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The Chrysanthemum Festival, is a festival held in the town of Xiaolan in November. [1] Zhongshan is sometimes called "Chrysanthemum city" because of its chrysanthemum culture. During the Ming dynasty , people planted chrysanthemums and gathered together to appreciate them.
A chrysanthemum festival is held each year in Tongxiang, near Hangzhou, China. [27] Chrysanthemums are the topic in hundreds of poems of China. [28] The "golden flower" referred to in the 2006 movie Curse of the Golden Flower is a chrysanthemum.
[citation needed] The town is well known for its Chrysanthemum plants, and is often called “Chrysanthemum City” (Chinese: 菊城; pinyin: Jú Chéng), according to the town's government. [1] From October to November every year, Xiaolan hosts a chrysanthemum festival along its major streets and parks.
In Japan, the festival is known as Chōyō but also as the Chrysanthemum Festival (菊の節句, Kiku no Sekku) and it is one of Japan's five sacred ancient festivals (sekku). [14] [15] [16] It is most commonly celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th month according to the Gregorian calendar rather than the lunisolar calendar, i.e. on September 9.
The tradition of cultivating varieties of chrysanthemums extends back 1600 years, and the scale of cultivation reached its height during the Song dynasty until its loss to the Jürchens in 1126. The city has held the Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Cultural Festival since 1983 (renamed China Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Cultural Festival in 1994).
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