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Chongyang Festival and what is the festival Wine God Festival?

September 9 Chrysanthemum Festival, is China's long history of a folk festival, in the development and evolution of thousands of years, the folk formed a number of Chrysanthemum Festival alias, such as the past is also known as the Festival, today is called the Festival of Respect for the elderly and so on, and because of the Chrysanthemum Festival in the custom of a "drinking chrysanthemum wine", the Chrysanthemum Festival is also more or less related to the wine, but also Some people and the Chongyang Festival known as the God of Wine Festival, then let the old calendar to introduce you.

The Chrysanthemum Festival is a traditional custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine in China, which has been prevalent as early as in the Han and Wei Dynasties. Chrysanthemum wine in ancient times was regarded as a must-drink, disaster relief and pray for good luck "auspicious wine", but also because of the chrysanthemum wine, the Chrysanthemum Festival has become the festival of the wine god to worship the god of the wine industry.

China's history of brewing Chrysanthemum wine is very long, the ancient book "Xijing Miscellany" recorded: "Chrysanthemum Shu, and pick the stems and leaves, miscellaneous millet for brewing, to the next year, September 9 began to ripen, on the drink, so it is called Chrysanthemum wine." At that time, the chrysanthemum wine, is the first year of the Chrysanthemum Festival specifically for the second year of the Chrysanthemum Festival brewing.

On the day of Chrysanthemum Festival, people picked the first blooming chrysanthemums and some verdant leaves, mixed them with grain and brewed wine, and put them into the second year to drink on September 9th. At that time, the cool autumn air, chrysanthemum blooming, window hedge, piece of gold, people are invited to drink chrysanthemum wine, *** to enjoy the yellow flowers, really have a lot of fun.

Chrysanthemum can remove heat, nourish the liver and improve eyesight, anti-inflammatory and detoxification, with high medicinal value, and the brewed wine can improve eyesight, cure dizziness, lower blood pressure, lose weight, lighten up the body, replenish the liver and gas, and the stomach and intestines. Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty said, "Wine can get rid of all diseases, and chrysanthemum can control decrepitude", and the "Jingchu Chronicle" said, "On September 9, wear jujuying, eat lotus ear, and drink chrysanthemum wine, so that you will live a long life."

Therefore, the day of Chung Yeung has also become the Wine God Festival, where people worship the god of the wine industry. In "Shandong Folklore - Chongyang Festival", it is said that Shandong wine houses sacrificed to the god of cylinder on this day, and the god was Dukang. In Moutai Town, Renhuai County, Guizhou Province, all hold a quaint and grand ceremony of sacrificing water, which is a ritual that has been passed down for thousands of years in the local distilleries.

A local folk song in Renhuai sings, "September 9, is Chongyang, Chongyang brewing fragrance full of the river; September 9, go down to the river to pick water to cook new wine." Every year, Moutai town began to put material brewing, which is completely different from other liquor at any time to put material at any time production.

Moutai liquor is made in September, the first is the harvesting season of sorghum; the second is to comply with the characteristics of the local climate in Moutai; the third is to avoid the high temperature of production, easy to artificially control the fermentation process, and to cultivate favorable microbial system, these production processes are reflecting the special relationship between the sun and wine.

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