The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival．It

is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month．It's also（81） 　　（call） the Double Ninth Festival．

The festival started as（82） 　　/ˈɜ：li/as the Warring States Period （475﹣221BC）．It has a history of more than

1，700 years．Among the numbers from zero to nine，nine is the（83） 　　（high） odd number （奇数）．People believe that two"nines"meeting together stand for a long life．So it

is a special holiday（84） 　    　Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders．They hold many（85） 　　   （kind） of activities in honor of old people，wishing them good（86） 　　/helθ/and a long life．

The festival comes during the golden time of（87） 　　/fɔ：l/．On the day，people traditionally

drink chrysanthemum （菊花）wine，eat Double﹣Ninth Cakes（88） 　　climb mountains．They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood．People in ancient times believed that （89） 　　plant

could drive away evil （邪恶的）spirits and prevent them from（90） 　　（catch） an illness in

winter．