The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival in China with rich folk customs. For example, on this day, people should climb high and look far, insert dogwood to ward off evil spirits and pray, eat Chongyang cake and drink chong yang wine brewed with chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum wine is a kind of wine made of chrysanthemum, glutinous rice and koji. It was called longevity wine in ancient times. Its taste is cool and sweet, and it has the effects of nourishing liver and improving eyesight, strengthening brain and delaying aging. There are medlar chrysanthemum wine, flower cake chrysanthemum wine and white chrysanthemum wine.

1. On the Double Ninth Festival, China people have the traditional custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine. Chrysanthemum wine was brewed in the second year of the Double Ninth Festival in the first year of ancient times. On September 9th, the newly blooming chrysanthemums and some green branches and leaves were picked, mixed with whole grains for brewing, and then brewed together for drinking on September 9th of the following year. It is said that drinking this wine can prolong life. During the festival, the autumn is crisp, chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and under the hedge in front of the window, there are golden patches. In addition to climbing mountains and inserting dogwood, relatives and friends also invited each other to drink chrysanthemum wine and enjoy yellow flowers. They really had a good time. Poets, in particular, enjoyed chrysanthemums, drank wine, recited poems and paid back money, leaving many good sentences for future generations.

2. The custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine is actually related to health-keeping solar terms. Chrysanthemum is the seasonal flower of the Double Ninth Festival, and the so-called "the first frost comes, the only grass". According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the nature and taste of chrysanthemum should be "sweet, bitter and slightly cold, belonging to lung and liver". Its main functions are dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight, and treating wind-heat cold, red eyes, swelling and pain, and dizziness. Double Ninth Festival is not only a family gathering, but also a family gathering, drinking. It was promoted to a small family workshop. In the face of their own farmers, they need to be taken care of like family members, and there are good wines and dishes to entertain them on holidays, so that they can have a sense of belonging and work hard. Because of its unique character, chrysanthemum has become a symbol of vitality. Chrysanthemum contains health ingredients. Bao Puzi, written by Ge Hong in Jin Dynasty, records that people in Nanyang Mountain drink the sweet water of chrysanthemums and live longer.

Chrysanthemum wine, in ancient times, was regarded as the "auspicious wine" that Chongyang must drink, to eliminate disasters and pray. Chrysanthemum wine is a medicinal liquor, which tastes a little bitter. After drinking, it can improve people's eyesight, refresh their minds, and have auspicious meanings of eliminating disasters and praying for blessings.