China has numerous festivals, and Chongyang Festival is an important one, which is also called Double Ninth Festival.

Chongyang Festival of 2013 falls on October 13. There is no holiday for this traditional festival. Its schedule in recent years is shown in the table on the right.

Introduction to Chongyang Festival

Held on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month, Chongyang Festival is also called Double Ninth Festival. In Chinese, nine is regarded as the number of Yang (which means masculine as opposed to Yin which is feminine). The ninth day of the ninth month is the day that has two Yang numbers, and 'chong' in Chinese means double which is how the name Chongyang was created. It is a day for people to eat Chongyang cake, drink chrysanthemum wine, climb mountains, and pay homage to chrysanthemums.