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Profound Chinese wine culture
www.chinanews.cn 2006-01-24 14:49:53
Chinanews, Jan. 24 - Chinese wine enjoys a long history of more than
5,000 years and has developed its unique style. Fruit wine constitutes a
small proportion of Chinese wine, and the majority is made from grain.
The distiller's yeast, with grown leaf mold as the chief microbe, serves
as the saccharine leavening. It features complex fermentation and
semi-solid state fermentation, which becomes typical in the oriental
brewage industry. Beer has witnessed rapid growth in China in modern era,
and its annual output ranks the world's second nowadays.
Affluent connotation of Chinese wine culture brings pleasure and
inspiration to people.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the most lavish feast for Chinese
people in a year. Alcohol is a must in this dinner even if one is
penniless or not used to drinking. Some even develop the custom of
spending the nighttime drinking wine after the dinner. Some do not leave
their houses on the first day of the lunar New Year and start their
visits to friends and relatives on the second day. When guests arrive,
the host will put the prepared delicious food on the table and pour some
wine to celebrate a happy Spring Festival together. In ancient times, it
was a convention that people drank Tusu Wine with their family members at
the beginning of a lunar year. From the youngest generation to the eldest
in turn, they would taste this wine which was said able to drive away bad
luck.
Chinese people will kiss their wine glass on several other important
occasions. Drinking wine on a wedding also has profound connotation in
China. For instance, the bride and the groom will each hold a cup in one
hand, cross their arms and sip the wine to symbolize that they will love
each other for ever. This custom is quite popular on a Chinese wedding
everywhere.
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