重阳节 The Double Ninth Festival The ninthday of the ninth lunar month is the Chong Yang Festival, a traditional festivalin China. The celebrating activities are various and romantic ,includingclimbing mountains , appreciating chrysanthemums , wearing dogwoods , eatingthe Chong Yang cake and so on . “Nine” has the same pronunciation as theChinese character “jiu” which stands for ”a long time” , and is the biggestsingle figure . Therefore it indicts longevity.There have been a lot of poems and works celebrating Chong Yang Festival andpraising chrysanthemums since ancient times. People also believe that climbingmountains can expel bad luck, and indicates “climbing to a higher position” and“longevity”. China designates the ninth day of the ninth month as Senior ‘s Day, which combine tradition with modern times subtly to turn it into a festivalfor respecting , caring about , loving , and helping the elderly people . 农历九月初九为中国传统的节日—重阳节。庆祝重阳节的活动多彩而浪漫，包括登高远眺、观赏菊花、遍插茱萸、吃重阳糕等。“九”与汉字“久”同音，又是个位数字之最，因此寓意长寿长久。自古以来，有不少贺重阳用菊花的诗词佳作。人们还以为，登高可以驱除霉运， ——文章来源网，仅供分享学习参考 ~ 1 ~ 意指“晋升高位”和“长寿”。中国把九月九日定为老人节，传统与现代巧妙地结合，使之成为一个尊老、敬老、助老的节日。 ——文章来源网，仅供分享学习参考 ~ 2 ~ 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/db80d0bb32687e21af45b307e87101f69f31fb9a.html