Poem
There is an often-quoted poem about the holiday:
九月九日憶山東兄弟
獨在異鄉為異客,
每逢佳節倍思親.
遙知兄弟登高處,
遍插茱萸少一人.
- "Double Ninth, Missing My Shandong Brothers" — Wang Wei (王維), Tang Dynasty
English:
- On the ninth day of the ninth month, I remember my brothers from Shan Dong.
- As a lonely stranger in a foreign land,
- At every holiday my homesickness increases.
- Far away, I know my brothers have reached the peak;
- They are planting flowers, but one is not present.
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