The COP15 diversity conference let everyone see a different Yunnan, they can not only sing and dance, but also have their own different interpretations of drinking.
In the Hani area of the Red River, the local Hani people pay great attention to etiquette culture, among which drinking as a food culture has become a local custom and tradition after generations of generations, and has also bred a member of the intangible cultural heritage - Hani Purple Rice Sealed Cylinder Wine.
It is said that the Hani were historically a migratory people, and according to archaeological and historical studies, the Hani were differentiated from the Qiang people who migrated south in northern China.
The hani people who are good at thinking have been cultivating terraces for more than 1,300 years, with the largest number of terraces more than 3,700 levels, and in 2013 the Honghe Hani rice terraces were also inscribed on the World Heritage List.
At the same time, the Hani people are also one of the first peoples to domesticate wild rice, and rice cultivation is the ancient production content of the Hani people. For thousands of years, the Hani people have bred the best food crops in the unique ecological environment, including purple rice.
If you have been interested in observing the Tropic of Cancer, you will find that this latitude is often the ocean and the desert, but in Yunnan, China, it gives the Mojiang River an oasis, the terraces close to the sky, and the title of "Sky Rice" given to the Mojiang Purple Rice.
Here, there is an endless terrace, which is the promised land cultivated by the Mojiang Hani people for generations, and the pollution-free air not only gives the Hani people a pure heart and focused ingenuity, but also makes the purple rice in this place have the purest essence.
It is said that the best purple rice in China is produced in Mojiang, and the best purple rice in Mojiang comes from the high mountains of the Hani people, and every year at the festival, the Hani people want to make purple rice dumplings, and the old people tend to insist on using the oldest varieties.
The old variety of purple rice is so sought after, in addition to its long history, but also because its nutritional content is much higher than that of white rice and ordinary nutritional characteristics of rice, which is suitable for the nourishment of the weak and sick, and it is also suitable for the daily health of healthy people.
Not only in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded that purple rice has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying kidneys, strengthening the spleen and warming the liver, and invigorating blood, etc., in the "Dream of the Red Chamber", it is called "Oda Rouge Rice", in ancient times, purple rice was also listed as a "tribute", which is a rare delicacy for the royal family and nobles.
The brewing of the sealed cylinder wine began in the pre-Qin period, according to historical records, old texts recorded and confirmed, every year the lunar frost dropped to the following year Lichun, the use of special utensils, washed, steamed, drizzled, added herbs for saccharification fermentation agent, fermented to make "rice wine".
People add liquor to rice wine, seal the cylinder fermentation again, known as "sealed cylinder wine", this descendant has been passed down from generation to generation, and the brewing technology has gradually matured, which is the origin of the sealing cylinder wine.
The Hani purple rice sealing tank wine is more similar to sweet liquor, using purple rice as a raw material, washing and cooking on high heat, waiting for the purple rice to float out of the fragrance, you can put it in a dustpan to spread the heat, sprinkle in cold water and sweet wine and mix evenly.
Finally, the fresh glutinous rice has been sublimated under the catalytic action of the sweet wine koji, the aroma has come to the nose, after lifting the lid, the surface of the sweet liquor is covered with a thin layer of gray hyphae, down is the soft and sweet rice lees, quietly indulging in the transparent sweet wine.
The purple rice sealed wine produced in this way is not high, the old and the young are salty, the most suitable for family gatherings, the elderly can drink, and those who usually do not drink can also drink with confidence, so that the purple rice wine from the Tropic of Cancer creates a happy and harmonious atmosphere for you.