Chinese Culture
Wine Culture:
Origins of fermenting and drinking wine go far back
Ancestors used wine as libation to their forefathers to express reverence, or enjoy themselves while writing poetry or prose, or to toast their relatives and friends during a feast (occupies important place in culture and life)
Every sort of wine vessel became important kind of sacrificial object
Grains used to ferment wine in ancient times therefore, grain linked as criterion which governments decided whether to lift or ban wine making or how heavy wine tax to levy
Became directly linked to daily life and tax burden
Ethical frame of mind spoke of virtues of wine drinking and devised certain teachings on self restraint, advising of excessive drinking
Medical frame of mind particular about medicinal properties of wine and produced medicinal wines or used as tonic
Vast territory and resources each producing abundance of all manner of outstanding wines with regional......
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