Anecdote of Ancient Wedding Drinking Etiquette-1

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/October 2021

The "daughter wine" of the South is first recorded in "The Grass and Trees in the South" by Ji Han, a Jin native. It is said that the South gave birth to a daughter who was only a few years old and began to make wine. It is only taken out for guests to drink. This kind of wine was inherited in Shaoxing and developed into the famous "Hua Diao wine". Its wine quality is not significantly different from ordinary Shaoxing wine. The main reason is that the wine jar is unique. This kind of wine jar is carved when the soil is still broken. Various flower patterns, characters, birds and beasts, landscapes, and pavilions. When the daughter gets married, take out the wine jar and ask the painter to paint "Hundred Operas" with oil paint, such as "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang", "Change Flying to the Moon", etc., And accompanied by auspicious and happy "color head".

   "Wedding wine" is often synonymous with weddings. Buying a wedding wine means doing a wedding, and drinking a wedding wine means going to the wedding.

Manchus’ wedding "hands over a cup of wine": At night, the bridal chamber is lit up with flowers and candles. After removing the head cover of the bride, the bridegroom must sit on the left side of the bride. The married wife is holding the wine glass, and the bridegroom is invited to take a sip; Take a sip; then the two wives exchanged wine glasses, and the bride and groom are invited to take another sip. "Xie Qin banquet" before and after the wedding of the Manchus: The prepared table of the banquet is placed in a special gift box, and the two will carry it to the female's house to express that they have raised their daughters and become their daughters-in-law. Thank you. In addition, a table of "Thanks to the Matchmaker" will be made, which will be installed in a round cage and picked up by one person to the matchmaker's house, expressing gratitude to the matchmaker for accomplishing a good thing.

The Daur’s "Wind-receiving Wine" and "Wine-out": When the person who sent the relatives arrives at the man’s house, the parents of the bridegroom must fill up two cups of wine, and offer to the relatives "Wind-receiving wine. This is also called the "door-in cup". Guests must drink all of them. Afterward, the man’s family will host three banquets for the guests. After the wedding, most of the women’s families stayed at the groom’s house for one night and then left the next day. When sending the relatives back, the groom’s parents waited for the door. On the inside of the side, "go out wine" to the distinguished guests one by one.

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