重阳节，又称“踏秋”，汉族传统节日。庆祝重阳节一般会包括出游赏景、登高远眺、观赏菊花、遍插茱萸、吃重阳糕、饮菊花酒等活动。

每年的农历九月初九日，也是中国传统四大祭祖的节日 。重阳节早在战国时期就已经形成，到了唐代，重阳被正式定为民间的节日，此后历朝历代沿袭至今。重阳与三月初三日“踏春”皆是家族倾室而出，重阳这天所有亲人都要一起登高“避灾”。
The Double Ninth Festival, also known as the 'foot of autumn', Chinese traditional festival. To celebrate the festival usually includes travel Shangjing, climb mountains, enjoy chrysanthemums, biancha Mastixia, eat Double Ninth cakes and drink chrysanthemum wine activities. The annual Lunar New Year in September the ninth day of the fourth month and four Chinese traditional ancestor worship festival. The Double Ninth Festival early in the Warring States period has been formed, to the Tang Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as the folk festival, later dynasties followed so far. The Double Ninth Festival in March and the third day 'spring' is the one room and the family, the double ninth day all the family should take 'refuge'.

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　　the 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional chongyang festival, or double ninth festival. it usually falls in october in the gregorian calendar. in an ancient and mysterious book yi jing, or the book of changes, number "6" was thought to be of yin character, meaning feminine or negative, while number "9" was thought to be yang, meaning masculine or positive. so the number nine in both month and day create the double ninth festival, or chongyang festival. chong in chinese means "double." also, as double ninth was pronounced the same as the word to signify "forever", both are "jiu jiu," the chinese ancestors considered it an auspicious day worth celebration. that's why ancient chinese began to celebrate this festival long time ago.

the custom of ascending a height to avoid epidemics was passed down from long time ago. therefore, the double ninth festival is also called "height ascending festival". the height people will reach is usually a mountain or a tower. ancient literary figures have left many poems depicting the activity. even today, people still swarm to famous or little known mountains on this day.