Today is the ninth day on the ninth month of the lunar calendar, or 重阳节.

The Chinese would take a trip to the mountains on this day, as the weather has cooled, the chrysanthemum blooming, and it is suitable for trekking and exercise. A trip to a high tower may also suffice. Much poetries and couplets would be created on this day. They would also partake in nine-layered cakes made into the shape of towers. Chrysanthemum may be worn, hung at windows or exchanged as gifts.

The Japanese also celebrate this festival, with chrysanthemum being admired, celebrated, drunk as wine, or offered to the dieties to pray for longevity. The flowers may be brought home as a decoration, and put into pillows when dried, to promote sleep and cure headaches.