Chung Yeung Festival: Hiking and Tomb Sweeping
Various locations,
Why We Recommend it
Chung Yeung Festival falls on 29 October this year. On this day, many Hong Kong people take the chance to customarily hike and visit the cemeteries to clean the graves of their ancestors.
Description
Each year on Chung Yeung Festival, many Hongkongers customarily hike and visit the cemeteries to clean the graves of their ancestors. The festival falls on 29 October this year.
The festival’s name refers to its date and the yin-yang numerology. Chung (重 cung4) roughly means repeated, while yeung is the transliteration of the Cantonese pronunciation of 陽 (joeng4). Since nine is the largest yang-number, and the festival is observed on the ninth day of the ninth Chinese lunar month, there is a doubling of yang and is thus known as the Double Ninth Festival.
It is also observed by different parts of Asia like mainland China, Macau, Taiwan, Japan and Korea, with variations in the date of the festival and in the customs practiced.
Details
When: 29 Oct 2025 - 29 Oct 2025 Where: Various locations
