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There are myths and legends about the Chongyang Festival

Myths and legends of Chung Yeung Festival

Earlier legends about Chung Yeung Festival are found in the Liang Dynasty Wu Jun's "Continuation of Qi Harmony":

Ru Nan Huan Jing with Fei Changfang traveled to the school for many years, and Changfang said: "September 9, your home when there is a disaster. It is advisable to go quickly, so that the family members to make Jiang bag, holding cornelian cherry, to tie the arm, climbed high and drank chrysanthemum wine, this disaster can be eliminated." Jing as said, the family climbed the mountain. Evening still, see the chickens, dogs, cows and goats die a violent death. Changfang heard: "This can be replaced." Today, the world nine days to drink wine, women with cornelian cherry bladder, cover began here.

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Folk Evolution Version

Legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a plague demon in the River Ru, and as long as it appeared, people fell ill in every house and people lost their lives every day, and the people of the area suffered from the plague's ravages. A plague took away young Huanjing's parents, and he himself almost died of the disease. After recovering from the disease, he left his beloved wife and his folks, and resolved to go out to visit the immortals and learn the art to get rid of the plague for the people. Huanjing went around to visit the famous masters and masters, and finally found out that there is the oldest mountain in the east, and there is an immortal with infinite magic power on the mountain. Huanjing, undaunted by the difficulties and dangers and the distance, was guided by the cranes, and finally found the mountain, and found the immortal with magical magic power, who was touched by his spirit, and finally took in Huanjing and taught him the art of demon-slaying sword, and also presented him with a demon-slaying Huanjing was touched by his spirit and finally took him in. Huanjing was so impressed by his spirit that he took him in and taught him the art of demon-subduing sword, and gave him a demon-subduing 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 do away with evil for the people". He gave him a packet of cornelian cherry leaves and a cup of chrysanthemum wine, and taught him how to ward off evil spirits, and told him to ride a crane 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, 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 pounced to the mountain, suddenly smelled a burst of cornelian cherry and chrysanthemum wine gas, will stop, face suddenly changed, then Huan Jing 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 to climb the custom of avoiding the epidemic year after year down the line.


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The custom of ascending the heights on the Chongyang Festival was later regarded as an activity to avoid disasters and calamities.

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Chongyang Festival - Baidu Encyclopedia