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the 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional chongyang festival, or double ninthfestival. it usually falls in october in the gregorian calendar. in an ancient and mysterious bookyi jing, or the book of changes, number "6" was thought to be of yin character, meaningfeminine 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 chongyangfestival. chong in chinese means "double." also, as double ninth was pronounced the same asthe word to signify "forever", both are "jiu jiu," the chinese ancestors considered it anauspicious day worth celebration. that's why ancient chinese began to celebrate this festivallong time ago.