"With the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tu Su" refers to the lively scene of the New Year. This poem describes the moving scene of the excitement, joy and renewal of Vientiane on New Year's Day, expresses the author's thoughts and feelings of political innovation, and is full of cheerful and positive spirit. Among them, "Tu Su" refers to Tu Su wine, and drinking Tu Su wine is also a custom in ancient Chinese New Year.
First, the origin of drinking Tu Su wine in the Spring Festival
The origin of drinking Tu Su wine can be traced back to the Han Dynasty in ancient China. According to legend, in ancient times, there was a herb named "Tu Su", which had the effect of exorcising evil spirits and avoiding plague. During the Han Dynasty, people would drink Tu Su wine on the first day of the first month to ward off evil spirits and plague, and pray for health and safety.
According to the Chronicle of Jingchu Years, in ancient times, people would make wine with herbs such as Tu Su Cao, Realgar and Atractylodes macrocephala on the first day of the first month, and then drink it. This wine is called Tu Su wine, because Tu Su Cao is one of the main raw materials for making Tu Su wine.
In ancient times, drinking Tu Su wine was a very important traditional custom. People thought that drinking Tu Su wine could ward off evil spirits and plague, and pray for health and safety. This custom has been passed down for a long time in the history of China, and it still exists in some places.
Second, the production of Tu Su wine
1. Preparation materials: Tu Su Cao, white wine, realgar, Atractylodes macrocephala, cinnamon, dried tangerine peel, pepper, etc.
2. Put herbs such as Sedum sarmentosum, Realgar, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Cinnamomum cassia, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, etc. into Chinese liquor and soak for a period of time.
3. Filter the soaked wine to remove the herb residue.
4. Pour the filtered wine into the bottle and seal it.
5. When drinking, you can add a proper amount of crystal sugar or honey according to your personal taste.
Third, in addition to Tu Su wine, there are also Spring Festival drinks in ancient times.
1. Pepper and cypress wine
is a wine soaked with Zanthoxylum bungeanum and cypress leaf, which has the effects of expelling evil spirits, detoxifying and prolonging life.
2. Five spice plates
are five kinds of spicy vegetables (such as onion, garlic, ginger, leek, etc.) chopped up and added to the wine for drinking, which has the function of expelling cold and evil spirits.
3. peach blossom wine
is a wine soaked in peach blossoms, which has the effects of beauty beauty, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
4. Acorus calamus wine
is a wine made by soaking Acorus calamus leaves, which has the effects of expelling evil spirits, detoxifying and refreshing.
5. cornus wine
is a wine soaked in Evodia rutaecarpa, which has the effects of dispelling cold, keeping warm and relieving pain.
6. Almond syrup
is a beverage made by grinding almonds into powder and adding water and sugar, which has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough and beauty beauty.
7. Osmanthus fragrans wine
is a wine soaked in osmanthus fragrans, which has the effects of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.