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Each ninth day of September in Chinese lunar calendar is the Double-Ninth Day, a traditional festival of China. 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.

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  • 9-9 met date
    9-9 met date
    9-9 met date
    The Book of Changes, an old book in Chinese history, defines "9" as a Yang figure...
  • Height Ascending
    Height Ascending
    Height Ascending
    Height ascending is one of the main conventions on the Double-Ninth Day...
  • Double-Ninth Cake
    Double-Ninth Cake
    Double-Ninth Cake
    On that day, people will eat Double-Ninth cake which is also called rice cake with bean paste, chrysanthemum cake, or five-color cake...
  • Chrysanthemums
    Chrysanthemums
    Chrysanthemums
    As the festival is right in autumn when the chrysanthemums are in full bloom, the custom of appreciating chrysanthemums...
  • Cornel
    Cornel
    Cornel
    The cornel is a small evergreen tree with pinnate leaves and small greenish-white flowers...
  • Double-Ninth Day and Poets
    Double-Ninth Day and Poets
    Double-Ninth Day and Poets
    Since the ancient times, lots of poets have written down poems with the Double-Ninth Day as a theme...

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