Chung Yeung Jit is also known as "Chung Gau" (Chung means Double and Gau means nine). Being the ninth day of the ninth month, it is the DOUBLE NINE, also means forever and is the day on which Chinese people go to the hillsides to tend their ancestors graves, make sacrifices of special paper money and paper winter clothing, after which a picnic is held. It also commemorates the day during the Han Dynasty (B.C. 221 - 206) when a Taoist soothsays, Fei Chang-fei advised a scholar, Huan Jing, to escape to the hills with his family to avoid an impending disaster. Huan Jing took the advice and went to the hillside with his family, taking food and chrysanthemum wine. When returned home all his livestock dead from a plague and realized the soothsayer had saved the lives of himself and his family.

  :On the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar in 295 B.C. a virtuous minister named Wat Yuan committed suicide by drowning in the Tung Ting Lake in protest of the decadence of the court. His body was never found in spite of the local people racing out in boats trying to find him whilst, at the same time, scaring the fish with drums and throwing glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves into water to feed the fish. The day in the calendar is now known as the Dragon Boats Festival and is celebrated by races between specially built Dragon Boats crewed by members of different villages, guilds or other organizations. The races take place in southern China and throughout South East Asia, wherever there are Chinese communities. The crews have about one month's practice before coming together to race each other on the day of the festival.The boats can be up to 120 feet in length with depth of about two and a half feet crewed by up to 40 paddlers. There is very little freeboard and a boat can easily become swamped. A large drum located in the middle or stern of the boat is beaten to maintain the paddlers rhythm.The bow of the boat is decorated with a dragon's head and the stern with its tail. These are detachable, and when the boat is not in use, are often kept in the local temple, reflecting the religious significance of the festival.To this day the Chinese people all over the world, even where there are no dragon boat races, celebrate the festival by eating the specially prepared glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves.

:The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. On this day the moon is at its apogee when it is at it's brightest and is the only day on which it is considered to be perfectly round. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. On this day the moon is at its apogee when it is at it's brightest and is the only day on which it is considered to be perfectly round. In the past, traveling theatrical groups and blind musicians entertained those celebrating the festival but in modern times, it is usual to hold an outdoor party where the moon can be viewed in all its glory in the late evening. Some groups of families or friends "chase the moon" and hold their parties on hillsides, where clearer views can be obtained.Paper Lanterns:Paper lanterns are a prominent feature of the celebrations, being hung around the area where the feasting takes place. The larger lanterns are very elaborate being decorated with pictures of various deities and characters associated with the moon whilst children carry smaller lanterns suspended from sticks during the celebrations.Festival food:Probably the most recognizable feature of the festival is the boxes of moon cakes on sale in the months prior to the festival. They are in boxes of four and may be round or square in shape and are usually stamped with a deity associated with the festival. The cakes are made from a flaky pastry in which many varieties of fillings can be found. The most usual was sugared beans, ground sesame or lotus and the yoke of a preserved duck egg; but there are many other fillings and nowadays it is even possible to buy moon cakes filled with ice cream.

Chinese New Year: Chinese New Year is the most vital festival which marks the new beginning of the year, it normally falls between 20th January and 20th February according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar. New Year is a good beginning, when firecrackers are let off at the midnight of the New Year Day, whatever was bad and unhappy will vanish without trace.
There are many myths, legends, traditions and ceremonies associated with New Year celebrations and these can differ from north to south and from province to province in China.For the oversea Chinese, Lion & Dragon Dance together with a special festive market (consist of a number of Chinese Culture stalls, food stalls and Calligraphy stalls etc.) are always part of the program in China town around the globe to welcome the Chinese New Year. Every year in London, numbers of "Lion Dance" collecting "Lucky Red Packet" from shops around the area, which starts from morning till late in the evening. One of the shop's "Lucky Red Packet" normally contains over US$15,000, and the amount keeps increasing every year as a sign of their business prosperity. The "Lucky Red Packet" is arranged in a difficult way so that the "Lion" will have to employ their skillful Martial Arts technique to collect, and such occasion should not be missed.

 Thanks Giving Day for Good Harvests :Theday normally falls on the 22nd or 23rd December of the Solar Calendar before Chinese New Year, which coincides with the shortest day of the year. According to the Chinese legend, this day is one of the most important days in the Year.

  Dumpling:Family members will gather together to have a big feast and making glutinous rice dumplings. Glutinous flour dough shaped into small round ball and stuffed with a small piece of brown sugar, pre-cook in boiling water and eat with ginger soup. 

 Kitchen God Celestial Visit:Traditionally the Kitchen God (or Lord of the Hearth) rested in a shrine above the stove. A farewell dinner would be held and the offerings made to the God on the 12th Chinese Lunar month and the date is according to your profession; 23rd for the Government officers, 24th day for the ordinary people or 25th day for the boat people.Kitchen Gods' Duty :He ascends to heaven to submit report on the family's performance during the previous twelve months, and will return on the fourth day of the Chinese New Year to resume his duty.
A farewell dinner with different special dishes would be offered to the Kitchen God on the day, praying to him to conceal the faults, but only emphasize the good deed of the family throughout the year in his report, and wishing him to bring blessing & prosperity to the family for the coming year.