Chinese Wine Culture
Wine has a close connection with culture in China, in both ancient and modern times.
Spirit has a history as long as that of mankind. According to legend, the Chinese people began to make spirit with grains seven thousand years ago and even earlier with animal milk.
Spirit permeates into every field of life: law, philosophy, ethics, morality and social customs. Because most emperors and ministers in ancient China were fond of spirit, it became a part of political life, playing an important role of moderation and destruction. A famous example is the story of how Emperor Taizu of Song deprived a military commander of his command by serving him spirit.
Spirit appealed to men of letters and many anecdotes about their drinking were handed down through generations. Wine also has close connection with social customs in China, where there are fifty-six nationalities, and drinking customs vary from nationality to nationality. For instance, the Mongolians will present three cups of wine to a guest and go on singing songs of wine until the guest finishes them.
So, in a sense, wine or spirit is both lubricant and adhesive of Chinese culture.
Custom of Chinese Wine Drinking
Chinese wine drinking has been taken a quite important role in Chinese people's life from ordinary people to kings for a long time. Our Chinese ancestors either used wine toforefathers to express reverence as a libation, or to enjoy by themselves while writing poetry or prose, or to toast their relatives and friends during a feast. When to drink On May 5th, our ancestors drank the Realgar Wine and the Chrysanthemum Wine on September 9th. On the fifteenth day of the first moon, during... More
Chinese drinks are classified into the following four groups, according to the process by which they are made: Huangjiu Huangjiu is also known as "laojiu", which is brewed from grain with wheat Qu or Xiao Qu used as saccharifying and fermenting agents. It is one of three dominated brewed wines (beer and grape wine) in the world. Huang Jiu predates all the other liquors, with a history of several thousand years. The alcohol content is mild, at around 15%, and ... More
Maotai Maotai is regarded as the national spirit and king of the Chinese spirits. A few cups of Maotai would relieve you from years of sorrow. No banquet in China is complete without toasts on this fiery liquor. Made in the town of Maotai, Guizhou Province, it has a history of 2,100 years. The brewing techniques of Maotai are very complicated and unique. For years, the Maotai flavor has puzzled brewers from other cities. Distilleries in other parts of the country h... More
In different historical periods, due to the increasing development of social economy, the making techniques, materials, shapes and designs of drinking vessels responded to the development and took on various shapes and designs hard for one's eyes to follow. The vessels can be divided into different types according to the different materials. Followings are three main types. Bronze Vessels Bronze vessels were used during the Shang and Zhou periods in ancestral rituals. Ancestors... More
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