Drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival is a folk custom of the ancient Double Ninth Festival, which means keeping fit and prolonging life. The ancients called chrysanthemum wine "not old prescription", which recorded a kind of "not old prescription": "It is not old to pick chrysanthemum, poria cocos and rosin on September 9."

The Double Ninth Festival is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which is homophonic with "99" and "99", meaning that for a long time, the ancients brewed chrysanthemums into wine and took them out for drinking every Double Ninth Festival. Besides health care, it also means praying for good luck.

The custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival has a long history, but there are many versions about its origin. One originated in ancient times and was created by Du Kang, and the other originated in the early Han Dynasty and the court. But in any case, it was Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty who closely linked chrysanthemum with wine and endowed it with cultural connotation and far-reaching influence. In addition to drinking chrysanthemum wine, there is also the custom of holding chrysanthemums. Cornus officinalis is eaten in addition to being inserted on the head, worn on the arm or put in a sachet. This custom later developed into various customs, such as hanging chrysanthemum branches and leaves on doors and windows on the Double Ninth Festival or sticking paper-cuts, or cutting ribbons into the shape of dogwood and chrysanthemum to give to each other.