Climbing has a long history. There is a chapter in "Nine Feelings of Songs of the South" that records climbing in late autumn: "Sorrow is the spirit of autumn, the vegetation is bleak and the travel is embarrassing. Climbing the mountain near the water must be returned, the sky is high and the water is clear. "

Han inherited the custom of Chu and gradually evolved into the custom of climbing on Chongyang Mountain. According to Ge Hong's Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, as early as Liu Bang, the emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, there was a practice of climbing the mountain by Chongyang: "Go to three places in March, play with women in September, and then climb the mountain."

According to the Records of Chang 'an written in the Northern Song Dynasty, Chang 'an was the capital of the Han Dynasty, and there was a small high platform near Chang 'an. Whenever the Double Ninth Festival, people will climb the small platform to enjoy the beautiful scenery in autumn. Because the mountain they climbed was a small platform, it was called "climbing the mountain".

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The origin of traditional festivals is related to ancient primitive beliefs, sacrifices, calendars and other humanistic and natural cultural contents. Most of the traditional festivals in ancient times were formed in the activities of the ancients who chose auspicious day sacrifices to thank the gods of heaven and earth and the ancestors for their kindness. The Double Ninth Festival has a long history, starting from ancient times. In ancient times, the customs of the north and the south were different. Before the Spring and Autumn Period, the customs and activities of various places had not been integrated and circulated, and the customs and activities of the Double Ninth Festival were rarely recorded in the Central Plains literature.

The existing written records about the custom of the Double Ninth Festival were first found in the pre-Qin classic "Qiu Ji Ji Lu Chunqiu", which recorded the ancient people's activities of offering sacrifices to the Heavenly Emperor and ancestors in September. In the process of historical continuation, the Double Ninth Festival has integrated a variety of folk customs. With the development of the times, the cultural connotation of the Double Ninth Festival has been continuously extended and enriched.

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