重阳节英语作文中国传统节日重阳节

　　DoubleNinthFestival
　　The9thdayofthe9thlunarmonthisthetraditionalChongyangFestival，orDoubleNinthFestival。ItusuallyfallsinOctoberintheGregoriancalendar。InanancientandmysteriousbookYiJing，orTheBookofChanges，number6wasthoughttobeofYincharacter，meaningfeminineornegative，whilenumber9wasthoughttobeYang，meaningmasculineorpositive。SothenumbernineinbothmonthanddaycreatetheDoubleNinthFestival，orChongyangFestival。ChonginChinesemeansdouble。Also，asdoubleninthwaspronouncedthesameasthewordtosignifyforever，bothareJiuJiu，theChineseancestorsconsidereditanauspiciousdayworthcelebration。TswhyancientChinesebegantocelebratethisfestivallongtimeago。
　　Thecustomofascendingaheighttoavoidepidemicswaspasseddownfromlongtimeago。Therefore，theDoubleNinthFestivalisalsocalledHeightAscendingFestival。Theheightpeoplewillreachisusuallyamountainoratower。Ancientliteraryfigureshaveleftmanypoemsdepictingtheactivity。Eventoday，peoplestillswarmtofamousorlittleknownmountainsonthisday。
　　Onthisday，peoplewilleatDoubleNinthGao（orCake）。InChinese，gao（cake）hasthesamepronunciationwithgao（height）。Peopledosojusttohopeprogressineverythingtheyareengagedin。ThereisnofixedwaysfortheDoubleNinthCake，butsupercakeswillhaveasmanyasninelayers，lookinglikeatower。
　　TheDoubleNinthFestivalisalsoatimewhenchrysanthemumblooms。Chinaboastspersifiedspeciesofchrysanthemumandpeoplehavelovedthemsinceancienttimes。Soenjoyingtheflourishingchrysanthemumalsobecomesakeyactivityonthisfestival。Also，peoplewilldrinkchrysanthemumwine。Womenusedtosticksuchaflowerintotheirhairorhangitsbranchesonwindowsordoorstoavoidevilness。
　　In1989，theChinesegovernmentdecidedtheDoubleNinthFestivalas。