Today is September ninth by lunar

calendar. It's the Double Ninth Festival.

今天是农历九月初九，重阳节。

lunar calendar 农历

solar calendar 阳历

重阳节的英语

Double Ninth Festival

Chong Yang Festival

Chung Yeung Festival

Seniors' Day 老人节

Height Ascending Festival 登高节

Chrysanthemum Festival 菊花节

重阳节的时间

The Time of Double Ninth Festival

The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival, is also called "Cornel Festival" and "Chrysanthemum Festival", which has a history of more than 1,700 years. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar.

农历的九月初九是重阳节，又名“茱萸节”，“菊花节”。这是一个很古老的节日，距今已有1700多年的历史。通常在公历（阳历）的十月份。

重阳节的命名

The Name of Double Ninth Festival

In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing (The Book of Changes), number "6" was thought to be of Yin character, meaning feminine or negative, while number "9" was thought to be Yang, meaning masculine or positive. So the number nine in both month and day creates "the Double Ninth Festival" or "Chongyang Festival".

因为古老的《易经》中把“六”定为阴数，把 “九”定为阳数，在农历的九月初九那天，日月并阳，两九相重，故而叫“重阳”，也叫“重九”。