He planted chrysanthemums and poppies and sunflowers and nasturtiums, carefully constructing not just a garden but an environment made specifically to be painted.
So Chinese people have a tradition of having feasts on this day and consuming food and drinks that will help with achieving longevity, such as chrysanthemum wine.
He spoke in his lightest, coldest manner, pulling the chrysanthemums out of their vase and holding them up to watch the light through the translucent petals.
The first person who purportedly enjoyed chrysanthemum and drank chrysanthemum wine on the Chongyang Festival was the poet Tao Yuanming, who lived during the Jin Dynasty.