What did the ancients drink on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival?

Habits handed down from ancestors: eating jiaozi in the New Year and eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is also-

What did the ancients drink on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival?

Habits handed down from ancestors: eating jiaozi in the New Year and eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival. There is also-drinking.

"When will there be a bright moon? I take my glass from a distance.

I don't know about palaces in the sky. What year is tonight? 」

This famous "Water Tune Song Tou" was written by Su Shi after drinking all night in the Mid-Autumn Festival. So, what did people drink at that time?

First, in the Spring and Autumn Period, drink yellow wine.

Yellow rice wine is one of the oldest wines in the world. Like the Mid-Autumn Festival, it existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the wind of drinking rose, and yellow wine quickly spread throughout the country. Therefore, at that time, the ancients must have been inseparable from yellow wine for the holidays. Besides, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather turned cold, or the season to eat crabs. At this time, don't drink a pot of warm yellow wine!

Second, since the yuan dynasty, drinking liquor.

It is said that liquor really entered the historical stage in the Yuan Dynasty. There are many records of distilled liquor and distillers in the literature such as Diet in Yuan Dynasty. Before that, many "shochu" or "steamed wine" actually only referred to heated yellow rice wine.

The earliest liquor was distilled on the basis of yellow rice wine. In the Ming Dynasty, according to Compendium of Materia Medica, there were many similarities between liquor-making techniques at that time and modern liquor-making techniques. Subsequently, liquor gradually replaced rice wine and became the most important liquor in China.

Third, since the Tang Dynasty, drinking osmanthus wine.

Osmanthus wine is made from Jingui, which blooms in autumn, and aged with high-quality rice wine. It has the characteristics of golden color, fragrant smell, sweet and sour taste. Historically, osmanthus wine was very popular in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, osmanthus wine was actually brewed with osmanthus, so the aroma was extremely rich. At that time, the literati loved osmanthus wine best. By the Qing Dynasty, osmanthus wine had become the royal wine of the court and was regarded as the traditional festival wine in Beijing.

If yellow rice wine and white wine are versatile, then they are indispensable for any festival. Then, osmanthus wine is specially designed for Mid-Autumn Festival. It is inextricably linked with the Mid-Autumn Festival.