Why do you want to drink Tu Su wine during the Spring Festival?

Tu Su wine was created by Hua Tuo, a famous doctor at the end of Han Dynasty. Its formula is made of rhubarb, atractylodes macrocephala, cinnamon, divaricate Saposhnikovia root, prickly ash, aconite root, etc. soaked in wine, which was later passed on by Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty.

Every year in the twelfth lunar month, Sun Simiao always sends a pack of medicine to neighbors, telling them to take medicine to soak wine and drink it on New Year's Eve, which can prevent epidemics.

Since then, after several generations, drinking Tu Su wine has become the custom of China New Year. In ancient times, Tu Su wine was drunk in a unique way. Most people drink alcohol, always starting from the elderly; But drinking Tu Su wine is just the opposite, starting with the smallest. That is to say, when a family gets together to drink Tu Su wine, they should start with the younger children and the older children should drink a little one by one.

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Tu Su wine was produced in Jin Dynasty. Some people used to live in Cao An and throw medicine bags into the well every New Year's Eve. Take out the water and put it in the bottle in January, so that the whole family will not be afraid of getting sick when they drink it together. Slaughtering is cutting; Sue is an herb. Cut the herbs to make wine, and the wine is "Tu Su wine". Jin Haixi asked Dong Xun, "Why do the younger generation drink together in the first month? What is Dong Xun's reason? " Dong Xun said: "I am one year younger, which is worth celebrating. I am one year older, so I drink late. "

Because the formula of Tu Su wine comes from Huatuo, it has been highly praised by many famous artists such as Sun Simiao, Zhang Zhongjing and Li Shizhen, as well as the records of countless ancient books and the reputation of thousands of years of folk practice in China, it has supreme authority and unparalleled influence. With the passage of time, drinking Tu Su wine on New Year's Day has become a folk custom. Throughout the country and many ethnic groups, the ruling party and the opposition party have been handed down from generation to generation. Numerous celebrity classics are recorded, leaving articles.

With the aggravation of natural anomalies such as climate warming and frequent outbreaks, and people's increasing pursuit of the concept of healthy and long life, the spring of Tu Su wine has quietly arrived. Since the mid-20th century, the custom of drinking Tu Su to prevent diseases and pray for peace during the Spring Festival has gradually disappeared, and Tu Su wine has also been lost. However, there are still many people who miss it. Some people lamented that "I want to drink Tu Su, pray for peace, and I have nowhere to wear iron shoes" and "There is no Tu Su in the Spring Festival Evening, and I feel three points boring".

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