“The luminous cup of grape wine will prompt you to drink Pipa immediately.” In our country, wine culture has a long history. It has been recorded in many historical documents that wine is indispensable in Chinese food culture. part, and there are also a lot of poems about wine. In ancient Chinese history, many poets and literary giants wrote such beautiful poems only when they were accompanied by wine.
As we all know, Li Bai’s poems in his life are inseparable from wine. Nowadays, drinking is an indispensable part of a meal, and in today's restaurants, there are all kinds of wine. But what most people mention is liquor and beer, so many people want to ask, what kind of wine did people drink in ancient times?
Although the science and technology in ancient times was not developed, in many dynasties, some people were very knowledgeable about eating, drinking and having fun. Is the wine aspect more advanced than modern people? China's wine culture has a long history. About 8,000 years ago, there were written records about wine-making issues in the Zhou Dynasty, and wine was divided according to grades. At that time, wine had become a very important item in ritual and music culture. So what kind of wine did the ancients drink?
First, fruit wine
Fruit wine was a very popular alcoholic drink in ancient times, the most famous of which was wine. In fact, in 138 AD, Zhang Qian first brought wine to the Western Regions. Wine was introduced to our country. Therefore, not only modern people like to use fruits to brew drinks with lower alcohol content, but people in ancient times also liked fruit wine.
During the Tang Dynasty, the rulers were very fond of wine, and promoted the winemaking industry when the Tang Dynasty was at its most prosperous. Wine was not only available to the court, but also to many wealthy families. Being able to drink wine. In ancient China, wine and plum wine were very famous.
Second, pressed wine
Comparing this kind of wine with today’s, rice wine was a mainstream drink in ancient China, mainly processed and brewed with grain. The alcohol content is relatively low, and it is also the oldest alcoholic beverage in the world. There are still many people in China who drink this kind of wine, especially in the Jiangnan region of our country, where it is brewed and sold all over the world. The most famous one is Shaoxing wine.
Third, distilled liquor
This type of liquor is actually similar to the liquor we drink today. In ancient times, it was called shochu. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that distilled liquor appeared. In other words, Chinese people did not drink soju until the Tang Dynasty when the craftsmanship was developed.
So there were many types of wine in ancient China, but most of them were quite different from the beer and liquor that modern people often drink. In terms of alcohol content, the highest alcohol content in Chinese wine is less than 20 degrees, so ancient people would not feel drunk even if they drank too much. The concentration of the last distilled wine is relatively high.
Mongolians prefer to drink it, mainly because it can keep out the cold. The alcohol content of this type of wine reaches 30 to 60 degrees, which is comparable to the alcohol content of today’s white wine, but the taste is There is still something different.
Nowadays, many people drink without emotion, simply to get drunk, mainly because the alcohol content nowadays is really high.