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Jiading art association celebrates festival with senior citizens

( chinadaily.com.cn ) 2013-10-11

The actors perform parts of famous traditional Chinese opera and also gave festival cakes and gifts to the more than 100 senior citizens residing in the home for the elderly.

More than 20 actors put on a performance at Xanxiang Welfare House in Shanghai's Jiading district on Oct 10, to mark the Double Ninth Festival - which is also sometimes referred to as Senior Citizens' Day - that falls on Oct 13 this year.

The actors - from the Jiading District Art Association for Senior People – performed parts of famous traditional Chinese opera, such as the Hu operaAppreciate Dragon Boat, Yue operaEscape a Marriage, and the Xi operaFind Mother in the Abbey, and also gave festival cakes and gifts to the more than 100 senior citizens residing in the home for the elderly.

The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the 9th day of the ninth lunar month when some people climb a high mountain and visit the grave of their ancestors. The festival is also an opportunity to show respect to the elderly.

Edited by Chen Zhilin and Niva Whyman

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