Double Ninth Day, enjoy the chrysanthemum! The big chrysanthemum is steady and gentlemanly, and the small chrysanthemum is the new favorite of delicate flower art.

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"wait until the day of Double-ninth Day in September, come and taste the chrysanthemum wine again." The poems of Meng Haoran are still in keeping with the situation today. Chrysanthemum is the first in the amount of flowers used for sacrifice in China, and it was once a bright-eyed superstar in the flower industry.

Some people may think that chrysanthemums are old-school, but in fact, chrysanthemums have diverse features. Not only the big chrysanthemums on the altar are stable and stylish, but lovely and colorful little chrysanthemums, such as round ping-pong chrysanthemums and decorative chrysanthemums, have become the new favorites in florist and flower art classes. Chongyang ancestor worship, might as well insert a pot of chrysanthemum at home, should be comfortable and comfortable.

Most of China's chrysanthemum varieties are introduced from abroad, and the Taichung District Agricultural improvement Farm also has a chrysanthemum variety garden, and 10 varieties have been bred. Chen Jianming, an agent in this field, said that with the increasing frequency of extreme weather, whether one can breed its own varieties with high environmental tolerance will become the key to the continuation of the chrysanthemum industry.

Big pink chrysanthemum (Photography / Lin Yijun) Chrysanthemum used to be the leading flower in Taiwan, but it has only been sold domestically in recent years.

Chrysanthemum is one of the four gentlemen in flowers, and Tao Yuanming, a scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, loves chrysanthemums most. Chrysanthemums are also known as longevity flowers. Double-ninth Day is in full bloom when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, which is the best time to enjoy chrysanthemums, and has the meaning of praying for longevity. Chrysanthemums can also be seen in temple sacrifice and ancestor worship during the Qingming Festival.

Chen Chien-Ming, a job agent at Taichung Agricultural Reform Farm, says that chrysanthemums are used in Chinese sacrifices or event exhibitions, and chrysanthemums are the first successful item in the flower industry. Thirty years ago, the domestic flower industry just started, and it was also the glorious era of chrysanthemums. In 1989, the total planting area of cut flowers in China was 2785 hectares, nearly half of which were chrysanthemums. In that year, Taiwan exported 4195 metric tons of chrysanthemums to Japan, with a total value of more than NT $200 million.

The elegance and poise of chrysanthemums has won the hearts of the Japanese, but looking at the data of the Council of Agriculture, it is found that the export volume of chrysanthemums has declined year after year after 1989. Chen Jianming explained that exports are decreasing year by year because Taiwan's environment is a subtropical climate, with high temperatures and great changes.