爱华网the 9thdayof the9thlunarmonthisthetraditionalchongyang
festival,（重阳节）
or
double
ninth
festival.
it
usually
falls
in
october
in
the
gregorian
calendar.
in
an
ancient
and
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
day.
