What is the double ninth festival? How do Chinese people celebrate it ?
Origin of the double ninth festival There is another traditional festival of China, its official name is Chung Yeung Festival (重陽節) (重阳节) (also spelling Chong Yang Festival). Chong Yang festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. The ancient Chinese thought the number “nine”had a lucky and vigorous meaning. So it came from the coincidence that double nine meaning “double lucky”. What most Chinese people do on the double ninth festival? One of the traditional activities is mountain climbing. On such an autumn day, when the sky is high and the air is brisk, people stand on top of a mountain, feasting their eyes on the surrounding beauty of nature. Another custom of the festival is eating double ninth cakes . Because in Chinese “cake” 糕 "gāo" and “high” 高 are homophones, people would eat cakes to symbolize scaling heights. As every Chinese traditional festival has its corresponding food, Most people drink chrysanthemum tea. The festival is also an occasion...
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