagers drying crops of this special way of life and the scene, and gradually became a painter, photographers chasing the creation of the material, and shaped the poetic "sunshine autumn" name.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Chongyang Festival