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Folk wine culture prevails. How to treat wine culture correctly?

Brewing and drinking is an important part of China's farming culture for thousands of years, and it is the crystallization of the wisdom of working people. With the continuous development of society, it has been endowed with more meanings, which has become people's aesthetic needs, the function of expression and performance, and the value embodiment of appreciation and creation. It can be seen that in the long history of human culture, wine is not only a material existence, but also a cultural symbol.

First, the developed wine industry.

Wine culture has promoted the rapid development of wine industry, and many precious wines are distributed in the upper and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the north and south of the Yangtze River. Folk wines have mushroomed all over the country. There are many kinds of Chinese wine, including white wine, wine, yellow wine, medicinal liquor and beer. According to its nature, it can be divided into three categories, namely fermented wine, distilled wine and mixed beverage wine (referred to as mixed wine). Common fermented wines include beer, wine, rice wine and fruit wine. Common distilled spirits include white wine. According to the manufacturing technology, most of the current wines can be divided into three categories: brewed wine, distilled wine and blended wine, among which the famous blended wines in China are Tiger Bone Wine, Ginseng antler and Bamboo Leaf Green.

Secondly, wine enriches people's spare time.

With the development of society and the general rise of the brewing industry, wine has gradually penetrated into all areas of people's daily activities, and the activities of wine have also been extensive and stylized, forming a more systematic wine custom. In the daily production, life and social activities of people of all ethnic groups in China, wine is closely related to folk customs. For agricultural festivals, weddings, funerals, birthdays, celebrations, welcoming guests and other folk activities, wine has become an essential item. Sacrificial celebrations during agricultural festivals, remembering ancestors through drinking, pinning their feelings and wishes on the pursuit of harvest and prosperity; When drinking in the village, the happy, harmonious, intimate and friendly atmosphere between the neighbors in the village is the ultimate because of the excitement and affinity of the wine. Marrying a man and a woman is a life-long event. In the grand wedding, the festive wedding banquet is full of unique folk tastes. The funeral of wine shows the loyalty and filial piety of future generations; Celebrate the birthday wine, showing the joy of life; The wine of friends and relatives gathering, the friendship of brothers and sisters. In short, without wine, there would be no banquet, no ceremony, no custom, no wine, no folk activities, and no support for sadness and joy.

Third, if you drink moderately, the extremes meet.

China is the world's largest consumer market for brewing and drinking. Civilized drinking is the main embodiment of wine culture and the premise of people's healthy life. As the saying goes, drinking too much wine is harmful to health. With the improvement of people's living standards, it is more necessary to advocate the consumption concept of civilized drinking, scientific drinking and rational drinking, and create a healthy and fashionable consumption trend.