Chung Yeung Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday, observed on the
ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar.
Chung Yeung Festival is also called as Double Ninth Festival. This festival is related to a disastrous
incident that occurred during the Han dynasty.
Chinese people have celebrated in Double Ninth Festival by taking food and chrysanthemum wine to picnic on the
hillsides. Chrysanthemums are the symbols of good health and longevity.
Double Ninth Festival(Chung Yeung) is a public holiday in Hong Kong and Macau.
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