Senior citizens perform in a celebration for the Double Ninth Festival in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 30, 2006. Chinese celebrate for the Double Ninth festival Monday,the 9th day of the 9th lunar month. [Xinhua Photo]

Senior citizens perform in a celebration for the Double Ninth Festival in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 30, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]

Senior citizens perform in a celebration for the Double Ninth Festival in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 30, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]

Two sisters walk in a graveyard in Hong Kong, south China Oct. 30, 2006. Many Chinese people paid respect to their relatives at their tombs on the Double Ninth Festival Monday. [Xinhua Photo]

Two Chinese lay flowers in front of a tomb in a graveyard in Hong Kong, south China Oct. 30, 2006. Many Chinese people paid respect to their relatives at their tombs on the Double Ninth Festival Monday. [Xinhua Photo]