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Wuzhen Graceland Double Ninth Festival Garden Party

Date:2021.10.14

The ninth day of the ninth month in the lunar calendar was called Double Ninth Festival for one "ninth" meet another one. Nine has the same pronunciation with permanence in Chinese, implying longevity and wellness. As early as in Han Dynasty, that day has become a festival. In Tang Dynasty, it had the name of Double Ninth Festival till now.


On such a beautiful day, the elderly in Graceland gathered together to spend Double Ninth Festival. Graceful art, healthy exercise, best wishes to luck, longevity and family affection ... combined into the warm time on the festival at Wuzhen Graceland.



With the music, the elderly followed the tutor to do the setting-up exercises. They waved hands and moved based on the rhythm with confidence. Now matter how old you were, now we were young forever! 



After the warm up,  the students from Graceland Longevity Club gave the yangge dance. Among more than 30 clubs in Wuzhen Graceland, all members of Longevity Club were more than 80 years old. They took active part in the community activities. Today, they brought the joy of festival by lively yangge dance.



Madam Li Fengqin and Madam Wang Shuhua from Graceland Poem Recitation Club recited the poems on Double Ninth Festival, expressing their wishes to the elderly.



When playing the passing game, the elderly looked as joyful as the youth. Talented Graceland elderly gave the festival wishes and talked about poems, delivering wishes in the poem world.



Respecting the elderly passed the love from generation to generation. It continued the excellent virtue of our nations. The Double Ninth Festival has the custom to drink chrysanthemum wine, implying the pray for auspiciousness. Today, we toasted to the elderly of Graceland by tea instead of wine and offered the longevity noodles. The elderly summed up their ages more than 1000 years. We wished them healthy and to have a happy Double Ninth Festival.


In addition, we sent our best wishes to the elderly who were born in October. Grandpa Lu struck the bell to sending the wishes. Neighbors shared the joy of birthday like real family.



In October, we did not only welcome Double Ninth Festival but also the anniversary of founding of our motherland. The elderly from Longevity Club moved us by powerful singing Ode to Motherland.



Many elderly people do exercise every day. Tai Chi fan combining other martial art movements couples hardness and softness. It can be regarded as both sports and art. Members of Tai Chi Club showed the charm of Tai Chi fan by wonderful performance as well as the vigor and confidence of Graceland residents.



The song of "Socialism is Good" expressed the aspiration of many elderly people. When they were young, they contributed efforts to the establishment of socialism. Now, they dedicated themselves to Graceland, delivering love to the life.



Many talented students showed their talent on the festival. They sent warm wishes by drawing beautiful chrysanthemum. 



Photo sources: Wu Senlin, Yin Lingjun, Guan Zhenglong, Cao Rongmin and other Graceland photography volunteers. Great thanks to them!