Wine is a kind of diet, why is it said that wine is the material carrier of culture?

China is an ancient civilization in the Li Zhuo world, and China is the hometown of wine. In the 5,000-year history of the Chinese nation, wine and wine culture have always occupied an important position. Wine is a special kind of food, which belongs to the material, but it has also been integrated into people's spiritual life. As a special cultural form, wine culture has its unique position in China traditional culture, from which the wine administration system is derived. In the history of civilization for thousands of years, wine has almost penetrated into all fields of social life.

First of all, China is a country with agriculture as the mainstay, so all political and economic activities are based on agricultural development. Most of the wines in China are brewed from grain, and wine is closely linked with agriculture and becomes a part of agricultural economy. The prosperity of grain production is a barometer of the rise and fall of wine industry. According to the grain harvest, the rulers of various dynasties regulated the production of wine by issuing or opening bans, thus ensuring the people's food.

China is the kingdom of wine. Wine has various shapes and colors; Variety and output rank first in the world. China is also a paradise for drinkers. There is no distinction between north and south, between men and women, old and young. Drinking has been going on for thousands of years. China is also the most prosperous place of wine culture [1], and the significance of drinking far exceeds the consumption of the body and the pleasure of eating; On many occasions, as a cultural symbol and a cultural consumption, it expresses a etiquette, an atmosphere, an interest and a mentality. Since then, wine and poetry have forged an indissoluble bond.

Not only that, many famous wines in China not only give people beautiful enjoyment, but also give people beautiful enlightenment and inspiration; The development of each famous wine contains the exploration and struggle of generations of workers and their heroic dedication. Therefore, the spirit of famous wine is closely related to national pride and fearless spirit. This is the spirit of the Chinese nation! It is equal to the "Dionysus" promoted in Europe. It seems that with famous wines, China catering can be sublimated into a global catering culture.

As an objective substance in the world, wine is a changeable spirit, hot as fire and cold as ice; It is lingering like a dream, vicious as a demon, soft as brocade and sharp as a steel knife; It is ubiquitous and powerful. Admirable and should be killed. It can make people transcend broadmindedness, brilliance and debauchery; It can make people forget the pain, sadness and troubles in the world and soar in absolute freedom; It can also make people recklessly and bravely sink to the bottom of the abyss, make people throw away their masks, reveal their true colors and tell the truth.

Wine, in the long history of human culture, is not only an objective material existence, but also a cultural symbol, that is, a symbol of Dionysian spirit. In China, Dionysian spirit originated from Taoist philosophy. Zhuang Zhou advocated the unity of things and me, the unity of heaven and man, and the unity of life and death. Zhuang Zhou sang the song of absolute freedom, advocating "wandering things", "wandering around the world" and "land without things". Zhuangzi would rather be a free turtle shaking his head in a mud pond than a bound swift horse. The essence of China's Dionysian spirit lies in pursuing absolute freedom and forgetting the benefits of life and death, honor and disgrace.

There are striking similarities between world cultural phenomena. Dionysus, the god of grape cultivation and wine making, is the symbol of Dionysus in the west. In ancient Greek tragedies, the Dionysian spirit in the west rose to the theoretical level and was sublimated by the philosophy of German philosopher Nietzsche. Nietzsche believes that Dionysian spirit is a symbol of emotional catharsis, a survival experience of abandoning the traditional bondage and returning to the original state, and human beings have gained great pleasure in life in the desperate and painful cry of disappearing the unity of individuals and the world.