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Baijiu culture is an important part of China's traditional culture, and there are many allusions to celebrity drinking in mainland history.
For example, Wu Song's "three bowls are not enough" before he fought the tiger, Zhao Kuangyin's "cup of wine releases military power", etc., the history of drinking alcohol by various ethnic groups on the mainland has a long history.
Drinkers in different provinces on the mainland have different drinking customs, and their drinking ability is even more varied, among which the Northeast people are recognized as bold.
However, it is not eligible to be on the list of the "top four drinking" provinces in the mainland, and the top of the list is undoubtedly the largest drinking province.
So what are the four provinces in the mainland that are the "top four drinking" provinces, and what are their unique drinking traditions? What are the different drinking habits?
1. The leader of the "Top Four Drinkers" in Shandong Province
If you want to say that the province that can drink the most alcohol among all the provinces in China, it must be the people of Shandong, which is one of the birthplaces of Confucianism in China and one of the provinces with the most splendid drinking table culture in the country.
Generally speaking, the way of dividing tables in Shandong is significantly different from that of other provinces.
Other provinces may divide the table according to the relationship between the guests, but there is only one condition for the Shandong banquet to be divided, that is, a table that can drink and a table that cannot drink.
Even if the man is an adult, if he is not strong enough to drink, he will be assigned to the table of women and girls, and thus be "teased" by relatives and friends.
Therefore, in order to avoid this embarrassing situation, Shandong men basically have a good amount of alcohol.
The toasting culture of Shandong banquet is also very particular, and each seat on the wine table has a special meaning, such as the main escort, deputy escort, etc.
After the guests are seated and the dishes are served, the host will take the lead in toasting and "ringing".
After the main escort finished saluting the deputy escort, there were often few people at the wine table who could stay awake after a few rounds.
Shandong people's love of drinking is also reflected in all aspects of life, not only at the banquet party, but also in various sacrificial activities and festivals.
Every meal requires a few drinks, and liquor is a must-have drink in daily life.
If you are a foreigner traveling to Shandong, there are still many toasting rules to follow.
Shandong, as the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, attaches great importance to the respect and inferiority of the elders and the young, and the juniors should put the cup under the cup to show their respect for the elders.
When pouring wine, the glass should be filled to the point of spilling, as a way to show the hospitality of the host.
Second, Inner Mongolia with a drink and a hearty drink
The second largest province in the mainland is the Inner Mongolia, and the Inner Mongolian people living in the Inner Mongolia are one of the best drinking ethnic groups in the mainland.
The people of Inner Mongolia almost treat wine as a drink in their daily life.
The love of drinking alcohol in Inner Mongolia is directly related to their unique lifestyle.
The Inner Mongolian people live in the vast inner Mongolia plains, which are located at high latitudes, and the temperatures are colder than those in the interior.
Moreover, Inner Mongolia people live in Mongolia bags, and the warmth of Mongolia bags is relatively poor.
In order to resist the cold environment under special weather, Inner Mongolian people warm up their bodies through the habit of drinking, and then form the habit of drinking.
The alcohol often consumed by the people of Inner Mongolia is different from that of other provinces, and Inner Mongolia does not have arable land and natural conditions suitable for grain cultivation, but animal husbandry is more developed.
Most of the ancient Inner Mongolian people were nomadic people, so the Inner Mongolian people often used mare's milk and goat's milk to make wine.
The most common drink in Inner Mongolia is mare's milk wine, which is made from fresh mare's milk.
Mare's milk wine has a refreshing taste and has the effect of repelling cold, so it is also called Yuan jade pulp by Mongolia and is one of the eight treasures of Mongolia.
Inner Mongolian people are very enthusiastic about foreign tourists, and often invite tourists to drink wine and eat meat, and mare's milk wine and hand-handled meat and milk tea are called the three major delicacies of Inner Mongolia people to entertain guests.
Mare's milk wine has a unique flavor that may not be familiar to you at first, but if you drink it, you will often like its taste.
Inner Mongolian people will treat guests by toasting songs to invite guests to drink, singing non-stop, drinking non-stop.
Therefore, if you don't have enough alcohol, don't easily challenge the mare's milk wine of the Inner Mongolians, otherwise you may get drunk on the spot.
3. Henan wine culture without hot dishes
As the Central Plains region of ancient China, Henan was the hinterland of all dynasties, and was influenced by Confucian culture, and many of the wine cultures in Henan Province are similar to those of Shandong Province.
Eating a banquet in Henan has the tradition of "first cool and then hot and then add a soup".
That is to say, Henan banquets are often served with cold dishes and then hot dishes first, and finally end with a "rolling egg soup" to complete the whole process of a table banquet.
But if it is a foreign guest, the first round of toasting may not be able to resist the banquet in Henan.
I got drunk when I couldn't see the hot dishes at the Henan banquet, so some people ridiculed that there were no hot dishes on the Henan banquet, all cold dishes.
The first round of cold dishes at the Henan banquet is all appetizers, and at least three glasses of toast must be made after serving.
The host will also stare at the guests before they drink heavily, showing respect for the guests.
Henan also has a long history of boxing culture, and after the opening toast of the banquet, you will enter the atmosphere of boxing and drinking.
Those who lose often need to punish themselves, so eating a banquet in Henan requires not only an amazing amount of alcohol, but also mastery of skillful boxing skills.
Henan people are also very particular about the types of liquor, Henan is a major agricultural province on the mainland, and it is an important grain producing area on the mainland.
Therefore, Henan people prefer the grain wine brewed by the farmers to the finished wine, or the local wine that is well-known in the town.
Compared with retail liquor, grain liquor has many advantages, and its significant feature is that it is made naturally without the addition of any industrial substances.
Even if you get drunk, you will not have any headache or dizziness when you wake up the next day, and the damage to your body will be less.
Fourth, Guizhou Province, where men, women and children are addicted to alcohol
Guizhou Province is one of the "top four drinking provinces" in mainland China, and it is also one of the provinces with the strongest drinking capacity among the southern provinces.
Guizhou people drink alcohol has a significant characteristic, that is, regardless of men, women and children, no matter at any time in the morning, noon and evening, there are drinking friends in groups of three or five, drinking and having fun.
Nowadays, more and more young people are no longer happy with alcohol culture, and they are aware of the harm caused by alcohol to the body, and the number of young people who do not drink alcohol is increasing.
But for young people in Guizhou, this trend does not exist, and young people in Guizhou love alcohol even more than middle-aged and elderly people.
Moreover, Guizhou people have a special habit of drinking wine even in the whole country, that is, they like to drink morning wine and start every morning with alcohol.
Around the breakfast shop in Guizhou, you can often see middle-aged and elderly people with liquor, getting together to push glasses and change lamps, and the day's life begins with a glass of wine.
The reason why Guizhou people develop such a habit of drinking alcohol is also inextricably linked with the local living environment.
Guizhou is located in the deep mountains and is humid and rainy, and the air is full of moisture, which can easily lead to arthritis and other diseases.
Drinking alcohol can expel moisture from the body, so that the body can be protected from the intrusion of moisture in the environment and maintain a strong enthusiasm for life.
Both men and women of all ages in Guizhou Province are very fond of liquor.
Guizhou is also one of the main gathering places of ethnic minorities in the mainland, such as Miao, Hui, Bai and so on.
These ethnic minorities also tend to have a love for fine wine, and have the habit of making wine, and each ethnic group has its own unique wine.
Ethnic minorities will see fine wine as a form of courtesy, and hospitable minorities will frequently toast guests to make them drunk.
Guizhou people like to drink, Guizhou's liquor industry is also very brilliant, and Kweichow Moutai is even more famous throughout the country.
Kweichow Moutai enjoys the same status as Scotch whisky and France brandy, and is known as the world's three famous liquors.
The development history of Kweichow Moutai has been more than 800 years ago, and it is the "masterpiece" of mainland sauce-flavored liquor.
In 1996, it was recognized as a state secret by the mainland, and at the beginning of the 21st century, it became an intangible cultural heritage of the mainland.
China's wine culture has a long history, in addition to the "top four" provinces, such as Hebei, Jiangsu, Northeast and other places are also big drinking provinces.
Liquor culture is an important part of China's traditional history, and it will be more widely disseminated in the future as China's liquor industry continues to prosper.
epilogue
As a traditional drink in the mainland, baijiu is deeply loved by all ethnic groups in China.
Among them, Shandong Province is undoubtedly the most able province in the country, and Inner Mongolia, Henan and Guizhou are also in the list of the "Top Four Drinking".
The top four drinking provinces have different drinking habits, among which Shandong and Henan have more drinking etiquette.
Inner Mongolia, on the other hand, regard alcohol as a necessity in daily life and a tool to ward off the cold.
Guizhou is a good taste for alcohol, and there is a well-known wine brand such as Kweichow Moutai.
Although liquor is good, excessive drinking will also cause a load on the liver and affect the health of the body, so it is best to drink in moderation and not be greedy.
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