#历史开讲 #
The Tang Dynasty was an important period in the development of wine therapy in Chinese history, and it was also a glorious period of drinking culture. The liquor therapy of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be an important part of traditional Chinese medicine, which has undergone a long history and formed a unique medical system.
First, the origin of wine and the development of winemaking technology throughout the ages
Since ancient times, drinking alcohol has been an integral part of Chinese culture. With the changes of the times and the evolution of culture, the winemaking technology has been continuously innovated and improved, and the types of wine have become increasingly diverse, among which the winemaking technology of the Tang Dynasty has undergone the accumulation of predecessors and its own improvement, and has become an indispensable part of the food culture at that time.
In ancient times, humans have begun to pick fruits and ferment them into wine, which is the origin of wine. With the emergence of agricultural civilization, the brewing technology of wine has gradually developed. During the Xia, Shang, and Three Dynasties, sake brewing was relatively mature.
In the Spring and Autumn Warring States to the Qin and Han Three Kingdoms periods, people began to use distilled liquor and glutinous rice wine, and created new winemaking techniques. During the two Jin dynasties and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, winemaking techniques became more and more sophisticated, producing many famous wines.
In these historical periods, people's understanding of wine has gradually deepened, and their own drinking culture has gradually formed.
The Tang Dynasty was one of the golden periods of Chinese food culture and an important period for winemaking technology to reach a new level. The winemaking technology of the Tang Dynasty was further improved on the basis of its predecessors, and more types of wine were invented, such as malai, plum wine, jujube wine, etc.
The Tang Dynasty also widely used seasoning, brewing and storage techniques to create a variety of tastes and qualities of wine. In addition, the Tang Dynasty people also began to study the nutritional value and medicinal value of wine, and began to use wine to treat various diseases, forming the wine treatment culture of the Tang Dynasty.
In terms of the concept of wine in the Tang Dynasty, the concept of wine before the Tang Dynasty was mainly based on fine wine, and the Tang Dynasty began to combine wine with medicinal herbs, and invented many medicinal wines, such as Siwu wine, angelica wine, beehive wine, etc., which not only have high medicinal value, but also prolong life.
At the same time, the cultural fashion of the Tang Dynasty also made drinking a must-have for social and banquets, and further promoted the development and popularization of wine culture.
The Tang Dynasty literati Yashi liked to chant the beauty of wine and the philosophical meaning of wine in his poems and articles, believing that drinking could enhance communication, cultivate sentiment, and inspire and help creativity.
Drinking became a way for literati to gather their emotions and exchange ideas. In the people, people are also happy to drink, and celebrate various festive activities through drinking, strengthening family and friendship.
With the changes of the times, the technology of brewing has also evolved. During the Tang Dynasty, the types of wine and brewing techniques were further enriched and improved.
In terms of winemaking technology, the Tang Dynasty invented the method of brewing wine from various materials such as glutinous rice, sorghum, millet rice, corn, etc., and also invented the use of sweet wine and bitter wine to make different flavors of wine. In addition, the Tang Dynasty also invented methods for making fruit wine, such as plum wine, wine, etc.
In terms of the concept of wine in the Tang Dynasty, people's understanding of drinking has gradually deepened. The concept of alcohol in the Tang Dynasty has been closely integrated with medicine, and it is believed that drinking alcohol helps regulate the body, strengthen immunity, and is beneficial to health.
At the same time, the Tang Dynasty people also began to pay attention to the way and time of drinking, advocated moderate drinking, and warned against excessive and abuse of drinking
Second, the development of wine remedies in the Tang Dynasty
In the Tang Dynasty, liquor therapy was a common form of medical treatment, and over time, liquor therapy was gradually perfected and developed. Wine therapy in the Tang Dynasty mainly includes the types of medicinal wine, the way of alcohol into medicine, the taboos of using alcohol, the emergence and development of wine therapy, and the great development of wine therapy in the Tang Dynasty. These aspects are discussed below.
1. How alcohol is administered
Medicinal wine is a special medicinal agent, wine can play a certain catalytic role, promote the release of medicinal effects, and achieve better therapeutic effects. In the Tang Dynasty, there were many types of medicinal wines, including flower wine, glutinous rice wine, sweet wine, bitter wine, and so on. These wines are made differently and have different medicinal effects.
There are three main ways to drink and take medicine: drinking, applying and fumigation. Drinking is the most common treatment with wine, and it is also the main way of using alcohol therapy in the Tang Dynasty.
Dressing refers to the application of medicinal liquor directly to the disease area to have a local treatment effect. Fumigation is the heating of medicinal wine, allowing it to volatilize and inhale into the patient's body to have a therapeutic effect.
Alcohol contraindications also require special attention, such as pregnant women, children, seriously ill patients and other people, need to use alcohol therapy with caution.
2. The emergence and development of Tang's previous use of alcohol therapy
As early as the Shang Dynasty, there was a method of using wine as a medium for treatment. Over time, alcohol therapy has evolved. Before the Tang Dynasty, the use of alcohol therapy was gradually perfected, and the types of medicinal wine were increasing.
3. The great development of wine therapy in the Tang Dynasty
In the Tang Dynasty, the use of wine therapy was more comprehensively developed and promoted. Medical works such as "New Cultivation of Materia Medica", "Essential Recipe for Emergency" and "Thousand Golden Wings", "Dietary Therapeutic Materia Medica", "Secrets of Outer Tai", "Treasure of Production", "Food Medical Heart Guide", "Immortal Healing Injury Continuation Secret Recipe" and other medical works have detailed descriptions of the application of alcohol therapy, providing important support and promotion for the development of wine therapy.
These medical works not only give a detailed introduction to the types, brewing processes, and medicinal recipes of wine, but also give a more comprehensive explanation of the efficacy, usage, and contraindications of wine.
These medical works provided valuable historical materials and materials for the great development of wine therapy in the Tang Dynasty, and also provided important references and enlightenment for later generations of medical research.
Among them, Xinxiu Materia Medica, one of the most important medicinal works of the Tang Dynasty, provides a comprehensive and systematic description of the medicinal use of wine. The book details the preparation, efficacy, usage and contraindications of various medicinal wines, such as pork liquor, tangerine peel wine, guizhi wine, etc.
In addition, "Prepare for Emergency Thousand Gold Essentials" and "Thousand Golden Wings" are also important reference works for the treatment of wine in the Tang Dynasty, and they have made detailed records of the medicinal use of wine, providing important references and bases for later generations of medical research.
In addition, there are some works dedicated to wine therapy in the Tang Dynasty, such as "Food Therapy Materia Medica", "Secrets of Outer Tai", "Jingxian Treasure", "Food Medicine Heart Guide" and "Immortal Healing Injury Continuous Secret Recipe", etc., which played a positive role in promoting the development of wine therapy in the Tang Dynasty.
They recorded in detail all aspects of wine therapy in the Tang Dynasty, providing valuable historical information and medical experience for later generations of medical research.
3. Wine therapy and its health care ideas in daily life in the Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was one of the pinnacle periods of ancient Chinese culture and one of the important stages in the development of Chinese wine culture. In the daily life of the Tang Dynasty, wine therapy was widely used and became an important means for people to maintain health care and treat diseases.
This article will deeply analyze the alcohol therapy and its health care ideas in daily life in the Tang Dynasty, including the custom of alcohol therapy in festivals, wine therapy in Tang people's life, and alcohol treatment and drinking in Tang Dynasty Buddhism and Taoism.
During the festivals of the Tang Dynasty, drinking and liquor therapy were an integral part. During traditional festivals such as Sheri, Dragon Boat Day, Chongyang, Divide Day and Yuan Day, people drink various medicinal wines to sacrifice ancestors, pray for health, and celebrate festivals.
Different festivals have different drinking customs, such as drinking osmanthus wine and chrysanthemum wine on the day of the society, drinking wormwood wine and dandelion wine at the Dragon Boat Festival, drinking chrysanthemum wine and rhombus wine in Chongyang, and so on. These medicinal wines not only have health benefits, but are also an important part of the food culture of the Tang Dynasty.
In addition to the wine treatment in the festival, the daily life of the Tang Dynasty people is also indispensable to the figure of wine. Medicinal wine was one of the most important drinks in the Tang Dynasty, and people added medicinal herbs to the wine. These medicinal wines are believed to nourish the body, enhance physique, and treat diseases.
There was also a drinking habit in the Tang Dynasty called "dipping wine", that is, soaking medicinal herbs in wine and drinking. This method is widely used in health care and treatment fields, such as wine soaked in ginseng, astragalus, poria and other medicinal herbs, and is believed to regulate qi and blood, improve immunity, delay aging, etc.
In the Buddhism and Taoism of the Tang Dynasty, wine therapy also had different applications. In Taoism, alcohol therapy is widely used in the cultivation process of immortality, and it is believed that drinking specific medicinal wine can delay aging, enhance the body's ability to resist disease, and even enable people to realize the desire for immortality.
Wine therapy in Taoism is not only a form of healing, but also a form of cultivation, emphasizing the adjustment of the yin and yang balance of the body to achieve a harmonious state of body, mind, and soul.
In Buddhism, on the other hand, alcohol therapy conflicts with the Buddhist abstinence precepts. Buddhism believes that drinking alcohol will cause people to increase greed, lose a clear mind, and be detrimental to spiritual practice, so it stipulates that alcohol prohibition is one of the precepts. But during the Tang Dynasty, some Buddhist temples used alcohol to treat diseases, causing some controversy.
In order to solve this problem, some Buddhist scholars began to explore the pros and cons of drinking, and put forward the idea of "guarding against alcohol", that is, emphasizing that people should keep a clear mind when drinking, not be swayed by greed, so as to achieve the purpose of practice.
IV. Conclusion
In the social context of the Tang Dynasty, liquor therapy was an important form of treatment, and its historical origin, formation, and development, especially in the Tang Dynasty, had a profound impact on later generations.
Through the research on wine therapy in the Tang Dynasty, we can see that wine therapy has achieved breakthrough development in the Tang Dynasty, such as a wide variety of types, advanced brewing technology, and the change of the concept of using wine, which not only made important contributions to the medical and social life of the Tang Dynasty, but also brought positive effects to the medicine and living habits of later generations.
The idea of wine treatment in the Tang Dynasty emphasized the health care role of medicinal wine, believing that medicinal wine could treat diseases while also preventing them. The festival wine treatment customs of the Tang Dynasty were also very popular, and different festivals drank different medicinal wines to achieve the purpose of health care and longevity. In Buddhism and Taoism in the Tang Dynasty, drinking alcohol was also included in the treatment and became a unique treatment.
In general, the study of wine therapy in the Tang Dynasty is of great significance for us to understand the development of traditional medicine in mainland China and the influence of traditional food culture. In modern society, with the improvement of people's living standards and the enhancement of health awareness, medicinal wine as a traditional health care method has also received more and more attention.
Therefore, we need to study the ideas and methods of wine treatment in the Tang Dynasty in more depth, in order to provide reference and reference for the development of modern health medicinal wine, so that the traditional food culture and health care methods can be better inherited and carried forward.
Bibliography:
LI Yue. Research on wine therapy in the Tang Dynasty[D]. Shaanxi Normal University, 2011.