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The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It's also(call) the Double Ninth Festival.
The festival started as/'ɜ:li/ as the Warring States Period (475—221 BC) . It has a history of more than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the(high) odd number (奇数). People believe that two "nines" meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holidayChinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many(kind) of activities in honor of old people, wishing them good/helθ/ and a long life.
The festival comes during the golden time of/fɔ:l/. On the day, people traditionally drink chrysanthemum (菊花)wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakesclimb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood. People in ancient times believed that plant could drive away evil (邪恶的)spirits and prevent them from(catch) an illness in winter.