How did China's wine culture come about?

China's winemaking culture has a long history, and in the minds of ancient literati wine is an important source of the art of living. And in modern society it is a lubricant for dealing with interpersonal relationships, so that the nation can better unite and develop. According to historical records, China's winemaking culture first appeared in the Xia Dynasty, but at that time it was still only a small-scale circulation. China's wine is not only a wide variety, but also pay attention to the mood of drinking, and the best state of drinking is in the seemingly drunk, the most happy and excited stage.

Origin of Wine Culture

According to history, during the Xia Dynasty, an official called Yi Di offered wine made from rice and wrapped in mulberry leaves to Dayu. Da Yu drank it and felt very sweet, so he had a premonition that there were bound to be future generations who would misuse their country because of drinking wine. So he forbade the manufacture of wine. However, because wine was so sweet, some people still secretly circulated the method of making wine. In ancient times, there were many literati who gave elegant names to wine, such as agar, golden syrup, and so on. So wine became an indispensable item for the literati to talk about poetry and singing.

Second, China's drinking culture

Chinese in the drinking of this piece is very concerned about, and for this reason also made up a lot of drinking orders and drinking songs. There are many stories about the use of wine as an introduction, such as Cao Cao's banquet with Liu Bei, in which he expressed his ambition by cooking wine with plums and discussing heroes. And there are countless literary works that use wine as an example, which add a very funny content to the Chinese drinking culture. Another aspect of the drinking culture is that when you drink, you should savor it slowly and not drink it all in one go, not to mention drinking directly to unconsciousness.

Three, wine as character

Ancient people also like to study each other's character from the drinking etiquette, those who drank a lot of drunkenness are thought to be wine is not good, not enough gentleman. So the culture about wine is actually a habit of the Chinese masses, but with the invasion of foreign wine culture, China's wine culture is gradually changing.