The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival, which falls on Oct. 28 this year. As nine is pronounced “jiu” meaning long in Chinese, so people endow the word “jiu” with the meaning of longevity with a person's life. /Xinhua Photo

On Thursday, nearly 1,000 elderly people from seven villages attended a feast together for the celebration in Huaying city, southwest China Sichuan Province. To make the event more festive, tables on the scene were arranged to form Chinese character “jiu.” /Xinhua Photo

Also in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, many elderly couples took part in a wedding ceremony to mark the golden anniversary of their marriage and celebrate the festival. /Xinhua Photo

An elderly couple is posing for a wedding photo to mark the golden anniversary of their marriage in southwest China's Chongqing municipality. /Xinhua Photo

Since it is also known as the Seniors' Day in China, many events held across the country to pay respect to the elderly people. /Xinhua Photo

Volunteers from different places visit the gerocomiums to make dumplings for elderly people, and some volunteers celebrated seniors’ birthday together. /Xinhua Photo