Where is the origin of wine culture?

Wine, China, these are two almost equivalent labels. The history and specific start time of brewing in China are still inconclusive. One view is that it existed in the Neolithic farming age, another view is that Huangdi made wine, and there is a more famous saying that Du Kang made wine.

In Cao Cao's poem, it is written that "Du Kang alone relieves anxiety", which is Dukang wine. However, Du Kang's viewpoint of brewing has been refuted by many scholars. According to historical records, Du Kang was probably a master brewer in a certain era and was regarded as the ancestor of winemakers by many people.

That is to say, before Du Kang, wine-making had existed and developed a relatively mature system, and Du Kang was only the representative recorded in the world of mortals.

But some people think that wine is the product of natural fermentation of grain. Jiang Tong's Wine in Jin Dynasty: "The prosperity of wine comes from the emperor, or Yunyi Emperor, or Kang." If you can't finish eating, the rest will be empty, and the taste will accumulate and the fragrance will accumulate for a long time. This is why it is not a strange formula; Fruit wine and milk wine are the first generation of beverage wine, and people lived by gathering and hunting in Paleolithic Age. Fruit has a high sugar content and is easy to naturally ferment to produce fruit wine; Animal milk contains protein and lactose, and it is also easy to ferment into wine. The brewing technology of saccharification and alcoholization of grain appeared in Shang Dynasty. The direct brewing method of active microorganisms or their enzymes appeared in the pre-Qin period; The Han dynasty developed koji-making technology and introduced wine-making from the western regions; Tang and Song Dynasties began to brew fruit wine and medicinal liquor; The technology of distilling and brewing soju appeared in Yuan Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the further development of the brewing industry, high-alcohol distilled liquor was rapidly popularized. After thousands of years of accumulation, it has formed a wine culture with China characteristics. Chinese wine culture is extensive and profound, which is the crystallization of China traditional culture and material culture.