Famous lines from Double Ninth Festival poems include:

1. There is no way to be ecstatic, the west wind blows behind the curtain, and people are thinner than yellow flowers. ——Li Qingzhao's "Drunk Flower Yin·Misty Thick Clouds and Sorrowful Days"

Translation: How can this place not be sad? The wind suddenly picked up and rolled the curtain in. The person inside the curtain was even thinner than the yellow flower due to excessive longing.

2. It’s rare to smile in this world, and you must have your head filled with chrysanthemums. ——Du Mu's "Climbing the Mountain in Nine Days"

Translation: The troubles of the world are rare things that make people smile. I will put my head full of chrysanthemums blooming all over the mountain before I return.

3. After dusk when I drink wine in Dongli, there is a faint fragrance filling my sleeves. ——Li Qingzhao's "Drunk Flower Yin·Misty Thick Clouds and Long Days"

Translation: Drinking by the east fence until dusk, the faint fragrance of yellow chrysanthemum fills my sleeves.

4. On the Double Ninth Festival, come and take care of the chrysanthemums. ——Meng Haoran's "Passing the Old Friend's Village"

Translation: When the Double Ninth Festival comes, I will come here to watch the chrysanthemums.

5. When people grow old, their hair turns gray in the west wind, and when butterflies come and go, tomorrow’s flowers will fade away. ——Zhang Kejiu's "Order of Gui Gui·Nine Days"

Translation: The west wind is blowing, people are old and their hair is white, and the jade butterflies are worried about the yellow flowers that will fly tomorrow.