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1、DoubleNinthFestivalThe9thdayofthe9thlunarmonthisthetraditionalChongyangFestival,orDoubleNinthFestival.ItusuallyfallsinOctoberintheGregoriancalendar.InanancientandmysteriousbookYiJing,orTheBookofChanges,number"6"wasthoughttobeofYincharacter,meaningfem
2、inineornegative,whilenumber"9"wasthoughttobeYang,meaningmasculineorpositive.SothenumbernineinbothmonthanddaycreatetheDoubleNinthFestival,orChongyangFestival.ChonginChinesemeans"double."Also,asdoubleninthwaspronouncedthesameasthewordtosignify"forever"
3、,bothare"JiuJiu,"theChineseancestorsconsidereditanauspiciousdayworthcelebration.That'swhyancientChinesebegantocelebratethisfestivallongtimeago. Thecustomofascendingaheighttoavoidepidemicswaspasseddownfromlongtimeago.Therefore,theDoubleNinthFestivalis
4、alsocalled"HeightAscendingFestival".Theheightpeoplewillreachisusuallyamountainoratower.Ancientliteraryfigureshaveleftmanypoemsdepictingtheactivity.Eventoday,peoplestillswarmtofamousorlittleknownmountainsonthisday. Onthisday,peoplewilleatDoubleNinthGa
5、o(orCake).InChinese,gao(cake)hasthesamepronunciationwithgao(height).Peopledosojusttohopeprogressineverythingtheyareengagedin.ThereisnofixedwaysfortheDoubleNinthCake,butsupercakeswillhaveasmanyasninelayers,lookinglikeatower. TheDoubleNinthFestivalisal
6、soatimewhenchrysanthemumblooms.Chinaboastsdiversifiedspeciesofchrysanthemumandpeoplehavelovedthemsinceancienttimes.Soenjoyingtheflourishingchrysanthemumalsobecomesakeyactivityonthisfestival.Also,peoplewilldrinkchrysanthemumwine.Womenusedtosticksuchaf
7、lowerintotheirhairorhangitsbranchesonwindowsordoorstoavoidevilness. In1989,theChinesegovernmentdecidedtheDoubleNinthFestivalasSeniors'Day.Sincethen,allgovernmentunits,organizationsandstreetscommunitieswillorganizeanautumntripeachyearforthosewhohavere
8、tiredfromtheirposts.Atthewatersideoronthemountains,theseniorswillfindthemselvesmergedintonature.Youngergenerationswillbringelderonestosuburbanareasorsendgiftstothemonthisday.
