What is the Chinese Double Nine festival?
What is the Chinese Double Nine festival?
Chong Yang Festival
| Double Ninth Festival | |
|---|---|
| Also called | Chong Yang Festival (重陽節) Chōyō (重陽) Jungyangjeol (중양절) Chrysanthemum Festival (菊の節句) Vietnamese: Tết Trùng Cửu |
| Observed by | Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese |
| Date | 9th day of the 9th lunar month |
| 2020 date | 25 October |
What is Double Ninth Festival in HK?
Chung Yeung Festival
The Chung Yeung Festival, or the Double Ninth Festival, falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month each year. This year, based on the Gregorian calendar, it falls on October 14. It’s a public holiday in Hong Kong steeped in rich tradition that goes back 2000 years to commemorate ancestors.
Which festival does the Chinese recite poems?
The Double Ninth Festival – 重阳节 (chóng yáng jié) – is a Chinese festival that falls on the 9th day of the 9th month of the lunar year.
Where is Double Ninth celebrated?
While the holiday is celebrated in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, it is only a public holiday in Hong Kong and Macau. This year, the Double Ninth Festival will take place on 14, October, 2021.
When did the Double Ninth Festival originate?
The Double Ninth Festival has 2,000 years of history dating back as early as the warring states period (475 – 220 BC), however during this time, it was only celebrated by royal families.
Why is the 9th of September called the Double Yang Festival?
According to the I Ching, nine is a yang number; the ninth day of the ninth lunar month (or double nine) has too much yang (a traditional Chinese spiritual concept) and is thus a potentially very auspicious date. Hence, the day is also called “Double Yang Festival” ( 重陽節 ).
What is the Double Ninth Festival in 2020?
In 2020, the Double Ninth Festival takes place on 25, October, 2020. According to records from the mysterious book Yi Jing, the number 6 belonged to the Yin character while the number 9 was thought to be of the Yang character. So, on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, both day and month are Yang characters.
What is the Double Ninth Festival of chrysanthemum?
The Double Ninth Festival is a golden time of the year. The first person who purportedly enjoyed chrysanthemum and drank chrysanthemum wine on the Chongyang Festival was the poet Tao Yuanming, who lived during the Jin Dynasty.
What does Chung Yeung Festival stand for?
The Double Ninth Festival (Chung Yeung Festival in Hong Kong, Chōyō (Japanese: 重陽), Vietnamese: Tết Trùng Cửu), observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar, is a traditional Chinese holiday, mentioned in writing since before the East Han period (before AD 25).
