Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang Jie) Beijing

Historically interesting and culturally rich, Beijing is a beautiful city and the capital of the People's Republic of China. The city is a home to number of festivals and events and therefore visited by large number of tourists ever year. Spring festival, lantern festival, kite festival, Double Ninth festival (Chongyang Jie) etc. are some of the important festivals and events in Beijing. AsiaRooms offers to give you online information on Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang Jie), Beijing, China.

Also known as Chongyang festival, the Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar and hence called the double ninth festival. Chrysanthemum has a special significance on this festival and people drink chrysanthemum wine and chrysanthemum cakes on this day. According to the belief, Chrysanthemum not only helps in detoxification but also helps in driving away evil spirits.

Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang Jie), Beijing is also special because it is considered a day for the elderly and people pay their respects to the elderly on this day. In the year 1989, the Chinese government decided to declare the Double Ninth Festival as Senior's Day and would also provide them with privileges like organizing an autumn trip for the elderly etc. During this festival the younger generation also gives gifts to the elderly as a mark of respect and affection.

Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang Jie), Beijing is celebrated during the golden season of autumn and therefore attracts lot of visitors from all over the world. Tourists visiting during this time not only enjoy the festival but also go hiking and climbing in the countryside.

Double Ninth Festival is also called the Height ascending festival as the custom of ascending a height to avoid epidemics is followed during this occasion.

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