重阳节英语作文:中国传统节日重阳节 DoubleNinthFestival The9thdayofthe9thlunarmonthisthetraditionalChongyangFestival,orDoubleNinthFestival。ItusuallyfallsinOctoberintheGregoriancalendar。InanancientandmysteriousbookYiJing,orTheBookofChanges,number6wasthoughttobeofYincharacter,meaningfeminineornegative,whilenumber9wasthoughttobeYang,meaningmasculineorpositive。SothenumbernineinbothmonthanddaycreatetheDoubleNinthFestival,orChongyangFestival。ChonginChinesemeansdouble。Also,asdoubleninthwaspronouncedthesameasthewordtosignifyforever,bothareJiuJiu,theChineseancestorsconsidereditanauspiciousdayworthcelebration。ThatswhyancientChinesebegantocelebratethisfestivallongtimeago。 Thecustomofascendingaheighttoavoidepidemicswaspasseddownfromlongtimeago。Therefore,theDoubleNinthFestivalisalsocalledHeightAscendingFestival。Theheightpeoplewillreachisusuallyamountainoratower。Ancientliteraryfigureshaveleftmanypoemsdepictingtheactivity。Eventoday,peoplestillswarmtofamousorlittleknownmountainsonthisday。 Onthisday,peoplewilleatDoubleNinthGao(orCake)。InChinese,gao(cake)hasthesamepronunciationwithgao(height)。Peopledosojusttohopeprogressineverythingtheyareengagedin。ThereisnofixedwaysfortheDoubleNinthCake,butsupercakeswillhaveasmanyasninelayers,lookinglikeatower。 TheDoubleNinthFestivalisalsoatimewhenchrysanthemumblooms。Chinaboastspersifiedspeciesofchrysanthemumandpeoplehavelovedthemsinceancienttimes。Soenjoyingtheflourishingchrysanthemumalsobecomesakeyactivityonthisfestival。Also,peoplewilldrinkchrysanthemumwine。Womenusedtosticksuchaflowerintotheirhairorhangitsbranchesonwindowsordoorstoavoidevilness。 In1989,theChinesegovernmentdecidedtheDoubleNinthFestivalasSeniorsDay。Sincethen,allgovernmentunits,organizationsandstreetscommunitieswillorganizeanautumntripeachyearforthosewhohaveretiredfromtheirposts。Atthewatersideoronthemountains,theseniorswillfindthemselvesmergedintonature。Youngergenerationswillbringelderonestosuburbanareasorsendgiftstothemonthisday。 农历九月九日,为传统的重阳节。因为古老的《易经》中把ldquo;六rdquo;定为阴数,把ldquo;九rdquo;定为阳数,九月九日,日月并阳,两九相重,故而叫重阳,也叫重九,古人认为是个值得庆贺的吉利日子,并且从很早就开始过此节日。 在古代,民间在重阳有登高的风俗,故重阳节又叫ldquo;登高节rdquo;。相传此风俗始于东汉。唐代文人所写的登高诗很多,大多是写重阳节的习俗;杜甫的七律《登高》,就是写重阳登高的名篇。登高所到之处,没有划一的规定,一般是登高山、登高塔。 在这一天,人们还有吃ldquo;重阳糕rdquo;的习俗。在汉语里,ldquo;糕rdquo;与ldquo;高rdquo;同音,rdquo;,人们会用ldquo;吃糕rdquo;代替ldquo;登高rdquo;,祝愿百事俱高。重阳糕又称花糕、菊糕、五色糕,制无定法,较为随意。最高的有九层,像一个塔。 重阳节正是一年的金秋时节,菊花盛开,民间还把农历九月称为ldquo;菊月rdquo;,在菊花傲霜怒放的重阳节里,观赏菊花成了节日的一项重要内容,当然,人们也会喝一些菊花酒。女人会把茱萸插在头上或挂在门口,可以避难消灾。 今天的重阳节,被赋予了新的含义,在1989年,我国把每年的九月九日定为老人节,传统与现代巧妙地结合,成为尊老、敬老、爱老、助老的老年人的节日。全国各机关、团体、街道,往往都在此时组织从工作岗位上退下来的老人们秋游赏景,或临水玩乐,或登山健体,让身心都沐浴在大自然的怀抱里;不少家庭的晚辈也会搀扶着年老的长辈到郊外活动或为老人准备一些可口的饮食。