What is the meaning of the word "drinking order"?

Jiu Ling (行酒令) is a Chinese cultural tradition that refers to a game of drinking in which the winner is divided into winners and losers are punished with a drink.

The game is based on a count of one to ten, plus the fact that the two sides don't point their fingers, which is called the "pair of fists" method. There are lucky "colorful wine order", namely: a product when the dynasty, brothers two good, three (mountain) more wealth (firewood) more, four generations, hardware Kuihou (five grains), six animals thrive, seven coincidental even the wealth, the eight immortals floating in the sea, the nine nine to one, the gold and red longevity, and so on.

Some homophones are arranged by local names, such as: a (Yishan) Temple, two col, three Bay, four rows of buildings, five arch, six slope reservoir, seven Pu, octagonal building, nine Dragon Rock, Cross Street. Some are arranged by seasons or festive months, such as: Yiye Zhiqiu, February Society, March Chingming, April 8, early May 5, June 6, July 14, August 15, September Chungyang, October National Day.

In the Zhuang region, there are also Zhuang language guessing wine order, such as: "double hit buzz", "three hit buzz", etc., that is more characteristic, enjoy it; there are also guessing code with "vernacular There are also guessing codes in the "vernacular" called wide code. There are even arranged by the name of the flower, the name of the herb, such as a little red, two degrees of plum, six Shenfan, July a flower and so on.

Source of Xingjiu Ling:

"Xingjiu Ling" is a kind of game that enlivens the atmosphere at the drinking table and serves as a cheerleader, and many people play these games but do not understand their meaning.

The first "wine order" originated in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, during which the top brass paid extra attention to etiquette and law, serving people with "etiquette", and at that time this "game" was not a way to pass the time, but a way to restrain people from drinking. The game was not meant to be a pass time, but a way to keep people in line with the rules of drinking.

Time came to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in which the wine order gradually developed from a ritual into a game and became a form of entertainment, but it was only popular among the scholarly class. It was only in the Sui and Tang dynasties that it was gradually accepted by the lower classes, and the related words and phrases appeared in the poets' writing, leaving many colors.

Waiting until the Ming and Qing dynasties, "wine order" became a game of drinking and gathering to cheer up the game, this game has developed to its heyday is the past few decades, the gathering and drinking can often be heard a lot of friends in the wine shouting "five Kui Shou ah, eight horses ah", the scene is very active, everyone is also very active. The scene is very active, and everyone is very happy.

Reference: Guangxi Hechi Yizhou District People's Government - Folk Customs - "Wine Order"