Introduction: The difference between Chinese and Western wine culture is ultimately the difference in values? Suggestion: 3 truths to know
In the long process of human development, the rise of human civilization has promoted the production and development of wine, and the invention of wine has brought the development of human ideology to a new process, that is, to enjoy life, rather than the simple survival of human beings in primitive society.
Chinese and Westerners like to drink, but the wine is not a type, for Chinese liquor and Western wine, different types of wine will have different ways to drink, different ideas will have different wine culture, for these 3 points of the difference between Chinese and Western wine culture, what do you know?
1. Differences in drinking etiquette
China
Chinese whether it is meaningful drinking or meaningless drinking, there is a common point, that is, "people-oriented", people's joys, sorrows, emotions and feelings first. Therefore, drinking alcohol is often used to express various psychological states of people, perhaps happy celebration, anger venting, or painful relief.
At the same time, China's drinking etiquette is also "focused on others", so the etiquette paid attention to when drinking is formulated according to the needs of others. Chinese is orderly, knowing humility and etiquette, so drinking Chinese formal occasions has a distinction between seats, there is a distinction between toasting and being toasted, and drinking etiquette has also become a way to express one's respect for others, and even generally a social behavior rather than an individual, because of the Chinese collectivist values.
western
Western drinking etiquette is fundamentally different from China, and Westerners pay more attention to the feeling of the thing itself, that is, the drinking thing itself.
Therefore, Western etiquette is also generally based on the study of how to taste wine and how to make red wine taste as good as possible.
Therefore, what wine will be paired with what food taste is the most delicious technique in Western food, or what instrument should be used for different wines to decan, and how many ranges of decanting is the most appropriate.
This is all because of the Western worship of food and the emphasis on the feeling of drinking, so more etiquette is a way to maximize the comfort of drinking than to focus on drinking socially. In other words, from Western drinking etiquette, we can see the "rationality" and individualism of Westerners, and this is the most essential difference from Chinese values.
2. Differences in drinking habits
China
Chinese drinking is "shallow drinking", but also for wine tasting, since ancient times have invented different wine vessels, with these exquisite and quite exquisite wine vessels to serve wine, not only can reflect the identity and status of a person in ancient times, but also can make drinking have the greatest sense of ritual, improve the quality of drinking.
In China, the highest state of drinking is a sense of "slight drunkenness", a sense of hazy in reality and illusion, a sense of confusion of Zhuang Zhoumeng butterflies, and this is the greatest enjoyment of drinking for Chinese, and it is a subtle romantic thought of Chinese.
western
For Westerners, drinking should not be "drinking" but simply and rudely.
The highest state of drinking is to release oneself, so whether it is even a thousand yuan of wine or dozens of pieces of beer, except for the slow strip of the first two sips to taste the taste, the rest will be drunk with the neck up, and drink until the carnival is full.
Therefore, the second half of the party in the West is almost crazy carnival, and even a lot of accidents have occurred, but this is the pleasure of alcohol for them, and only such crazy self-release is nature.
From this point, it is not difficult to see that the culture of Westerners is a more open realism, and the "moderation" in Chinese culture is difficult for Westerners to understand, in their view, Chinese is to suppress nature and desire and live feudal and hard, which is a difference in values.
3. Differences in the types of alcohol consumption
China
Since ancient times, Chinese favorite types of drinking have been rice wine and rice wine, which are wines made from pure grain and evolved into later Chinese baijiu. Chinese sit on the mountains and eat the mountains, follow the water, use the most traditional handicraft techniques to make the fermentation of grain to the extreme, and finally brew a liquor with a high degree but a fragrant body.
Chinese technology of brewing liquor can be said to be unprecedented, because even in the current 21st century, the so-called distilled liquor abroad is difficult to reach the same brewing technology as China, of course, this is the evolution of history, is the accumulation of culture.
western
Westerners like to drink wine, beer and a variety of flavored wines, all of which have one thing in common is rich in taste and pay more attention to the use and ratio of spices. The brewing culture of Westerners can be traced back to the ancient Greek period, because of the fermentation of grapes to form the earliest wine, this fruit wine and the current wine is still very different, but at the beginning grape fruit wine is the prototype of Western red wine.
Baijiu and red wine both represent different aesthetics between China and the West, and the following 2 wines are the most striking contrast between Chinese baijiu and Western wines, you can compare them.
★ Yellow-tailed kangaroo white wine
This wine is an Australian white wine, but the price of the wine is affordable, the wine is sweet and sour with a hint of wine astringency, sold in many supermarkets in China, yellow-tailed kangaroo as an affordable wine brand, has been very popular since its introduction to China.
★ Steamed Tai Kunsha wine
The wine is a sauce-fragrant liquor produced in Guizhou Moutai Town, which has the same brewing process and local ingredients as Moutai, and its capacity of 1000ml per bottle is still very rare in Chinese liquor. And it is not a very famous big brand wine, so it also has a low price, but the taste is very classic and mellow, not only has the aroma of sauce aroma wine, but also has a light burnt aroma, which makes people have an endless aftertaste.
The difference between Chinese and Western drinking culture is not only the difference between Chinese and Western civilization, but also the difference between Chinese and Western values, the above 2 wines can try to make a reference comparison, if there are other opinions and suggestions, welcome to communicate in the comment area.