Wang Zhiying (front), aged 80, receives the Zhuyu bag as a traditional gift given by community workers in Beijing, China, Oct. 6, 2008. People throughout China started to celebrate the coming Double Ninth Festival, which is considered a traditional occasion to pay respect to the aged. The festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Oct. 7 this year. [Xinhua]
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