Posted 2016/11/4
Double-Ninth Day , a traditional Chinese festival arriving on the ninth day of September in Chinese lunar calendar was established for a long time and has been aimed at paying respect to the old people nowadays. Having undergone a history of more than 2,000 years, the Double-Ninth Day was formally set down as a folk festival in the Tang Dynasty and both Emperors and civilians alike should celebrate the festival following the etiquette and custom. As time goes by, the Double-Ninth Day has gradually formed the celebrating conventions of going on a journey, ascending height, inserting cornel, appreciating chrysanthemum, eating Double-Nine cake, and drinking chrysanthemum wine. On that day, people always gather the whole family to spend the festival together, while those far from their homes will generally become more homesick on that day. As the figure "9" also stands for longevity and health in the traditional concept of Han people, the Chinese government set September 9 in the lunar calendar as "the Elder's Festival" in 1989. Now, the Double-Ninth Day has been enlisted as Intangible Cultural Heritage of China.
