The Chong Yang Festival falls on the 9th day of the ninth lunar month, so it is also called Double-Ninth Festival.

        The traditional activities on Chong Yang Festival are admiring chrysanthemums and climbing high mountains. It is said that climbing mountain on that day, diseases and misfortunes could be prevented.


   
        Chrysanthemum is the flower of longevity and blooms during the festival. It is fun to admire the pretty chrysanthemums with family members and friends on this holiday.


        On the festival day, people will eat Chong Yang cakes and drink chrysanthemums wines. Cake is pronounced as 'gao' in Chinese which means high. Eating a cake is considered as climbing a high mountain which means making progress and improve to a higher level. Drinking Chrysanthemum wine is considered to drive the evil, diseases and disarsters away.
        Chinese has the fine tradition to respect the aged. Nine in Chinese is pronounced as ' jiu' which has the same pronunciation as 久 which means long ( longevity), so in recent years, Chong Yang Festival is set as the formal holiday for the old - the Senior's Day, a time to show respect for the elderly, and to wish them good health, happiness and long life.