重阳节英语作文：中国传统节日重阳节_1500字 day. On this day, people will eat Double Ninth Gao （or Cake）。 In Double Ninth Festival The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the Chinese, gao （cake） has the same pronunciation with gao （height）。 traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually People do so just to hope progress in everything they are engaged in. falls in October in the Gregorian calendar. In an ancient and There is no fixed ways for the Double Ninth Cake, but super cakes will mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number 6 was thought to be of Yin character, meaning feminine or negative, while number 9 was thought to be Yang, meaning masculine or positive. So the number nine in both month and day create the Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival. Chong in Chinese means double. Also, as double ninth was pronounced the same as the word to signify forever, both are Jiu Jiu, the Chinese ancestors considered it an auspicious day worth celebration. That ‘s why ancient Chinese began to celebrate this festival long time ago. The custom of ascending a height to avoid epidemics was passed down from long time ago. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called Height Ascending Festival. The height people will reach is usually a mountain or a tower. Ancient literary figures have left many poems depicting the activity. Even today, people still swarm to famous or little known mountains on this have as many as nine layers, looking like a tower. The Double Ninth Festival is also a time when chrysanthemum blooms. China boasts diversified species of chrysanthemum and people have loved them since ancient times. So enjoying the flourishing chrysanthemum also becomes a key activity on this festival. Also, people will drink chrysanthemum wine. Women used to stick such a flower into their hair or hang its branches on windows or doors to avoid evilness. In 1989, the Chinese government decided the Double Ninth Festival as. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/32406fdf0142a8956bec0975f46527d3240ca6c5.html