Maotai is regarded as the national spirit and king of the Chinese spirits. Made in the town of Maotai, Guizhou Province, it has a history of 2,100 years.
• The history of sprits can be dated back to shanggu period. • According to legend, the Chinese people began to make spirit with grains seven thousand years ago and even earlier with animal milk 。
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Today I will give you more introducation about chinese sprits culture.
Main idea
• The history of sprits • Custom of Chinese Wine Drinking • Famous Chihday Wine: In China, a banquet known as "Jiu Xi" means an alcohol banquet and the life of every person, especially from birth to death, should have pauses for drinking banquets starting a month or 100 days after a baby's birth when the parents invite people in for a drink.
• Chinese wine is not only for literary and refined scholars, it was also an inseparable part of the life of ordinary Chinese people through numerous events such as birthday, farewell dinner, wedding, etc. Here is a typical banquets to drink spirits
Famous Chinese Spirits
Fen Liquor Produced in the Apricot Blossom Village in Fenyang County, Shanxi Province
Shaoxing Spirit
• Shaoxing spirit, also called Huang Jiu (yellow wine), produced in the town of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, is one of the best and mildest intoxicants made from glutonous rice and wheat. It has been known for its flavor and golden colour.
Custom of Chinese Wine Drinking
• Chinese wine drinking has been taken a quite important role in Chinese people's life from ordinary people to kings for a long time. • Our Chinese ancestors either used wine toforefathers to express reverence as a libation, or to enjoy by themselves while writing poetry or prose, or to toast their relatives and friends during a feast.
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Wedding
• During good times, the Chinese like to "sing and drink because life is brief" whereas during bad times they wonder "why relieve sorrows since wine just matters .