Fortune-telling for Tu Su

Tu Su in ancient poetry refers to a kind of medicinal liquor named "Tu Su".

In ancient China, there was a folk custom of drinking Tu Su wine on the first day of the first month, which entrusted the ancients with the desire to ward off evil spirits and prevent epidemic. It is said that the founder of Tu Su Liquor is Hua Tuo, a famous doctor at the end of Han Dynasty.

After Tu Su wine was created by Hua Tuo, because the brewing raw materials are mainly Chinese herbal medicines that can eliminate all kinds of stagnant and turbid qi, it does have the effect of preventing and treating plague in terms of medicinal properties. Therefore, both Sun Simiao, the drug king in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing, the medical saint at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Li Shizhen, who is known as the medical saint in the Ming Dynasty, spoke highly of the spread of Tu Su wine among the people.

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Drinking Tu Su wine in the New Year lasted until the Qing Dynasty. Although modern people don't drink Tu Su, the custom of drinking in the New Year has never changed. Another characteristic of Tu Su wine is its unique drinking ceremony. Generally speaking, drinking is to respect the elders first, and Tu Su wine is for the elders to let the younger generation drink first. I hope the younger generation will grow up quickly, and the younger generation hopes the elders will keep the years.