What is the drinking order?
Drinking order is a drinking game played for fun at banquets. It was first born in the Western Zhou Dynasty and completed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Generally, one person is elected as the commander, and the others take turns to say poems, couplets or other similar games according to the order. Those who disobey the order or fail are punished by drinking, so it is also called "drinking under orders".
Jiu Ling is divided into Ya Ling and Tong Ling.
The method of executing Yaling is: first nominate one person as the commander, or write a poem, or write a couplet, and others will continue the order according to the meaning of the first order, and the continuation must be consistent in content and form. , otherwise you will be fined to drink alcohol.
Exerting Drinking Orders
The main methods of issuing orders are rolling dice, drawing lots, punching, guessing numbers, etc. General orders can easily create a lively atmosphere in banquets, so they are more popular. However, when the general order is made, the fists are lifted, the arms are raised, and the shouts and arguments are lost, which is out of style and appears vulgar, monotonous, and noisy.
Drinking and ordering not only requires wine to entertain and drink, but is often accompanied by poetry, lyrics, riddles and boxing. It requires the drinker to be agile, witty, literary and talented. . Therefore, drinking orders are not only a manifestation of the hospitality tradition of the ancients, but also the crystallization of their drinking art and ingenuity.
Drinking orders are a unique way for Chinese people to have fun while drinking. Drinking orders have a long history. At the beginning, "prisoners" may have been set up to maintain order at the banquet. In the Han Dynasty, there was the "Zhangzheng", which was to implement the drinking order at banquets and impose certain punishments on those who did not drink all the wine in the cup.
In general, drinking orders are used to punish people for drinking. But the main purpose of implementing the drinking order is to enliven the atmosphere while drinking. What's more, sometimes the banquet is filled with guests who don't know each other. It's very common for guests to give orders like a catalyst, which immediately enlivens the atmosphere at the banquet.
There are various ways of drinking wine. Naturally, the ways in which literati and ordinary people perform drinking orders are very different. Literati often used poems or couplets, guessing words or riddles, etc., while ordinary people used some simple ways of giving orders that did not require any preparation.
What are the famous drinking orders?
The most common and simplest is "the same number", now generally called "guessing", that is, using the hand gestures of several fingers to represent a certain number. After two people make a move, the numbers will be added together. It must be equal to a certain number. When taking action, each person reports a number. If the number mentioned by A happens to be the same as the sum of the addends, the winner is considered, and the loser has to drink. If two people say the same number, regardless of the outcome, the game will start again.
Passing flowers by beating drums: This is a lively and tense way of punishing people with drinking alcohol. At the banquet, guests take their seats in order. One person beats the drum, and when the drumming begins, the bouquets begin to be passed around in turn. As soon as the drum beats down, if the bouquet is in someone's hand, that person must drink wine as a penalty. Therefore, the bouquets are passed quickly, and everyone is afraid that the bouquets will remain in their own hands. Drummers also have to have some skills, sometimes tight, sometimes slow, creating an unpredictable atmosphere and aggravating the tension on the field. Once the drums stop, everyone will invariably turn their attention to the flower recipient. At this time Everyone burst into laughter and the tense atmosphere dissipated.
Or some more modern gameplay, such as: reporting seven: people at a table report the numbers in sequence starting from 1, reporting 7, and when the mantissa is 7 or a multiple of 7 (such as 7, 14, 17) The person reporting the number cannot make a sound, but instead taps the chopsticks or taps the table. Anyone who makes the mistake will be fined a drink.