The story
- Chinese · derived from重陽 /重阳“Doubled Yang”
- Cantonese · borrowed from重陽節 /重阳节
- English todayChung Yeung Festival
A partial calque of Cantonese 重陽節 /重阳节 (cung⁴ joeng⁴ zit³), from Chinese 重陽 /重阳 (Chóngyáng, “Doubled Yang”), a traditional name for the date of its occurrence, the 9th day of the 9th month in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.