There was a custom of drinking alcohol in the ancient Double Ninth Festival. What did you drink?

In ancient times, there was a custom of drinking alcohol on the Double Ninth Festival, and the wine was chrysanthemum wine.

Drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival is a traditional custom in China. Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings. Chrysanthemum wine is a medicinal liquor, which tastes slightly bitter. After drinking, it can make people clear their eyes and wake up, and it has auspicious meaning of eliminating disasters and praying for blessings.

Chrysanthemum wine appeared in the Han Dynasty. Later, there were stories about sending chrysanthemums for birthday and picking chrysanthemums to brew wine. For example, Emperor Wei Wendi Cao Pi once sent chrysanthemums to Zhong You on the Double Ninth Festival (wishing him a long life), and Emperor Liang Jianwen's "Picking chrysanthemums in the basket, the morning dew is wet" is an example of picking chrysanthemums to make wine. Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine was still very popular, and it was still recorded in Gao Lian's Eight Chapters of Respect for Life in the Ming Dynasty. This is a popular health drink.

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Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings. Mr. Pu Jie once wrote a poem for chrysanthemum wine: "Lotus leaves are white and bamboo leaves are green." . Chrysanthemum English boasts a long life, which is estimated by medicine to celebrate and prolong life. Wine calls for a new flavor, and the old forbidden court spreads. There is no need to stop jumping forward when the Long March is accompanied. The poem "Lotus Wine" reads: "The wine is mellow and fragrant. "As early as in Qu Yuan's works, there was a saying that' the autumn chrysanthemum died at the banquet', that is, eating chrysanthemum petals.

Chrysanthemum wine existed in the Han Dynasty. Wei Shi once gave chrysanthemum to Zhong Wu in Chongyang, wishing him a long life. Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty recorded in Bao Puzi that there was a family in Nanyang Mountain, Henan Province, who lived a long life because of drinking the sweet valley water full of chrysanthemums. In Liang's "Picking Chrysanthemums", there is a saying that "picking chrysanthemums in the basket, getting wet in the morning", which is also a move to pick chrysanthemums to make wine. Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine was still very popular, and it was still recorded in Gao Lian's Eight Chapters of Respect for Life in the Ming Dynasty. This is a popular health drink.

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