What is the Chongyang Festival Chongyang Festival Introduction

1. Chongyang Festival, a traditional Chinese folk festival, is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year. The festival originated from the worship of heaven, evolved from the ancient times of the seasonal autumn harvest rituals. "Nine" number in the "I Ching" for the number of yang, "nine" two yang number is heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; because the sun and the moon are nine, so it is also known as "heavy nine The sun and the moon coincide with nine, so it is also called "Chongjiu". Nine nine to the true, the beginning of a yuan, the ancients believed that the nine suns are auspicious days. Ancient folk in the Chung Yeung Festival have climbed high to pray for blessings, autumn tour to enjoy chrysanthemums, wear dogwood, worship God and ancestor and drink feasts to pray for 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.

2, Chongyang Festival in the historical development and evolution of a variety of folklore into one, carrying a rich cultural connotation. In the folk concept of "nine" in the number is the largest number, there is a long life meaning, sends people to the elderly health and longevity of the blessing. 1989, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month was designated as "Respect for the Elderly Day", advocating the whole society to establish respect for the elderly, respect for the elderly, love for the elderly, and to help the elderly. On May 20, 2006, the Chongyang Festival was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council.