Cen Can's Chongyang Poems

Cen Can's poem "Thinking of Chang 'an Township on March 9th" describing the ascent of the Double Ninth Festival is a very typical Tang poem. In this poem, the poet also expressed his inner regret. Because he was away, he met the Double Ninth Festival and could not reunite with his family, so he wrote this poem, which has been circulated for several generations and has become a famous article describing the ascent of the Double Ninth Festival.

March for nine days, thinking about Chang' an home.

Cen Can? Tang dynasty

On the ninth festival of the ninth day of September, I reluctantly climbed to the heights to look out, but no one could deliver wine in the marching war.

I look at my hometown Chang 'an with a heavy heart. The chrysanthemums around this battlefield are scattered.

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Reluctantly want to climb the mountain to drink according to the custom, but unfortunately no one brought wine to Hong.

Poor chrysanthemums in Chang 'an's hometown in the distance should bloom alone beside the battlefield at this moment.

To annotate ...

9th: refers to the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th.

Strong: reluctantly.

Mountain climbing: The Double Ninth Festival has the custom of climbing to admire chrysanthemums and drinking to avoid disasters.

Poor: poor.

Side: near, near.