Climbing mountains: On the Double Ninth Festival, people customarily climb mountains, appreciate chrysanthemum flowers, drink chrysanthemum wine, and eat double-ninth cakes.
Pu'er, oolong and chrysanthemum are the most common varieties of tea served during yum cha, while ha gau (shrimp dumplings), siu mai (open dumplings, usually pork), feng jau (chicken feet), cha siu bau (barbecue pork buns), nor mai gai (sticky rice with chicken wrapped and steamed in lotus leaf), cheung fun ( rice noodle roll), lor bak go (turnip cake) and dan ta (egg tart) are among the most popular items wheeled past on a dim sum cart.
The lake is surrounded by lush growth of trees and plants, with peony in full bloom in spring, and chrysanthemum blossoms found all over the place in autumn.
Featuring the fairy cranes, lucky deer, butterflies and bees, and embellished by flowers like hydrangea and chrysanthemum, the patterns on the packaging shows a refined traditional Chinese beauty.
CHRYSANTHEMUM [krɪ'sænθəməm] The word chrysanthemum, emerging in English in the late 1500s, comes from the Greek krysanthemon, meaning "gold flower.
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He fed it chrysanthemum petals and tended to its wounds until it was strong enough to fly.
According to Miscellany of the Western Capital written by Liu Xin in the Han Dynasty, as early as in the West Han Dynasty,the practice of wearing zhuyu and drinking chrysanthemum wine on Double Ninth Festival was popular, arid it was considered beneficial to people's health and conducive to longevity.
In the Han Dynasty,it was called Zhuyu Festival,or Chrysanthemum Festival as there was a custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine,eating colored cakes,and hanging an herb called zhuyu (comus officinalis) on the door.
A collection of 1,606 stamps featuring the Chinese chrysanthemum has been officially recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for containing the most stamps in a single series.
According to Miscellany of the Western Capital written by Liu Xin in the Han Dynasty, as early as in the West Han Dynasty,the practice of wearing zhuyu and drinking chrysanthemum wine on Double Ninth Festival was popular, arid it was considered beneficial to people's health and conducive to longevity.
Specialties are the delicate chrysanthemum shao mai (steamed dumplings favored by the Empress Cixi when she last visited), and the unusual yangsheng hulusi, which is carefully coiled shredded bottle gourd dressed with aged Shanxi vinegar, chilies, and finely sliced scallions.
6 Wearing Perfume Sachet In order to prevent illness, the elderly usually like to wear the plum blossom, chrysanthemum, lotus, etc.
In China, the plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are praised as the four gentlemen of Chinese flowers.
Garden, chrysanthemum competing opened!
She was cutting down the old year's chrysanthemum stalks with a pair of short and powerful scissors.
Wait till the Mountain Holiday -- I am coming again in chrysanthemum time.
