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| Contentid | 11804 |
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| Title | Chongjiujie Resources for Your Classroom |
| Body | 中秋节 (Zhongqiujie) - the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (or Moon Festival) - is a well-known tradition even in the west, where moon cakes and lantern-lightings abound. But a lesser-known traditional holiday in China is the Double Ninth Festival, which lands on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. In 2010, it will be celebrated on October 16. Double Ninth was first mentioned in writing before the Eastern Han period, and is traditionally observed by the climbing of a high mountain and drinking of chrysanthemum wine. In the twentieth century, it evolved in to Senior Citizens' Day: Taking nine as the highest odd digit, two nines together signify longevity, and so the ninth day of the ninth lunar month has become a special day for people to pay their respects to the elderly. Contemporarily, the holiday involves hiking, chrysanthemum appreciation, a poem, and a song. Bring 重九节 into Your Classroom Read a copy of the Tang Dynasty poem, "Double Ninth, Missing My Shandong Brothers" - complete with pinyin and characters at http://www.targetchinese.com/targetpedia/the-double-ninth-festival-the-origin-and-a-poem Watch and listen to this performance of 九月九的酒 - a catchy song that even beginning Chinese language students can learn- at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OaSfiWtUmI |
| Source | Asia Society |
| Inputdate | 2010-10-01 09:33:00 |
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