Chung Yeung Festival
Oct 14, 2021
Chung Yeung festival , 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. Similar to the Ching Ming Festival in spring, the Chung Yeung Festival is a special day of ancestor memorials. On this day, entire families congregate at cemeteries to engage in age-old practices of ancestor worship.
In Hong Kong & Macau, it is a public holiday. And this year the festival falls on October 9th, Sunday… which means we will have a compensate holiday on Monday… wheeeeeeeeeeee! As exciting as long weekend, there are some interesting traditional Chung Yeung Festival rituals you should know about.
