Solar terms correspond to drinking.

And wine, as the essence extracted from grain and fruit, originally comes from and depends on the land. Only when there is a good harvest of grain can there be good wine. It is the so-called "natural beauty" of good wine, and this "natural beauty" is precisely because of the continuous efforts of the ancients according to the laws of solar terms, "spring ploughing, summer harvesting, autumn harvesting and winter storage", which has achieved "endless grains" and surplus grain to make wine. Therefore, wine and solar terms have a "homologous" relationship.

Ritual sense of wine and solar terms

On the other hand, wine is "divine" at the beginning of its birth. As early as the beginning of human civilization, ancestors occasionally tasted the beauty and magic of wine in rotten fruit. They found that after drinking this delicious drink, it was like a dream, as if they were in "God's world".

In the ancient witch-praying culture, wine is a sacred thing that people associate with "God", and only tribal priests can enjoy it. After drinking wine, priests can "communicate with God" when they are intoxicated.

Wine can "communicate with God" and naturally make sacrifices to "God", and as a sacred product to sacrifice heaven and earth, it is the original origin of wine's sense of ritual. In the Han Dynasty, 24 solar terms were included in the calendar. Since then, it has become a national event and tradition for thousands of years to hold a grand sacrificial ceremony in the solar terms to pray for good weather, peace and prosperity. Between alcohol and solar terms, they are related with a sense of ceremony.

Of course, with the passage of time and the progress of brewing technology, wine has gradually changed from the enjoyment of gods (sacrifices) to something that most people can enjoy, and the custom of drinking in solar terms has also spread. Wine sacrifices to heaven and earth, and then people can enjoy the wine nourished by heaven and earth, which also nourishes our wine culture of "harmony between man and nature" Such as Maotai-flavor wine, we must adapt to the weather when brewing, inherit the ancient method, and brew according to the time.

Between wine and solar terms, it is "intertwined" together and perfect each other. You have me, and I have you, which together add luster to our lives and give birth to the history and culture about wine and solar terms.