The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival．It
is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month．It's also（81）

called

called

（call） the Double Ninth Festival．
    The festival started as（82）

early

early

/??：li/as the Warring States Period （475-221 BC）．It has a history of more than
1，700 years．Among the numbers from zero to nine，nine is the（83）

highest

highest

（high） odd number （奇數(shù)）．People believe that two"nines"meeting together stand for a long life．So it
is a special holiday（84）

for

for

Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders．They hold many（85）

kinds

kinds

（kind） of activities in honor of old people，wishing them good（86）

health

health

/helθ/and a long life．
    The festival comes during the golden time of（87）

fall

fall

/f?：l/．On the day，people traditionally
drink chrysanthemum （菊花）wine，eat Double-Ninth Cakes（88）

and

and

 climb mountains．They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood．People in ancient times believed that （89）

the

the

 plant
could drive away evil （邪惡的）spirits and prevent them from（90）

catching

catching

（catch） an illness in
 winter．