The Double Ninth Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, which is usually celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. There are many customs on this day, such as climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums and eating double ninth festival cakes. Many ancient poets also left many poems describing the Double Ninth Festival.
One of the most famous poems is Wang Wei's "I miss my brothers in Shandong on vacation in the mountains": "Being in a foreign land, I miss my relatives twice every holiday. I know from a distance where my brother climbed, and there is one person missing from the dogwood. " This poem describes the double ninth festival, and the wanderer's yearning for his hometown and relatives.
Another famous poem is Du Fu's "Ascending the Mountain": "The sky is full of high winds, apes crow and birds crow, blue lakes and white sands, and birds fly home. Leaves fall like the spray of a waterfall, and I watch the long river always roll forward. " This poem depicts the scene of the Double Ninth Festival and expresses the poet's feelings about the passage of time and the tide waits for no man.
In addition to these two poems, there are many other poems that also describe the customs and feelings of the Double Ninth Festival, such as Bai Juyi's White Chrysanthemum on the Double Ninth Festival: "The flowers and chrysanthemums in the garden are golden, and some are like frost. Today is like a song banquet, and Pulsatilla enters the juvenile court. " This poem describes the scene of enjoying chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival and people's good wishes for life.
In a word, the Double Ninth Festival is a very important festival in China traditional culture, leaving many beautiful poems and memories.