This day is in the mid-autumn season. The sky is high and the air is crisp. It is a good time to climb up and look far away and relax your mind. Many literati in the past dynasties of China would climb to high places at this time to drink chrysanthemum wine and recite poems for fun, leaving behind countless poems.
In September, the cold winter is about to come, and people begin to buy winter clothes. They also do not forget to burn paper clothes when paying homage to their ancestors, so that their ancestors can spend the winter in the underworld. Since then, the Double Ninth Festival has evolved into a festival for sweeping tombs and burning winter clothes for ancestors.
The Double Ninth Festival, like other traditional festivals, is a festival for family reunion; it is also a time for families to commemorate their ancestors. In Singapore, some guilds still retain the custom of worshiping ancestors during the Double Ninth Festival, which is called "Autumn Festival".
Other people can choose a more traditional way of celebration on this day, such as going out for outdoor activities as a family or with friends, where they can enjoy the natural scenery and connect with relatives and friends.
On the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, both the month and the day are numbered nine, and the double yang coincides with each other, so it is called the Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival is an entertainment-based festival. The main customary activities are climbing mountains, admiring chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, planting dogwood trees, and eating cakes.