We all know that the Double Ninth Festival refers to September 9 of the lunar calendar or the lunar calendar. What is the date of this year's Double Ninth Festival in the Gregorian calendar or the Gregorian calendar? Is it a national legal holiday? How many days will you take off? Let Xiaobian introduce it to you!
This year's Double Ninth Festival is October 7, the last day of the seven day National Day holiday. In addition, the Double Ninth Festival is not a national legal holiday.
Double Ninth Festival, also known as old people's day. It is a legal holiday, but not a legal holiday. After all, it is not a holiday for all people, but a holiday for some people (the elderly). And they have reached the age of retirement and don't need a holiday. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival has not been designated as a legal holiday.
September 9 of the lunar calendar is the traditional Double Ninth Festival. Because the ancient book of changes set 'six' as the Yin number and 'nine' as the Yang number. On September 9, the sun and moon merge into Yang, and the two and nine weigh each other, it is called Double Ninth, also known as double ninth. The ancients thought it was an auspicious day worthy of celebration, and began to celebrate this festival very early.
The activities to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival are colorful and romantic. Generally, they include traveling and enjoying the scenery, climbing up to look into the distance, watching chrysanthemums, planting Cornus everywhere, eating double ninth cake, drinking chrysanthemum wine and so on.