The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival.It
is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.It's also(81) (call) the Double Ninth Festival.
The festival started as(82) /ˈɜ:li/as the Warring States Period (475﹣221BC).It has a history of more than
1,700 years.Among the numbers from zero to nine,nine is the(83) (high) odd number (奇数).People believe that two"nines"meeting together stand for a long life.So it
is a special holiday(84) Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders.They hold many(85) (kind) of activities in honor of old people,wishing them good(86) /helθ/and a long life.
The festival comes during the golden time of(87) /fɔ:l/.On the day,people traditionally
drink chrysanthemum (菊花)wine,eat Double﹣Ninth Cakes(88) climb mountains.They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood.People in ancient times believed that (89) plant
could drive away evil (邪恶的)spirits and prevent them from(90) (catch) an illness in
winter.