Today is September ninth by lunar calendar. It's the Double Ninth Festival. Will you go to climb the Green Mountain with your parents？
今天是农历九月初九，是重阳节。你会和父母一起去登高吗？
During the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was on official lists of folk festivals.
在唐朝期间，九九重阳节就被官方列入了民间节日。
During the Chongyang Festival, people went outside and climbed mountains together, and engaged in many other outdoor activities, such as enjoying the chrysanthemum, inserting Zhuyu, eating Chongyang cakes, and drinking chrysanthemum wines, among others.
重阳节这天,人们外出爬山,或从事其他户外活动,比如赏菊花、插茱萸、吃重阳糕、饮菊花酒,等等。
重阳节习俗
The Customes of Double Ninth Festival
Climbing Mountains 登山
People believed that climbing to high places on the Double Ninth Festival can prevent disease as in its legend, so that it is also known as the Height Ascending Festival.
人们相信爬上高处重阳节可以预防疾病的传说,所以它也被称“登高节”。
Today, it is a golden time to enjoy natural beauty with friends and relatives.
现在呢，重阳节是带着朋友亲戚出去欣赏自然美景的黄金时间。
Enjoy rysanthemums 赏菊
Chrysanthemum originated in China and was recorded in some Chinese books as early as the 5th century B.C. Chrysanthemum blossom in the ninth lunar month have a beautiful name of “flower of longevity”.
菊花产自中国，最早记载始于公元前5世纪。菊花在阴历九月盛开，它有一个美称“长寿之花”
Drinking Chrysanthemum Flower Wine 饮菊花酒
The chrysanthemum flower wine is unique in brewing. In ancient times，people usually picked fresh chrysanthemum flowers and leaves on the 9th of the 9th lunar month, and brewed the mixture of them and grains into the wine, which would not be drunk until the same day next year.
菊花酒的酿造十分独特。古时，人们在九月九日采摘新鲜的菊花和菊花叶，然后把它们和谷粒一起酿制成酒。等到来年的同一时候再打开品尝。
Wearing the Zhuyu 插茱萸
Wearing the Zhuyu plant is very prevalent in the Tang Dynasty.
It was considered that the Zhuyu plant could protect them from diseases and disasters.
佩戴茱萸在唐朝的时候很流行。茱萸被认为可以保护他们免受疾病和灾难。
People usually wear it around their arm, or make asachetwhich is tied to their waistband.
人们通常把茱萸佩戴在他们的胳膊上,或者做一个香囊系在腰带上。
Eating Double Ninth Cake 吃重糕
The Double Ninth cake is also known as “chrysanthemum cake” or “flower cake”. It dates back to the Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the cake was originally prepared after autumn harvests for farmers to have a taste of what was just in season, and it gradually grew into the present cake for people to eat on the Double Ninth Day.
重阳糕又名“菊花糕”或“花糕”重阳糕的历史可追溯到周朝。相传，最初人们是为了庆祝秋收而制作重阳糕的。到现在，就逐渐发展为在重阳佳节人们常吃的一种糕点了。
Flying a paper crane 放纸鸢
Paper crane is just kite. According to our traditions and customs, flying kites usually happen at the Qing Ming Festival. But Tomb Sweeping Festival is during the rainy season which obviously is not suit for flying a kite, while Double Ninth Day owns clear autumn sky and crisp air making kite flying a best outdoor activity.
纸鸢类似于风筝。据中国传统习俗，人们通常在清明节放风筝。但每逢清明，也是雨纷纷的时节，因而并不适合放风筝。相比之下，重阳节这天，秋高气爽，最适合户外放风筝。
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