People of old believed that wearing evodia on the Double Ninth Festival kept evil away.
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culture
On the Double Ninth people climbed hills and wore sprigs of it, the scene of 王维's line 遍插茱萸少一人, 'everyone wearing evodia, and one person missing'.
usage
The name covers more than one plant. The festival 茱萸 is usually identified as 吴茱萸, evodia, which has a strong smell; 山茱萸, cornel or dogwood, is a different plant used in medicine.
