What anniversary is September 9th?

September 9th in the Gregorian calendar is the Double Ninth Festival.

The Double Ninth Festival, also known as "Taking Autumn", is a traditional festival of the Han nationality.

Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes activities such as traveling to enjoy the scenery, climbing high to overlook, viewing chrysanthemums, planting dogwood trees, eating Double Ninth cakes, and drinking chrysanthemum wine.

The Double Ninth Festival is a Chinese folk custom.

The Double Ninth Festival is also known as the Senior Citizen's Day.

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year is also one of the four traditional ancestor worship festivals in China.

The Double Ninth Festival has been formed as early as the Warring States Period. In the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a folk festival, and has been followed by all dynasties ever since.

The Double Ninth Festival and the "Spring Outing" on the third day of March are both the whole family members. On the Double Ninth Festival, all relatives must climb up together to "avoid disasters."

Customs related to the Double Ninth Festival 1. Climbing high The Double Ninth Festival first has the custom of climbing. In the golden autumn of September, the sky is high and the air is crisp. Climbing high in this season can achieve the purpose of feeling relaxed and happy, keeping fit and curing diseases.

2. Eating Double Ninth Cake is related to climbing. There is a custom of eating Double Ninth Cake.

Gaohe cake is a homophonic word. As a festival food, it was first used to celebrate the harvest of autumn grains and to enjoy new crops. Later, the folk people began to climb high and eat cakes to gain the auspicious meaning of climbing higher and higher.

3. Appreciating chrysanthemums on Double Ninth Festival has always been a custom of appreciating chrysanthemums, so it has also been called the Chrysanthemum Festival since ancient times.

The ninth month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the chrysanthemum month. A chrysanthemum conference is held during the festival, and crowds of people come to enjoy the chrysanthemums.

Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the Three Kingdoms, it has become fashionable to gather for drinking, appreciating chrysanthemums and composing poems on the Double Ninth Festival.

In ancient Han customs, chrysanthemums symbolize longevity.