Activities held across China to celebrate Chongyang Festival

A volunteer and elders make dumplings at a Chongyang Festival activity in Gaobei Village of Ganxi Township in Shibing County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 22, 2023. The Chongyang Festival, also known as the Double Ninth Festival, is an annual festival to show respect and care for the elderly throughout China. The festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth Chinese lunar month, which is October 23 this year. (Photo by Tai Shengzhi/Xinhua)