Double Ninth Festival

plural Double Ninth Festivals

1. A traditional Chinese holiday falling on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar.

   Before the double ninth festival [ninth day of ninth lunar month], Hsiangfen County, Shansi Province, saw a promising year--the output of all autumn grain crops increased 10 percent.

   1978 October 24 [1978 October 15], Ma Ho-ching, “Shansi Commune Rejects County Directive, Earns Greater Income”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 206, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: North Region, page K 3

   Synonyms: Chung Yeung Festival