Climbing to eat cakes on the Double Ninth Festival originally originated from climbing, and the Double Ninth Festival is also called "Climbing Festival". It is said that people who can climb can avoid disaster, and those who can't climb or don't want to climb eat cakes at home. Eating Chongyang cake originated from climbing high, and the word "cake" is homophonic with "high", which symbolizes the auspicious meaning of "people go high", "step by step" and "everything is high".

In addition, the moral of Chongyang cake is to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters. Aminxie wrote in "Five Miscellanies": "At dawn on September 9, children will be covered with a cake to welcome good luck and ward off evil spirits"; Another moral is to respect the elderly. There is a saying in Jiangnan: "Chongyang doesn't eat cakes, but you will tell others when you get old."

Local custom

Guangdong 1

In ancient Guangdong, on September 9, nine emperors' clubs were built to fight with courtesy. Guangzhou celebrates the Double Ninth Festival, and people climb Baiyun Mountain to enjoy autumn fitness. Wuchuan Double Ninth Festival, a high-standard banquet, a banquet to respect the elderly. In Huaiji County, Chongyang is regarded as the occasion of Yuan Di's enlightenment. Yangjiang will fly kites during the Double Ninth Festival.

2. Hong Kong and Macau

In the customs of Hong Kong and Macao people, Tomb-Sweeping Day is the "Spring Festival" and the Double Ninth Festival is the "Autumn Festival". The traditional custom of ancestor worship in Chongyang Mountain continues to this day. In Hong Kong and Macau, the ancient Double Ninth Festival has now evolved into a diversified festival.

3. Guangxi

On September 9th in Longan County, cattle and sheep were allowed to feed on their own. As the saying goes, "on September 9, cattle and sheep will keep their food." Tomb-Sweeping Day is a spring festival, the Double Ninth Festival is an autumn festival, and worshipping mountains on Double Ninth Festival is one of the customs in Lingnan. The tradition of pursuing the distance carefully and thinking about the source has been passed down for thousands of years.