Where did the wine come from?

China's wine-making originated in the early summer or before the Xia Dynasty, with a history of more than 4,000 years. In the early Xia Dynasty, Yidi brewed "wine" from mulberry leaves and presented it to Yu Xia.

"Shuo Wen Jie Zi" records: "Gu Qing Shao Kang made broom wine first, and Shao Kang and Du Kang also." There are some sayings that heaven makes wine, apes make wine, foreigners make wine and Du Kang makes wine.

The oldest wine is the fermented cheese of nomadic people (Neolithic Age) (Zhou Ji of Li Yun), which is the oldest wine recorded in China.

The word "fermented cheese" refers to wine made from grains (carbohydrates) by cooking and fermentation. At present, we know that carbohydrates can be converted into alcohol by different microorganisms and made into alcoholic food; It may also be converted into a variety of organic acids and become acidic food.

In the actual fermentation process, it is more likely to have both, and the ratio of alcohol to acid depends on the control of specific technological conditions, so that the final product with completely different properties can be obtained.

"Chronicle of Jingchu's Age" records: "On the 150 th day of the winter festival last year, there was a strong wind and rain, which was called cold food. Three days without fire, make glutinous rice porridge. " Nakano Yoshi also said: "Cold food for three days is fermented cheese." Fermented cheese is a kind of almond porridge made of maltose.

In China, the history of wine is longer than that of tea. 1986 a pot of wine unearthed in Henan is an ancient wine more than 3000 years ago.

There are many famous wines in China, such as Maotai, Wuliangye, Fenjiu, Zhuyeqing, LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD, Gu Jing Winery, Yellow Rice Wine, Changyu Wine and Great Wall Dry Red Wine, all of which are world-famous.

There are more stories about wine in the history of China: Tao Yuanming, a poet in Jin Dynasty, can't live without wine for a day; Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote 100 Poems about Fighting for Wine. The more he drinks, the better his poems are written. Song Wu, a hero of Liangshan in Song Dynasty, drank 18 bowls of wine in one breath and killed a tiger with his bare hands. ...

There are many nicknames for wine in China: Du Kang, Huanbo, things in the cup, Jinbo, Guo, Bai, frozen mash, pot, things in the pot, discretion, vinegar, yellow seal, clear discretion and vinegar.