Chung Yeung Festival around the world in 2020

When is Chung Yeung?

On this day, your colleagues in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan celebrate the Chung Yeung Festival.

The festival of Chung Yeung, otherwise known as as the Double-Ninth,the Festival of High Places or Autumn Remembrance, has been celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month for millennia.

Traditions of Chung Yeung

The festival of Chung Yeung commemorates a legend from the Han Dynasty (BC 202- AD 220) that states that a soothsayer advised the Woon King to take his family to high place for the entirety of ninth day of the ninth moon.

When the King and his family returned home, they found all the townspeople who hadn't gone to a high place had died.

It is now considered good luck to travel to a high place on the ninth day of the ninth moon, the Chung Yeung Festival.

A traditional custom on this day is to fly kites, as it is said that kites can carry bad luck up into the sky.

Dates of Chung Yeung Festival around the world
2022 Various Oct 3  2021 Various Oct 14, Oct 15  2020 Various Oct 25, Oct 26  2019 Various Oct 7  2018 Various Oct 17
Summary
The festival, otherwise known as Autumn Remembrance, has been celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth moon for millennia