The legend of chrysanthemum

Pu Songling, a writer in Qing Dynasty, described a story about chrysanthemum in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. There was a man named Ma Zicai, who was good at chrysanthemums and came to Nanjing for a different species. On the way, he made a friend named Tao, who knew chrysanthemum very well ... Later, Ma Zi married Tao's sister.

One day, Tao drank too much wine, fell drunk on the ground, turned into a big chrysanthemum, and changed back to human form the next day. Soon, Tao got drunk for the second time and turned into a chrysanthemum, but this time it never changed back ... My sister cried bitterly and pinched its roots back for cultivation. In autumn, bloom was pink, with a strong bouquet. Later, people nicknamed this chrysanthemum "drunken chrysanthemum".

People in China have the custom of enjoying chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival. Double Ninth Festival is also called Chrysanthemum Festival. The custom of appreciating chrysanthemums originated from chrysanthemum culture. Chrysanthemum is a natural flower. Chrysanthemum has formed chrysanthemum culture because of its colorful colors and blooming in Ao Shuang.

A chrysanthemum party was held in the festival, and the whole city went to the venue to enjoy chrysanthemums. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the Three Kingdoms, it has become fashionable for Chongyang parties to drink and enjoy chrysanthemums and recite poems. In the ancient customs of China, chrysanthemum symbolizes longevity. Chrysanthemum is the flower of longevity, and is praised by scholars as the unyielding symbol of first frost.