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Since ancient times, the drinking culture has been deeply rooted in the bones of our Chinese, and China, as a country of etiquette, has established a unique drinking culture with the idea of "having friends from afar, not happy".
On the modern wine table, everyone even puts the phrase "deep feelings, a mouthful" on their lips, which shows the extraordinary status of wine in everyone's hearts.
So how did the ancients drink alcohol? In fact, the ancients had many more rules for drinking alcohol than they do now.
Drinking etiquette
At that time, wine was not only a drink, but also a kind of spiritual sustenance and a cultural inheritance.
In ancient society, the "Three Rites" and "Five Rites" were like a detailed guide to people's behavior.
At the feast, everyone has their own place, and the dignity and humility are orderly, and they must not be transgressed. Raising a glass of alcohol is not only a way to satisfy the appetite, but also a way to show respect and respect.
In addition to the etiquette of the wine table, the ancients also had to pay attention to moderation when drinking, and in the hearts of the ancients, drinking was a kind of "Wenke" realm.
In their eyes, wine is not a drink, but a carrier of culture, and it is the interweaving of friendship, etiquette and virtue.
The three jue are limited, this is the way of drinking the ancients, after drinking the three jukes, you will know the beauty of the wine, and then drink it will be over, and when drinking, you must be self-controlled, talk and behave decently, and you can not lose your posture.
As Confucius said, "stop when you are slightly drunk, do not lose your words, and do not lose your posture", which is the best state of drinking.
The ancients drank alcohol, not only for drunkenness, but also for the beauty of that drunkenness, and there are rules for toasting.
At the ancient wine table, toasting was not only a ritual, but also an art.
When the host raises his glass to greet the guest, this is called "offering", and when the host warmly urges the guest to have another drink, this is called "reward".
When the guests toast the host in return, it is a deep gratitude and respect, which is called "answer", and when the guests toast to each other, it is a kind of cordial greeting and blessing, this is the "travel reward", in order to toast to people, that is called "wine", it is not only a rule, but also a kind of respect.
In addition to these rituals, the entertainment activities on the wine table of the ancients were very rich. When the ancients were drinking, it was not just a matter of just drinking and drinking, they came up with a lot of fun entertainment activities to make drinking more interesting.
This is most famous for chanting poetry while drinking, drinking wine while listening to beautiful verses, many of which we are familiar with are made while drinking.
The flower game is also very interesting, everyone takes turns to pass a flower, and the person who receives the flower either drinks or recites poetry, anyway, it has to be a bit of a talent show.
The ancients would also sing a song after drinking, this entertainment method is also known as Duqu, some people have a particularly good voice after drinking, and everyone is intoxicated by singing.
In the winter, everyone sits around the fire and drinks while keeping warm, and the warmth is very pleasant.
These recreational activities not only make drinking more fun, but also make it easier for everyone to enjoy the quality time spent with friends.
The ancient drinking culture was full of etiquette and rules, which not only constrained people's behavior, but also respected and cared for people.
Drinking Xi at different festivals
Different festivals, the Xi of drinking wine are also very different, during the ancient Spring Festival, there is a special wine that people love, that is, Tusu wine.
Tusu wine not only has a unique taste, but also has a beautiful meaning of auspiciousness, health and longevity, and there is actually a legendary story behind the name of Tusu wine.
It is said that there is such a master in Tusu'an, and every year on the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, neighbors can receive the herbs he sent. The neighbors would soak the herb in the well water, and on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the well water soaked in the herbs would be mixed with wine, and the family would sit at the table and drink.
As long as this wine is drunk, the family will not be plagued by the plague all year round, and later people named this wine "Tusu wine" in honor of this master.
Qingming Festival, a festival full of mourning and remembrance, has an indissoluble relationship with wine.
Everyone knows that Qingming is during the Cold Food Festival, in that ancient Xi, people can only live with cold food, and wine, like a warm spring breeze, brings a trace of warmth to people in the cold season.
It not only warms the body, but also comforts the soul, and the family sits together, although the food on the table is cold, but the wine in the hand is warm, as if it can dispel all the cold and loneliness.
Qingming Festival is also a day to pay tribute to relatives, and in the face of life and death, people's hearts are inevitably heavy. And wine, like an old friend who understands you, gently soothes the wounds in your heart.
The ancients' feelings for Qingming drinking can be described as rich and profound, they found solace in wine, and also expressed sorrow in wine. It is against this background that many well-known poems were born.
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, people use wine as a medium to entrust a beautiful vision of warding off evil spirits, eliminating evil and detoxifying.
In this special season, calamus wine has become people's most favored drink, it not only has a unique taste, but also carries people's expectations to ward off evil and eliminate evil.
Realgar wine is another good wine of the Dragon Boat Festival, legend has it, realgar wine has the effect of detoxification, therefore, drinking realgar wine in the Dragon Boat Festival has also become a way for people to pursue health.
And the most common and the most widely spread, is naturally calamus wine, every Dragon Boat Festival, every household will prepare calamus wine, with relatives and friends to share this beauty. This is not only a Xi, but also an emotional sustenance and spiritual comfort.
The ancients drank wine to nourish themselves
Wine, the ancient elixir of wisdom, is not just a brief meeting between alcohol and the flesh. In this fertile land of China, wine culture has long been integrated into our blood and has become the soul of our interpersonal relationships.
The contents of this cup are not only a pleasure and enmity that can be drunk in one go, but also a profound oriental philosophy.
Tea culture, like a quiet lake, reflects the inner world of individuals, emphasizing self-cultivation and inner precipitation, while wine culture is more like a turbulent sea, surging and stirring emotional exchanges between people.
Through the medium of wine, we observe the world and identify people's hearts, every drop of wine contains a kind of wisdom of life, and every time after getting drunk, it seems to have obtained a baptism of the soul.
The ancients regarded wine as a good medicine for health, not only because wine can relax the muscles and invigorate the blood, promote blood circulation, but also because wine can open people's hearts and release people's emotions.
Between the intoxicating wine and the intoxicating scenery, the art of drinking lies not only in how to taste the sweet wine, but also in how to make this slightly drunken pleasure a healthy enjoyment.
The joy of drinking comes from the mellowness of the wine and the beauty of the scenery, but the way of drinking is equally important, which is the essence of health.
The ancients were well versed in this, and they summed up a unique way of drinking wine over the years, emphasizing the principles of drinking warm wine, drinking slowly in small sips, and not mixing wine.
Drinking wine warm is a warning from the ancients that we should not drink excessively cold wine. Cooling into the abdomen will not only irritate the stomach and intestines, but may also cause various discomforts.
Drinking slowly in small sips reminds us to savor the beauty of wine, and swallowing it in large gulps will not only fail to appreciate the delicate taste of wine, but may also cause a burden on the liver.
Wine is not mixed, but it is the embodiment of the wisdom of the ancients. Drinking different types of alcohol together can easily cause symptoms such as headaches and nausea.
Drinking is enjoyable, but it also has to be done in a good way, and as long as we can grasp that delicate balance, wine can become a good medicine in our lives, nourishing our body and mind.
Let us raise a glass to invite the bright moon, a drink to know the strength of the wine, and then drink to understand life better, wine is not only a catalyst for emotion, but also a source of wisdom.
Let us taste the wine at the same time, but also taste the oriental wisdom contained in it, and understand the profound Chinese wine culture.