When is the Double Ninth Festival? Is Double Ninth Festival a legal holiday?

When is the Double Ninth Festival? Is Double Ninth Festival a legal holiday?
Speaking of the Double Ninth Festival, I believe everyone is familiar with it. So, let’s take a look at what day is the Double Ninth Festival? Is Double Ninth Festival a legal holiday? The ninth month of the lunar calendar is the ninth month of the lunar year and the third month of autumn. September has cool weather, making it a great time to go out and play. Follow the editor to Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about the ninth month of the lunar calendar.

When is the Double Ninth Festival?

The Double Ninth Festival is one of my country's traditional festivals, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year.
As early as the Warring States Period, the Double Ninth Festival had already begun to emerge, and various sacrificial activities began to be held to celebrate the year's harvest. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, countless literati and poets competed to recite it, which made the festive atmosphere of the Double Ninth Festival even higher. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the Double Ninth Festival was officially designated as a folk festival.
In 1889, the Double Ninth Festival was designated as "Old People's Day" with the aim of advocating a social atmosphere of respecting, honoring, loving and helping the elderly. In 2006, the State Council included the Double Ninth Festival in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Is Double Ninth Festival a legal holiday?

No, the Double Ninth Festival is not a statutory holiday in our country, so there is no holiday on it.
Our country’s statutory holidays are as follows:
New Year’s Day: 3 days holiday from January 1st to 3rd.
Spring Festival: 7 days of holiday from February 11th to 17th.
Qingming Festival: 3 days of holiday from April 3rd to 5th.
Labor Day: May 1st to 5th are holidays, a total of 5 days.
Dragon Boat Festival: Holiday from June 12th to 14th, a total of 3 days.
Mid-Autumn Festival: 3 days holiday from September 19th to 21st.
National Day: October 1st to 7th, a total of 7 days of holidays.

What are some ancient poems describing Double Ninth Festival?

The Ninth Day in Sichuan/Climbing the Mountain on the Ninth Day
Wang Bo (Tang Dynasty)
On the ninth day of the ninth month, at the Wangxiang Terrace, he holds a farewell banquet for his guests from a foreign land.
People are tired of the suffering in the south, so why are the wild geese coming from the north?
Xingxiangzi: Heaven and Autumn Light
Li Qingzhao (Song Dynasty)
The sky and the autumn light, the love is sad, looking for golden flowers, I know that Double Ninth Festival is near. Trying on thin clothes for the first time, tasting the green ants for the first time, gradually there is wind, rain, and coolness.
In the courtyard at dusk, I feel anxious and worried. When I sober up, I feel sad about the past. How can I bear the endless night with the bright moon and an empty bed? I heard the sound of pounding, the thin chirping of crickets, and the long sound of water clock.

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