The Chong Yang Festival, also known as the double Ninth Festival, falls on October 25th in the Gregorian calendar this year. It is a traditional Chinese holiday and is observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese lunar calendar.

According to the Yi Jing (I Ching), or The Book of Changes,

the number "6" was thought to be a Yin character, meaning feminine or negative, while the number "9" was thought to be Yang, meaning masculine or positive.

Therefore, the double ninth is called Chong Yang. Chong (Chinese character 重) means "double." The pronunciation of the number "9" is the same as the pronunciation of the Chinese character "久", which symbolises "forever". Double ninth (the ninth day of the ninth month) is pronounced the same as "久久". Hence, the number nine in both month and day creates the Double Ninth Festival. Chinese ancestors considered the festival an auspicious day worth celebration.

It is customary to climb mountains, drink chrysanthemum liquor, and wear the zhuyu (茱萸) plant (Cornus Officinalis) to celebrate the festival. People consider both chrysanthemum and zhuyu to have cleansing qualities and use them on other occasions to air out houses and cure illnesses.

P.S. 我这里的时间是九月初九上午，现在发布应该是不晚的[捂脸][捂脸]

词汇学习：

traditional [trəˈdɪʃənl] 传统的，习俗的，惯例的

observe [əbˈzɜːv] (formal) (正式用词) 庆祝，庆贺

Gregorian calendar [ɡrɪˌɡɔːriən ˈkælɪndə(r)] 公历，阳历

feminine [ˈfemənɪn] 女性特有的，女性的

negative [ˈneɡətɪv] 消极的， 负面的

masculine [ˈmæskjəlɪn] 男性的

positive [ˈpɒzətɪv] adj. 积极乐观的，自信的，积极的

auspicious [ɔːˈspɪʃəs] adj.吉利的，吉祥的

customary [ˈkʌstəməri] 习惯的，习惯的

chrysanthemum [krɪˈzænθəməm] 菊花

liquor [ˈlɪkə(r)] 酒

Cornus Officinalis 茱萸

cleanse [klenz] v. 清洗， 清洁，净化