ThelegendoftheDoubleNinthFestivaleatDoubleNinthcakecanbegoodexceptdisease,carryingdogwoodclimbing,canavoidevil.
"Qi"isthe"home:Chongyangcake,winewithhighvisionfartoo,feastoftours,toChangQiuzhi.Thewinewillcollectdogwoodchamomiletopan,bothdrunkandfar."
IntheTangDynasty,Wang"SeptemberKauYi,Shandongbrothers":"onlyinaforeignland,SzeSzetimes;remotebrothersclimbdepartment,times,Zhuyuedafewpeople."
TheTaoYuanmingpoem:"thechrysanthemumasmyheart,inSeptembernine,theguestsknowwhatImean,Chongyangtogether."
Todayisthedoubleninthfestival,Iwenttothelotusflowermountaintoplaywithmymother,wewenttolianhuamountain,fathersaidtogetthenewspaper,thendisappeared,wehadtoclimblianhuamountain.
Ifirstunderthelianhuawarm-upexerciseinthepark,then,wegotoclimbthelianhua,Iranquicklytothetopofthehill,allthewaytothestatueofdengxiaoping'sthere,wewenttofindfather,daddidn'tfind,wecaneatup,weatepeanuts,bread,drankthemineralwater,waituntilwe,satiatedwithfoodandthenwentdownthemountain.AsIwalkeddownthehill,mysisterandIweresofarawaythatwewereleftbehind,andwefinallywalkedout.
Thenwewenttotheuncle'shouseagainandsawdad,andthendadwasgoingoutagain.Dadwalkedforawhileandwewentaway.
That'sthekindofthingthathappenedonthedoubleninthfestival.
The9thdayofthe9thlunarmonthisthetraditionalChongyangFestival,orDoubleNinthFestival.ItusuallyfallsinOctoberintheGregoriancalendar.InanancientandmysteriousbookYiJing,orTheBookofChanges,number6wasthoughttobeofYincharacter,meaningfeminineornegative,whilenumber9wasthoughttobeYang,meaningmasculineorpositive.SothenumbernineinbothmonthanddaycreatetheDoubleNinthFestival,orChongyangFestival.ChonginChinesemeansdouble.Also,asdoubleninthwaspronouncedthesameasthewordtosignifyforever,bothareJiuJiu,theChineseancestorsconsidereditanauspiciousdayworthcelebration.That'swhyancientChinesebegantocelebratethisfestivallongtimeago.
Thecustomofascendingaheighttoavoidepidemicswaspasseddownfromlongtimeago.Therefore,theDoubleNinthFestivalisalsocalledHeightAscendingFestival.Theheightpeoplewillreachisusuallyamountainoratower.Ancientliteraryfigureshaveleftmanypoemsdepictingtheactivity.Eventoday,peoplestillswarmtofamousorlittleknownmountainsonthisday.