Climbing mountains.
People like to climb mountains on this festival, so the Double Ninth Festival is also called "Mountain-climbing Festival". The ninth lunar mouth, with clear autumn sky and cool air, is a good time for sightseeing. . It is really cheerful to climb mountains and enjoy the beautiful nature at this clear time in autumn.
Climbing mountains also means "climbing to a higher position". . Climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival was already popular in the Tang Dynasty. A lot of poems were closely related to this custom.
Drinking Chrysanthemum Flower (菊花) Wine.
The chrysanthemum flower wine is made with special process. In ancient times, people usually picked fresh chrysanthemum flowers and leaves on the 9th of the 9th lunar month, and made the mixture of them and grains into the wine. . The wine is said to be good for the health and make people live longer.
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The Double Ninth cake is also known as "flower cake". It is from Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the cake was prepared after autumn harvests for farmers to have a taste of what was just in season before, and it gradually turned into the present cake for people to eat on the Double Ninth Festival.
A. Eating Double Ninth cake
B. Making "flower cake" with friends
C. So people love to go sightseeing this month
D. It would not be drunk until the same day next year
E. Here are some traditional customs of the Double Ninth Festival
F. But few Chinese people are aware of the importance of the festival
G. That's another reason why climbing mountains are valued by people, especially by the old
