The liveliness of the chugen-setsu event was also depicted in "Tokeimukaroku" which was written in the Southern Sung period and which described the prosperous state of Kaifeng, the capital of Northern Song.
南宋代になって、北宋の都である開封の繁栄したさまを記した『東京夢華録』にも、中元節に賑わう様が描写されている。