Yi Di made sake mash, Du Kang made straw wine, and the moment the fermented grain began to release its charming atmosphere, wine became the best embellishment of people's lives.
China is recognized as the country with the longest history and the deepest heritage of wine culture in the world. The "Ciyuan" records that "ancient texts, wine through the unitary". As early as the oracle bones, there is an expression of the word "wine".
In addition, in the Cishan Cultural Site in Handan, Hebei Province, about 7,000 years ago, deep-belly tanks and funnels of winemaking tools have been excavated. In the Sanxingdui cultural sites dating back 3,000-5,000 years, excavations of wine-making and drinking utensils have once again confirmed this.
"Peach and plum spring wind a glass of wine, the night rain of the rivers and lakes ten years of lights." A glass of wine reflects the taste of the world; China's wine has left countless shadows in the long history of development, and its types are numerous and wide, which can be called the world's largest. Chinese wine culture has had a profound impact on the wine culture of neighboring Japan.
Taking the Japanese title of sake alone, Japan, which is influenced by Chinese wine culture, retains many of china's ancient titles and integrates them into the customary expressions of modern Japanese, which is inseparable. Today, I will introduce you to the Kanji expression of the sake category in Japanese sake culture, and you can feel it together
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Chikuyo
Nicknamed "Takeba" sake. Ukiyosako, Amorous First Generation Woman (1686) 1 "Transfer a drop of takeha (chikuyo) to a gold cup that is tamaru" [Zhangkyo - Seven life] "Takeba" sake making name, 很ming sake-like shadow.
"The Chu people draw Han water, and brew wine in the ancient City." The spring breeze blows the wine ripe, just like the Han River Qing. Where the old people are, the mounds should be leveled. Only the remaining bamboo leaves are there, leaving this ancient feeling. —— Su Shi,"Bamboo Leaf Wine"
Bamboo leaf wine originated in China, named because of the light green color of the wine, has a long history. Especially in the Song Dynasty, it was very popular, such as Su Shi's poem "Seeing Plum Blossom Drama gifts on the Qiting Road" in volume 5 of the "Song Poetry Collection": "The wild shop first tasted bamboo leaf wine, and Jiang Yun wanted to fall bean straw ash." "It's bamboo leaf wine.
The Song people also often used "bamboo leaf green" and "bamboo leaf qing" to call bamboo leaf wine. The Bashu area also calls bamboo leaf wine "bamboo light wine". However, in China, these words refer specifically to bamboo leaf sake, and in Japan, "bamboo leaf" can refer to Japanese sake in general.
Similar to the word "bamboo leaves", 笹 (ささ) /笹の露 (ささののゆ), which refers to small bamboo, fine leaves, etc. However, in the Japanese Middle Ages, the word "sake" was also pronounced "ささ", which is a metaphor for wine for women. Therefore, the latter two words can also refer to Japanese sake in general.
Ten no Biroku
The word comes from the Japanese proverb ,"sake は天の美禄", which translates to mean that sake is a rare gift from heaven.
The word is also derived from China's "Book of Han and Food Chronicle": "The wine drinker, the beauty of the heavens, the emperor so nurtures the world, enjoys the blessings of the gods, and supports the decay and the sick." There is a Japanese ōgin sake called "Miroku Ten", which is said to come from this allusion.
The head of 100 medicines
The nickname for this wine is also derived from the article "Hanshu Food And Goods": "Wine, the length of a hundred medicines, the good of Jiahui". There is also a saying in Japanese that "sake は百薬の長", that is, wine is the length of a hundred medicines, and moderate drinking is more beneficial to health than any medicine. The right or wrong of this view is not discussed here, but moderate drinking and a little drunk can indeed relax the mood
Toji
Toshi is the supreme leader in a traditional Japanese brewing group and can be said to be the true soul of a sake. In Japan, the Du family has a century of history. The word Du has many etymology, and one of the most widely known is related to the Chinese god of wine, Du Kang.
Du Kang is the ancestor of winemaking in ancient Chinese legends, according to the Warring States history book "Shiben": "Xin Nü Yi Di made wine mash to change the five flavors, Du Kang made rice wine." The Beishan Wine Sutra says, "Du Kang made rice wine and was named for its good brewing." Of course, the more famous is "how to relieve worries, only Du Kang".
Because Du Kang was good at winemaking, later generations respected Du Kang as the god of wine, and the wine industry regarded Du Kang as his grandfather, so Du Kang became synonymous with wine.
The title of technical director of the ancient Japanese Imperial Palace Sake Brewing Division was "Knife Zi (とじ)", and later under the influence of Du Kang, the Chinese character for "Knife Self" was changed to "都氏(とじ)", and it is still used today, and the highest technical director of the brewery is called "Du Shi".
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"The cup is small and big, and the sun and moon in the pot are long." Japan is undoubtedly a good wine country, drinking is one of the most common behaviors in their lives, people who like wine, people who can't drink, people who are drunk with tinctures, and various forms of drinking have special words to describe.
Sorted out some wine-related terms small "cheese" first understand, and when the epidemic is over, when you go to Japan to find wine, in case you use it
People who like to drink: People who can't drink:
Xin Dang [karatou] Gan Dang [amatou]
Left Party [Satou] Right Party [utou]
Shangto【jogo】 下户【geko】
Describe people who drink well:
Shugo: The amount of alcohol is very large
No bottom [sokonashi]: Sake inconvenuity bottom
Sakenomi: Blackmail
Describe a drunk person:
Liquor fetish [sakeguse]: bad alcohol common usage: liquor fetish が悪い, refers to the wine is not good, drunk after playing drunk crazy people.
Deisui: Drunk and drunk like mud
Gudenngudenn: The Harm of Encounters
Drinking Style:
iqkinomi: Bite drying
Trumpet Drinking [rappanomi]: 对 bottle blowing
Water split [mizuwari]: Intimidation
Lock[rokku]:
Champon [tyannponn]: Same-time non-alcoholic sake
Common drinking phrases used in izakaya:
Do you have time? Let's go for a drink [jikannaru ippainominiikou]: extortion Two cup
Beer or alcohol? 【biiruga soretomoosake】:Is it all about sake?
I'd like a cold beer [hietabiiruwokudasai]: A glass of 请冰啤
The alcohol content is high [arukoorudosuuwatakaine]: The alcohol content is high.
Have a drink [ippaidouzo]: Come, dried cup
Another drink [mou ippaidouzo]: a drink from again
I can't drink anymore [mou momimenaiyo]: I can't re-blackmail
I drank too much [nomisugita]: Blackmail
Do you have any snacks 【nanikaotsumamigaarimasuka】:Sake konaba
Other alcoholic beverage vocabulary:
There are also some common sake, which are common Japanese expressions in bar, so remember to collect and preserve yo~
Sake [seishu]: Sake
Shochu [syoucyuu]: Sake
Awamori: Distilled spirits
Sour [sawaa]: Sour sake
Sparkling sake [Hatoshu]: Awashu, Erushi-ushi sake
Fruit wine [kajitsushu]: Fruit wine
Umeshu:Plum wine
Beer [biiru]: Sake
Cocktail 【kakuteru】:Ushio sake
Champagne [shampann]: Koko
Wine 【wainn】:Wine
Vodka [whokka]: Tokoka Fushi
Tequiira: 龙兰兰
Whisky [uxisukii]: Prestige abomination
Rum [ramu]: Royishu
Brandy [burannde-]: White-ground
Jinn: Mori Matsuko Sake / Kinshu
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After reading the introduction above, do you know a little more about Japanese sake?
Japanese sake has a thousand years of brewing history, and it is closely related to its history and culture, and to feel and taste the charm of sake is to taste Japan.
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