What is the origin and development of Japanese sake culture?

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Sake is called the national wine of Japan. Izakaya can see it at family dinners or on the roadside. The most admirable thing about sake is that it can make an unforgettable taste with simple rice and water, so some people call it: an incredible liquid made of rice.

Japanese who love to drink have brewed Japanese sake which is not high in degree but delicious. Sake has also created a unique Japanese sake culture with the Japanese. Sake culture has almost become a symbol of Japanese culture. The Japanese not only put heavy pressure on wine, but also pinned their country's history and their life on sake.

Full-bodied and refreshing, soft and firm.

1, a gift from God

Japanese people love sake very much, calling it a gift from God.

The traditional Japanese sake method is to learn the brewing method of China yellow rice wine. Therefore, the biggest difference between Japanese sake and China liquor is that China liquor is highly distilled liquor, while Japanese sake is self-brewed, and the alcohol content is only about 15- 16 degrees. It is mellow and easy to drink, which is good for body and mind.

The brewing process of sake

Therefore, Japanese people are very particular about brewing sake. They should choose water with good inorganic content and big grain rice with high starch content and low protein content. Only after peeling can it be steamed and brewed. After filtration and clarification, they should add appropriate amount of activated carbon to absorb impurities. After the finished product is stored for a summer, they can get a good wine with mellow taste.

What are the grades of sake? Written in? Written specifically? Yinniang? Wine-making, Yin wine-making has the lowest output, which belongs to wine tasting.

Yin brewing can be divided into Yin brewing and Da Yin brewing, which is different from the whiteness of rice. The top-grade Dayin-brewing needs to be ground repeatedly on the basis of the original rice, and the part rich in protein and fat in the outer skin is ground off to prevent off-flavor, leaving only the stone as the brewing raw material, which makes the wine more crisp and mellow. Such a bottle of Yin Da Niang can fetch ten thousand bottles in the market.

It has a long history.

Sake brewing steps

Sake brewed by rice is produced after the spread of rice culture. In the late Wensheng period, that is, during the Warring States Period in China, a large number of people from the south of the Yangtze River crossed the sea to Japan to escape the war, and brought rice planting techniques.

From Kyushu in the south to Aomori in the north, traces of rice cultivation in this period have been found. It is precisely because of this that Japanese talents in the later period can brew traditional sake with rice.

Written at the end of the 3rd century AD, The History of the Three Kingdoms in China? Wei Zhi? The biography of the Japanese recorded the customs of the Japanese archipelago at that time: He died and stopped mourning for more than ten days. At that time, he didn't eat meat, and when he mourned, others sang, danced and drank. ? It shows that there was a relatively common drinking custom on the island at that time.

According to Japan's Ji Ji, the rice produced in Japan is boiled, and water is added. After a while, the rice can be drunk with fragrance. More accurate technical discussion began in Nara period, when the Japanese ruling class appeared among the people in order to consolidate the political power and expand the local economy. Wine merchant? And hire workers? Dalits? Engaged in the workshop of brewing sake.

The history of sake

As time goes by, Japan's wine-making technology is also advancing by leaps and bounds. By the14th century, Japan has been able to brew high-quality products with mature technology, namely? Monk wine? .

However, after the Meiji Restoration, influenced by the war and other factors, the quality of Japanese sake plummeted, and merchants began to sell inferior wine blended with alcohol to make huge profits. It is also for this reason that the elderly in Japan will call this inferior sake? The wine of troubled times? And what is the name of traditional high-quality wine? Wine of peace? .

Today, the Japanese constantly optimize Japanese sake with modern brewing technology and mechanized equipment, so that the quality of Japanese sake can return to the peak and the world can enjoy it again? A gift from God? .

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1, sake is good, but you can't drink too much.

Sake can be heated with hot water or refrigerated. Hot sake is very common on Japanese tables in winter. Sake is usually put into a special porcelain wine bottle, and then indirectly heated to 40-50 degrees in hot water, while cold wine is suitable for summer, and the best drinking temperature is about 16 degrees.

Sake and sashimi

Sake is refreshing and has a unique flavor. It is often paired with traditional Japanese dishes, such as sashimi, and is not suitable for foods that are too heavy to cover the aroma of sake.

In Japan, drinking sake is an extremely common entertainment. Sake is suitable for gathering friends and relatives or entertaining VIPs. On the wine table, if the other party pours sake for you, you should finish the wine in your glass first, and then accept the toast from the other party. You need to pay back the money.

However, we should also control the frequency of drinking. Although sake has a unique taste and a low degree, people are easily deceived by its sweet appearance and drink too much.

2, drink this cup of wine, it is an adult.

Drinking is integrated into Japanese daily life. Japanese people will drink Tu Su wine on New Year's Day, drink under cherry trees when cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and drink chrysanthemum wine after the Double Ninth Festival. Therefore, sake is essential in the rite of passage which is very important to the Japanese.

Japanese young people go to the shrine to worship on Adult Day.

According to Japanese folk customs, on the annual Adult Festival, that is, 1 month 15. Young people over the age of 20 in Japan wear solemn and gorgeous national costumes, boys wear clothes and girls wear kimonos.

Make an appointment with friends to go to the shrine to worship. After the worship, * * * will drink a glass of sake and leave a photo of drinking in front of the shrine to prove that he is really an adult. This custom has not changed so far.

Because Japanese law stipulates that minors are not allowed to drink alcohol, young people in Japan go to the shrine to raise their glasses on adult days, that is, under the witness of the gods, they come to bid farewell to their underage self and declare that they are adults who can drink alcohol from now on.

Choosing sake instead of other more popular beer or wine is also a respect for traditional culture. The status of sake in the hearts of Japanese people can be seen.

Life is like wine, wine is like life.

1, life is like wine

After entering the Heisei era, the Japanese people's work pressure is increasing, and the Japanese call people who are busy with work every day social animals. In order to relieve the pressure of work, it has become a habit for Japanese men to go to izakaya for a drink every day after work to relieve the pressure.

If you go home directly after work without socializing, it will be considered by your family and neighbors as a sign of poor communication skills, and sake is the best way for Japanese people under pressure.

Japanese office workers in izakaya

Sake is not very strong, and you won't get drunk after a few drinks. The price of ordinary sake is relatively approachable and it is an affordable drink for the public. The beauty of sake is. Qing? In other words, where does the clear and transparent sake come from? Turbid? The practice of washing coincides with the elegant culture of Japan.

Are there ten Japanese favorite words? Qing? Words, the meaning is pure and clear. What about the Japanese? Qing? Preference, in "ancient times"? Hey? Record.

When the evil Nagi ordered a visit to Isobo's life in the Kingdom of Huang, he saw Isobo's life crawling with maggots and fled, thus giving birth to the legend that gods such as the God of God and the God of Light washed away his filth. Many Japanese people like to associate life with wine when drinking, and compare life to sake, which is still clear and pure after tempering.

Under the pressure of heavy work, sake has given great comfort to the Japanese. The fast-paced day is over. Come to izakaya for a drink to ease the nerves, chat with your deskmate friends or complain about your boss, and the pressure will be released.

If you don't have enough fun in one store, find another store to drink, even the mellow and refreshing sake will make people intoxicated. The Japanese are tolerant of drunkenness and don't take drunken remarks seriously. Therefore, in a highly stressful life, sake has become the mainstream of Japanese izakaya.

2. Wine is like life.

Sake is the national wine of Japan, and sake culture has almost become a symbol of Japanese culture. The Japanese not only put heavy pressure on wine, but also pinned their country's history and their life on sake.

Sake has been passed down from generation to generation from its birth to its world-famous reputation. In Japan, there are? No sake, no table? In other words, sake will appear in every stage of life, and sake is the wine that really accompanies the Japanese people all their lives.

For the Japanese, sake is not only a pastime with meals, but also a witness to Yamato's national history.

Worship of nature is one of the important parts of Japanese primitive Shinto, and the idea of taking nature as the foundation is also an important local culture that the Japanese have always adhered to. In the eyes of the Japanese, living in harmony with nature is their fundamental idea. People, like other natural things, are a kind of nature.

Japanese people's love for nature is manifested in various things. For example, from Monday to Sunday in Japan, there are Moon Obsidian Day, Fire Obsidian Day, Water Obsidian Day, Obsidian Day, Golden Obsidian Day, Earth Obsidian Day and Japanese Obsidian Day. Sake, as the national wine of Japan, naturally reflects the Japanese love for nature.

From the name of sake, it is not difficult to see natural objects such as laurel pavilion, authentic cherry blossom, authentic chrysanthemum, white snow, He Maohe, Bai Mudan and Matsuzaka plum. They are all natural things that Japanese people like, which embody Japanese natural standards and also place beautiful meanings and wishes on them.

In addition, in ancient Japan, faced with the gift and majesty of nature, the Japanese also formed the idea of animism.

Under the influence of this cultural tradition, the Japanese got as drunk as a fiddler in izakaya, complaining about others in a drunken state, pouring out pressure, and turning pages quickly after waking up, completely ignoring the grievances after drunkenness. This behavior pattern is also the inheritance of tradition, and it is also a state in which god and man enjoy each other.

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Sake, Japan's national wine, is far more than a daily pastime. Pure sake is a necessity for Japanese people to relieve the pressure of life, a witness of important moments in life, and also the inheritance of traditional ideas.

Japanese love sake, the clarity of sake, and the process of drinking? You can temporarily forget the pressure of life, forget your troubles, have fun with God, and be one with God. It is precisely because the Japanese love wine that sake culture can spread widely in Japan. Sake has penetrated into every aspect of Japanese life, and together with the Japanese, * * * has created unique national characteristics.

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1, Japanese wine culture

2. Study on the relationship between sake and Japanese native culture.

3. Japan and wine