{"id":922,"date":"2023-07-30T21:33:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T13:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/?p=922"},"modified":"2023-07-30T21:33:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T13:33:36","slug":"another-day-deserves-a-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/?p=922","title":{"rendered":"Another Day Deserves A Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chinese have many traditional festivals: Spring Festival to celebrate the new year, Tomb-sweeping Day to memorize those passed away, Mid-autumn Festival to reunite families\u2026etc.\u00a0Do you know what day is this Sunday?\u00a0October 25,\u00a0the ninth day of the ninth lunar\u00a0month <\/strong>this year<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0also an important day with long history. If you have not heard about\u00a0Chongyang Jie\u00a0or\u00a0the Double Ninth Day(\u91cd\u9633\u8282 ch\u00f3ng y\u00e1ng ji\u00e9<\/strong>), read the following…<\/p>\n\n\n

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Nostalgia Aroused by a Poem<\/strong>
In 718, 17-year-old Wang Wei<\/strong>(\u738b\u7ef4 701~761, famous poet and painter in Tang Dynasty<\/em>), was wandering among aristocrats with his pen in the city of Chang’an(China’s ancient capital<\/em>). No matter how jubilant people were and how tasty the wine was, nothing can soothe the sorrow of Wang\u2019s being a guest far away from his home. <\/p>\n\n\n

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On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month <\/strong>of that year, he climbed high alone on a mountain, thinking about his family thousands of miles away and wrote the poem-On Double Ninth Day Thinking of My Brothers at Home<\/strong>:
A lonely stranger in a foreign land I\u2019m cast,Sore sick for my dears on every festive day.By now my brothers must some heights have passed,But a cornel wearer missing will damp the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The poem moved the country as soon as it was completed. Since then, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month<\/strong> has been officially established as a statutory holiday as the Double Ninth Day<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Meaning of Double Nine<\/strong>
In the Book of Changes, the number of six is set as Yin(\u9634) while the number of nine is set as Yang(\u9633). The ninth day of the ninth lunar month<\/strong> includes two Yangs so it is called Chongyang(\u91cd\u9633 <\/strong>meaning <\/strong>overlapping Yang) as an auspicious day. In addition, nine is the largest number under ten and in Chinese nine(\u4e5d ji\u01d4<\/strong>) and long(\u4e45 ji\u01d4<\/strong>) are homophones, meaning long term, which implied long life since ancient times.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Therefore, Double Ninth Festival was placed the hope of the ancients for health and longevity in the very beginning.
<\/strong>The Earliest Festival Bonus<\/strong>
In Tang Dynasty, the government stipulated that every year, the last day of the first month, the third day of third month, and the ninth day of the ninth month<\/strong> in lunar calendar are the three major statutory festivals. Civil and military officials can choose their own favourite scenic spots to enjoy the scenery. Moreover, on the Double Ninth Day, the imperial court will reward officials, which is the earliest “festival bonus”(\u8fc7\u8282\u8d39 gu\u00f2 ji\u00e9 f\u00e8i<\/strong>) in history. <\/p>\n\n\n

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However, after years of circulation, today\u2019s Spring Festival, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-autumn festival occupied the list of Chinese four traditional festivals. The space of Double Ninth day in the hearts of modern people is reducing and we do not even take a day off to observe the tradition.
What do people do on this day?<\/strong>Exorcising evil spirits and avoiding disasters was the original theme of the Double Ninth Festival. From then on, the traditions of mountaineering(\u767b\u5c71d\u0113ng sh\u0101n<\/strong>) to look for hometown, wearing Cornel(\u8331\u8438zh\u016b y\u00fa<\/strong>) and appreciating chrysanthemum(\u8d4f\u83ca sh\u01ceng j\u00fa<\/strong>) have been passed on.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We eat Zongzi at Dragon Boat Festival and mooncake in Mid-autumn Festival, so there must be something for foodie on this day. Yes, Chongyang cake(\u91cd\u9633\u7cd5<\/strong>ch\u00f3ng y\u00e1ng g\u0101o<\/strong>) made of rice flour and fruit or nuts is the festival food people eat on this day, because Chinese have the custom of climbing high to avoid disaster on Double Ninth. Cake(\u7cd5<\/strong>g\u0101o<\/strong>) and highness(\u9ad8<\/strong>g\u0101o<\/strong>) pronounces the same.    <\/p>\n\n\n

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Respect the Senior<\/strong>
In modern times, Double Ninth Day is endowed with the new meaning of respecting the elderly. Respecting them is to respect the five-thousand years of Chinese culture. When we lead a fast paced life, those traditions are seldom celebrated. <\/p>\n\n\n

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We should understand that study, work, marriage\u2026every step of growing up could mean\u00a0a step away from the senior in the family. Caring for the old has unexpectedly became\u00a0more difficult thing than thousands years earlier. Always going home and visit our parents and grand parents\u00a0is what we\u00a0can do through\u00a0company.\u00a0Even you cannot do it,\u00a0at least\u00a0let them know you love them through message or phone call on this coming Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chinese have many traditional festivals: Spring Festival to celebrate the new year, Tomb-sweeping Day to memorize those passed away, Mid-autumn Festival to reunite families\u2026etc.\u00a0Do you know what day is this Sunday?\u00a0October 25,\u00a0the ninth day of the ninth lunar\u00a0month this year\u00a0is\u00a0also an important day with long history. If you have not heard about\u00a0Chongyang Jie\u00a0or\u00a0the Double Ninth Day(\u91cd\u9633\u8282 ch\u00f3ng y\u00e1ng ji\u00e9), read the following…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,3],"tags":[7,5,43],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":932,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions\/932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.mandarininn.cn\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}