The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Chong Yang Festival, a traditional festival in China. The celebrating activities are various and romantic ,including climbing mountains , appreciating chrysanthemums , wearing dogwoods , eating the Chong Yang cake and so on . “Nine” has the same pronunciation as the Chinese character “jiu” which stands for ”a long time” , and is the biggest single figure . Therefore it indicts longevity. There have been a lot of poems and works celebrating Chong Yang Festival and praising chrysanthemums since ancient times. People also believe that climbing mountains can expel bad luck, and indicates “climbing to a higher position” and “l(fā)ongevity”. China designates the ninth day of the ninth month as Senior ‘s Day , which combine tradition with modern times subtly to turn it into a festival for respecting , caring about , loving , and helping the elderly people .
　　農(nóng)歷九月初九為中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的節(jié)日—重陽(yáng)節(jié)。慶祝重陽(yáng)節(jié)的活動(dòng)多彩而浪漫，包括登高遠(yuǎn)眺、觀賞菊花、遍插茱萸、吃重陽(yáng)糕等。“九”與漢字“久”同音，又是個(gè)位數(shù)字之最，因此寓意長(zhǎng)壽長(zhǎng)久。自古以來(lái)，有不少賀重陽(yáng)用菊花的詩(shī)詞佳作。人們還以為，登高可以驅(qū)除霉運(yùn)，意指“晉升高位”和“長(zhǎng)壽”。中國(guó)把九月九日定為老人節(jié)，傳統(tǒng)與現(xiàn)代巧妙地結(jié)合，使之成為一個(gè)尊老、敬老、助老的節(jié)日。