What are the contents of honoring the elderly?

The content of the Chrysanthemum Festival to honor the elderly, generally include travel to enjoy the scenery, climb high and far away, viewing chrysanthemums, inserted dogwood all over, eat cake, drink chrysanthemum wine and other activities. In addition, due to the early September 999 resonance is a long time, there is a long meaning, so often in this day to pay homage to their ancestors and the implementation of respect for the elderly filial piety activities.

Because the ancient "I Ching" in the "six" as the number of yin, the "nine" as the number of yang, September 9, the sun and the moon and the sun, the two nine heavy, so it is called Chongyang, also known as the heavy nine, the ancients believe that it is a worthy of celebrating the Auspicious day, and from very early on this holiday.

Folk in the day there is the custom of climbing high, so the Chongyang Festival is also known as "Denggao Festival". There are also the Festival of the Ninth Moon, Cornucopia, Chrysanthemum Festival and other sayings. Due to the early September 9 "nine nine" harmonic is "long time", there is a long meaning, so often in this day to worship ancestors and the implementation of activities to honor the elderly. Chung Yeung Festival, together with the three festivals, namely, Bok, Ching and Yu, are also the four major festivals of traditional Chinese festivals for ancestor worship.

The Chrysanthemum Festival was formed as early as the Warring States period, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was officially designated as a folk festival, which has been carried on through the dynasties since then. There is a folk custom of climbing high on that day, so the Chongyang Festival is also known as the Denggao Festival, in addition to the Cornucopia Festival, Chrysanthemum Festival and other sayings.

Respecting and loving the old and helping the old is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and is a valuable spiritual wealth inherited from our forefathers. In our long-standing and profound traditional culture, emphasizing human morality and family harmony is the essence of our cultural traditions and a concrete manifestation of the strong cohesion and affinity of the Chinese nation.

In ancient China, there are stories of 24 filial piety, such as "lying on the ice to seek carp" and "tasting the soup and medicine", etc. "The old man is the old man, and the old man is the old man. The saying "honor my own aged parents and the aged of others" has become a rule of conduct for human beings. Everyone grows old, and there are old people in every family. Respecting the elderly is actually respecting ourselves! With the sharp increase in the elderly population in our country, the maintenance of the elderly, respect for the elderly and love the elderly this Chinese nation thousands of years of virtue is more important.