A Variety Of Gala Shows Held In Various Parts Of China To Observe Double Ninth Festival

Actors perform lion dance before a climbing activity held in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province, Oct. 23, 2012. More than 1,300 citizens in Changchun joined the activity to greet the Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival, which is a traditional Chinese holiday to pay respect to the seniors. <Xinhua/Lin Hong> (Xinhua/) (hy)

Members from a senior yangko dancing club perform on the Guangming Square to greet the Double Ninth Festival in the Xixia District of Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Oct. 23, 2012. <Xinhua/Wang Peng> (Xinhua/) (mp)

Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung lays a wreath during an official ceremony in commemoration of those who died in defending Hong Kong during the second World War in Hong Kong, south China, Oct. 23, 2012. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government holds the official ceremony annually on Double Ninth Festival, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar as a traditional occasion for showing respect for the elderly. <Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei>

A couple married for 50 years presents their golden wedding photo during a golden and silver wedding anniversary to greet the Double Ninth Festival in the Helan County of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Oct. 23, 2012. The Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to pay respect to the seniors. <Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi>