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The Double Ninth is the short form for The Double Ninlh Festival, which refers to the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. "The Book of Changes" lays nine is the biggest Yang number, so the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is railed the double ninth. Double Ninth Hill-Climbing means to climb a hill on the rouble Ninth Festival. |
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- Its Origin
- Double Ninth Hill-Climbing has a long history. It is said that on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month people not only climb a hill but "wear Cornus officinallis, eat lotus seeds and drink...
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- Colorful Double Ninth Hill-climbing
- When it came to Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Double Ninth Hill-climbing was still very popular. In the Song dynasty, people carried Comus officinallis, drank the chrysanthemum liquid and...
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