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The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival,or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar.In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number
On this day, people will eat Double Ninth Gao (or Cake). In Chinese, gao(cake) has the same pronunciation with gao (height). People do so just to hopeprogress in everything they are engaged in. There is no fixed ways for theDouble Ninth Cake, but super cakes will have as many as nine layers, lookinglike a tower.
The Double Ninth Festival is also a time when chrysanthemum
blooms. China boasts diversified species of chrysanthemum and people haveloved them since ancient times. So enjoying the flourishing chrysanthemum alsobecomes a key activity on this festival. Also, people will drink chrysanthemumwine. Women used to stick such a flower into their hair or hang its branches onwindows or doors to avoid evilness.