Why did the ancients make wine on the spring equinox?

Our Shanxi area has the custom of brewing wine on the spring equinox. Ancient books recorded: "spring equinox wine storage in the urn, over three volts of dross since the melting, its color red, taste after a long time is not bad, called the equinox wine." Ancient people in the trekking, used to invite friends two or three, sitting under the flower drinking.

People felt that the feeling when they were slightly drunk was as tired and lazy as spring sleepiness, so there was a kind of drunkenness called the spring drink, and drinking under the flowers to the spring drink was more likely to make people arrive at spring.

This season, everything is revived, heaven and earth yin and yang sympathy, brewing microorganisms began to be active, the equinox is a good time to brew traditional liquor. There is a popular saying that "good wine knows the time of year, and spring wine is as expensive as gold".

The ancients believed that at this time of year, "the earth's qi is through", which means that the permafrost layer has completely thawed and the soil is permeable, which makes it an ideal time for planting seeds.

So there are many places not only to brew wine, but also to use wine and vinegar to worship the first farmers, praying for a good harvest.

As recorded in the ancient book: "Spring Equinox made wine stored in the urn, over three volts of dregs since the melting, its color red, the taste of a long time, called the equinox wine."