Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings. The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional folk festival in China, which originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the harvest sacrifice in ancient autumn and seasons. According to Lu's Chunqiu Ji, when the crops were harvested in September, the ancients offered sacrifices to the Emperor and ancestors to thank them for their kindness. In the development and evolution of history, the Double Ninth Festival has integrated many kinds of folk customs and also carried rich cultural connotations.
In the thousands of years of baptism, the Double Ninth Festival also spawned activities such as climbing high and overlooking, watching chrysanthemums, giving banquets to respect the elderly, eating double ninth cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine. Chrysanthemum wine brewed in China was popular as early as the Han and Wei Dynasties. According to "Miscellanies of Xijing", "Chrysanthemums are suitable, stems and leaves are harvested, and miscellaneous millet is brewed. If you cook it on September 9 next year, you can drink it immediately, so it is called chrysanthemum wine. " According to Gehong's Miscellanies of Xijing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, when Emperor Gaozu was in the palace, "On September 9th, Cornus officinalis was invited to eat lotus bait and drink chrysanthemum wine. Clouds make people live longer. "
The history and culture of chrysanthemum wine;
According to Guan Liang's "Continuation of Qi and Harmony" in the Southern Dynasties, "On September 9, drinking chrysanthemum wine can eliminate disasters". This is the beginning of the ancient custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival. 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.
Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty also said that "wine can cure all diseases and chrysanthemum can cure aging". Later, drinking chrysanthemum wine gradually became a folk custom in China, especially on the Double Ninth Festival. "The Chronicle of Jingchu" records that "on September 9th, Pei Yun ate lotus ears and drank chrysanthemum wine, and lived a long life." 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.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Chrysanthemum Wine.