When is Double Ninth Festival?
Double Ninth Festival 2026 is on Sunday, October 18, 2026.
People climb hills, drink chrysanthemum tea and visit ancestors’ graves. In China it is also a day to honor older people.
How the date is set: The 9th day of the 9th Chinese month (October).
The date in other years
A short history
The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It is a statutory public holiday in Hong Kong (as Chung Yeung Festival) and Macau, and is observed in several East Asian countries. According to historian Wu Jun, it dates back to the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD). According to the I Ching, nine is a yang number; the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar (or double nine) has extra yang (a traditional Chinese spiritual concept) and is thus an auspicious date.
From Wikipedia’s article Double Ninth Festival, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sources
- Hong Kong Observatory: Gregorian–Lunar calendar conversion tables Dates
- Wikipedia: Double Ninth Festival Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)