2021.10.13 15:44 GMT+8

Activities are held for seniors as Double Ninth Festival approaches

Updated 2021.10.13 15:44 GMT+8
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This Thursday is the 9th day of the ninth lunar month, which marks the traditional Chinese holiday, Double Ninth Festival, also popularly known as the Elder's Day in China. /CFP

On this day, people pay their respects to elderly people and appreciate the wisdom they pass down. The elders celebrate the festival by enjoying autumn scenery, climbing mountains and admiring flowers like chrysanthemum, among others. /CFP

Caring activities for the seniors are carried out in various cities around the country. Volunteers brought the elders crutches while introducing them traffic rules in Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, October 13, 2021. /CFP

In Shijiazhuang City of north China's Hebei Province, primary school students play parent-child games with the seniors, October 13, 2021. /CFP

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