What to eat on the Double Ninth Festival?

The Double Ninth Festival is one of the important traditional festivals in China, which is usually celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month (the solar calendar is different every year). In this festival, people have various ways to celebrate, including eating some special food.

The following are common foods for the Double Ninth Festival:

1. Chrysanthemum wine: Chrysanthemum wine is a traditional double ninth festival drink, which is made by soaking dried chrysanthemums in Chinese liquor. After a period of time, the wine has the aroma and taste of chrysanthemum.

2. Chongyang cake: Chongyang cake is a traditional cake, usually made of glutinous rice flour, red bean paste and jujube paste. When eating Chongyang cake, people usually cut the cake into nine small pieces, which represents longevity and good luck.

3. Chrysanthemum cake: Chrysanthemum cake is a kind of cake made of chrysanthemum. Its main raw materials are glutinous rice flour, eggs, sugar and chrysanthemum. When making, the chrysanthemum petals are cooked, mashed into mud, mixed with other raw materials and steamed to make cakes with chrysanthemum fragrance.

4. Hawthorn: Hawthorn is one of the traditional foods of the Double Ninth Festival, because it is rich in vitamin C and other beneficial nutrients, which can

Helps to enhance human immunity and prevent diseases.

In addition to the above food, people will climb mountains and enjoy chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival to express their wishes for life and health, and also take this opportunity to reunite with relatives and friends and have a wonderful time.