Chinese Children Offer Flowers To Elders In Celebration Of Double Ninth Festival

Children send flowers and cards to the elders during a celebration activity for the Double Ninth Festival in Wenjiao community in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, Oct. 16, 2012. The Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival to pay respect to the seniors. Dozens of children participated in the celebration by drawing cards and sending flowers to the seniors for the coming festival which falls on Oct. 23 this year.

A child draws cards for the elders during a celebration activity for the Double Ninth Festival in Wenjiao community in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, Oct. 16, 2012.

An aged woman pose for pictures with two little girls during a celebration activity for the Double Ninth Festival in Wenjiao community in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, Oct. 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Xu Yu>

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