Today is 九月九日. Happy Double 9th to all Samsters!
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Double Ninth Festival
The Double Ninth Festival (Chong Yang Festival or Chung Yeung Festival in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Chōyō(Japanese: 重陽, Kiku no Sekku), Jungyangjeol (Hangul: 중양절, Hanja: 重陽節), Vietnamese: Tết Trùng Cửu), observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar, is a traditional Chinese holiday, mentioned in writing since before the Eastern Hanperiod (before AD 25).[2]
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Double Ninth Festival
The Double Ninth Festival (Chong Yang Festival or Chung Yeung Festival in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Chōyō(Japanese: 重陽, Kiku no Sekku), Jungyangjeol (Hangul: 중양절, Hanja: 重陽節), Vietnamese: Tết Trùng Cửu), observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar, is a traditional Chinese holiday, mentioned in writing since before the Eastern Hanperiod (before AD 25).[2]
| Double Nine Festival | |
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Chai Wan Cemetery, Hong Kong, 2015 | |
| Official name | Chong Yang Festival (重陽節) (重阳节)[1] |
| Also called | Chung Yeung Festival (重陽節) Chōyō (重陽) Jungyangjeol (중양절) [2][3] Chrysanthemum Festival (菊の節句) Vietnamese: Tết Trùng Cửu [4] |
| Observed by | Chinese Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese [2] |
| Date | 9th day of the 9th lunar month |
| 2018 date | 17 October |
| 2019 date | 7 October |
| 2020 date | 25 October |
| 2021 date | 14 October |
| Frequency | annual |
| Double Ninth Festival | |
| Traditional Chinese | 重陽節 |
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| Simplified Chinese | 重阳节 |
