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Worksheets重阳节 Double ninth festival
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When is the Double Ninth Festival （重阳节 chóng yáng jié） on the lunar calendar?
七月七日
九月十九日
九月九日
十月十七日
When is the 重阳节 chóng yáng jié on the solar calendar this year?
九月九日
九月十九日
七月七日
十月十七日
What do Chinese do on the day of 重阳节chóng yáng jié in China?
Family reunion and eat moon cake
Go climbing
Eat Chongyang cake
Visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects
In China, 重阳节chóng yáng jié is also known as...
Hiking Day
Double Seventh Festival
Chinese Senior Day
Chinese Valentine's Day
When did 重阳节 chóng yáng jié be mentioned in the ancient writing?
before the East Han period (about 2,000 years ago)
Tang Dynasty (about 1,000 years ago)
Ming Dynasty (around 600 years ago)
Qing Dynasty （around 300 years ago)
In Chinese, the number 九 (nine), which is pronounced as jiu, is a homonym of 久. What is the Chinese character 久 represent?
means masculine energy. Risks are heightened at this time because there is too much masculine energy at loose in the world.
symbolizes climbing to a higher position
a long period of time. The festival has become a time when people wish for longevity
means older people
What is the theme of the two major stories for the 重阳节 chóng yáng jié？
to scarify oneself to help the poor
to scare away evil spirits
to reunion with the family
to avoid disaster and prolong your life with proper preparation.
The Double Ninth Festival （重阳节chóng yáng jié) is also observed by which of the following ethnic groups?
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Indian
Which of the following is the legend of the 重阳节chóng yáng jié？
Three immortals reincarnated themselves into three poor old people and begged food from the rabbit. The rabbit did not have any food. But it said to the immortals: “you can eat me” and jumped into the fire.
A soothsayer advised a man to take his family to high ground for the ninth day of the ninth moon. The man complied and the next day discovered that all the inhabitants of his village had been slaughtered, while he and his family had been spared by leaving for the hills.
An oxherd Niulang with the help of his ox married a fairy, Zhinü. Zhinü's mother, a goddess, separated them by a river of stars (the Milky Way), but magpies were allowed to form a bridge for them to meet once a year.
there was a monster named Nian, the villagers scared away the monster by pasting red papers on doors, burning firecrackers, lighting candles and wearing red clothes.
In the year of 1989, Chongyang Festival was designated as Senior's Day. What does it mean?
Offer discounts for senior citizens
accompany their elders to climb mountains
showing love and respect to the elderly
honors the college seniors, appreciation for all of that unheralded work.
