New Assigment T.T

Hi, my friends^^ Here am I again to share something you may already know (sweat==''') but hopefully, you guys and gals can still give me some support on my effort to complete this assignment.. A big clap or a sweet smile will do=D

Double Ninth Festival
　
The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar. In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number "6" was thought to be of Yin character, meaning feminine or negative, while number "9" was thought to be Yang, meaning masculine or positive. So the number nine in both month and day create the Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival. Chong in Chinese means "double." Also, as double ninth was pronounced the same as the word to signify "forever", both are "Jiu Jiu," the Chinese ancestors considered it an auspicious day worth celebration. That's why ancient Chinese began to celebrate this festival long time ago.

The custom of ascending a height to avoid epidemics was passed down from long time ago. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called "Height Ascending Festival". The height people will reach is usually a mountain or a tower. Ancient literary figures have left many poems depicting the activity. Even today, people still swarm to famous or little known mountains on this day.

On this day, people will eat Double Ninth Gao (or Cake). In Chinese, gao (cake) has the same pronunciation with gao (height). People do so just to hope progress in everything they are engaged in. There is no fixed ways for the Double Ninth Cake, but super cakes will have as many as nine layers, looking like a tower.

The Double Ninth Festival is also a time when chrysanthemum blooms. China boasts diversified species of chrysanthemum and people have loved them since ancient times. So enjoying the flourishing chrysanthemum also becomes a key activity on this festival. Also, people will drink chrysanthemum wine. Women used to stick such a flower into their hair or hang its branches on windows or doors to avoid evilness.

In 1989, the Chinese government decided the Double Ninth Festival as Seniors' Day. Since then, all government units, organizations and streets communities will organize an autumn trip each year for those who have retired from their posts. At the waterside or on the mountains, the seniors will find themselves merged into nature. Younger generations will bring elder ones to suburban areas or send gifts to them on this day.

Maybe most of us had forgotten about this festival including myself.. However, i will still promise that i will celebrate it this year.......(if i am free on that day)....... HahakzXD
That's all for now, thanks for your visit to my blog^@^

2Feb2010

Today is a very special day for me as my English teacher had made a very great dicision to prove our language through blogging. I had never met such a good teacher who can relate the studies with internet smartly and efficiently in my 17 years lifetime. It is not exaggerate that my teacher is a trendy teacher who will always update herself with the modern technology in her teaching. However, i believe that some of the students are struggling with this dicision. Students' life are very stressful in this modern world. Most of them are having the tuition class or extra studies right after school for the whole afternoon or whole night. I'm realy pity with these students having this kind of lifestyle. It seems like their life have no fun at all. On the other hand, they will always have the time to play computer games until midnight, but do not have enough time to finish their homework... For this type of students, they will always say that is their only distress way and as a result, they will not feel guilty. My fellow friends, hopefuly you are not one of these students as this lifestyle is a kind of 'suicide' for them not only affect their health but their physically bearing too. In a nutshell, we must do our responsible as a student n complete all the project instructed by our teachers despite of 'distressing' by playing online games. We should distress by blogging which can improve our language and sometimes entertaint our friends in the meanwhile, isn't that wonderful?