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The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It's also c____the Double Ninth Festival.
The festival started as e____as the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). It has a history of more than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the h____ odd number (奇数).
People believe that two “nines” meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday f____Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many k____of activities in honor of old people, wishing them good h____and a long life.
The festival comes d____the golden time of fall. On the day, people traditionally drink Chrysanthemum (菊花) wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakes and c____mountains. They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood. People in ancient times b____that the plant could drive away evil (邪恶的) spirits and prevent them from c____ an illness in winter.
