Talking about the Double Ninth Festival on the Ninth Day of the Ninth Lunar Month 九九话重阳

农历九月九日，是中国的重阳节。因为《易经》中把“六”定为阴数，把“九”定为阳数，九月九日，日月并阳，两九相重，故而叫重阳，也叫重九，中国古人认为这是个值得庆贺的吉利日子，并且从很早就开始过这个节日。
The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is Chinese Double Ninth Festival. Since “Six” was defined as Yin number and “Nine” was defined as Yang number in the Book of Changes, and the ninth day of the ninth lunar month has both a Yang date and month with double Nine, it is called the Double Yang Day (Double Ninth Day). The ancient Chinese people thought it was an auspicious day worth celebration, and the festival has been celebrated since ancient times.
庆祝重阳节的活动多彩浪漫，一般包括出游赏景、登高远眺、观赏菊花、遍插茱萸、吃重阳糕、饮菊花酒等活动。
The activities to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival are diverse and romantic, usually including going on a tour and sightseeing, ascending a height and looking far into the distance, admiring the beauty of chrysanthemums, wearing the dogwood sprig, eating Double Ninth cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine, etc.
如今的重阳节，被赋予了新的含义，在1989年，中国把每年农历的九月九日定为“老人节”，传统与现代巧妙地结合，成为尊老、敬老、爱老、助老的老年人的节日。
Today’s Double Ninth Festival is endowed with new meaning. In 1989, China made every ninth day of the ninth lunar month the “Seniors’ Day”. With the great integration of tradition and modernity, the day becomes a festival to show respect and honor to the aged, to love and care for the aged.