| About Double Ninth Festival |
| The Double Ninth Festival is also known as Dual-Yang Festival and Chung Yeung Festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It is a traditional festival of China. This festival is celebrated on the ninth moon day to remember and pay tribute to the forefathers. Double Ninth may have originated as a day to drive away danger, but like the Chinese New Year. The Chung Yeung Festival is a day to respect and remember ancestors, a ritual that is widely followed in Hong Kong among the Chinese community. Traditionally, people go climbing on the Chung Yeung Festival. This custom come into story from the Han Dynasty tells of a man named Huan Ching. The man obeyed, and found upon returning home that all living things had died during their absence. Today stores sell rice cakes inserted with mini colorful flags to represent zhuyu. Today they are drinking chrysanthemum wine and eating chrysanthemum cakes are the highlights of this festival. |
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