1. "Nine Days to Climb High with a Doctor"

Tang·Cen Shen

Nine days of yellow flower wine will be heard in the past when climbing high. The power of frost drives away the inferior prime minister, and the murderous spirit approaches the central army. The horizontal flute frightens the wild geese, and the sweet songs fall into the clouds. Fortunately, nothing happened on the side. I danced drunkenly with my husband.

Translation:

On the Double Ninth Festival, everyone drinks chrysanthemum wine and climbs mountains together, which is the same as the traditional custom. General Feng's command of the army is majestic and severe, which often makes people feel a chilling atmosphere. The melancholy sound of the fife makes the geese flying south tremble, and the beautiful singing makes the clouds at the frontier intoxicated and land. At the border court, I am glad that there is no war. Thanks to your kindness, the people on guard can enjoy themselves and dance drunkenly in the army.

2. "Climbing the Mountain in Nine Days"

Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty

The wild geese are flying in the autumn shadow of Jiang Han, and they are carrying pots with guests on the green Wei. It's rare to smile in this world, and I must return with my head full of chrysanthemums. But I will be drunk as a reward for the festival, and I will not come to hate the sunset. This has been the case throughout the ages, why should Niu Shan be alone in his clothes?

Translation: The river reflects the autumn shadow. The wild geese have just flown south. I invite my friends to bring wine bottles to the mountains to climb the green hills. It's rare to smile when you are troubled by the world. When the chrysanthemums are in full bloom, you should go home with your head full. You should just drink to your heart's content to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival, and don't have to worry about the setting sun. Life is short and it has always been this way throughout the ages. Why cry like Qi Jinggong in front of Niushan.

3. "Ode to White Chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival Banquet"

Tang Dynasty·Bai Juyi

The garden is full of golden chrysanthemums, and there is a solitary bush in the middle that looks like frost. It's like today's singing and drinking banquet, and the white-headed man enters the youth field.

Translation: The chrysanthemums in the yard are golden, but in the middle there is a cluster of flowers as white as frost, which is so lonely. Just like today's banquet, the old man went into the place where the young man went.

Extended information:

The Double Ninth Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena. It started in ancient times, became popular in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished after the Tang Dynasty. According to the existing historical data and textual research, in ancient times, there were activities to hold harvest sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in the autumn season; "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals of the Season" records that the ancients held sacrifices to the emperor and ancestors in September when the crops were harvested, to thank the emperor and the ancestors. Activities of ancestral kindness.

This is the original form of the Double Ninth Festival as an autumn harvest sacrificial activity. The Tang Dynasty was an important period when traditional festival customs were integrated and finalized, and the main part of them has been passed down to this day. The folk custom of worshiping ancestors during the Double Ninth Festival has been around for thousands of years and is an ancient folk custom with profound significance. The Double Ninth Festival, New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, and July Half are known as the four traditional ancestor worship festivals in China.