There are many wonderful sayings about wine in ancient times. If you don’t understand it, you will feel a layer of smoke and a veil. Five thousand years of history are inseparable from wine. The name of wine in the broad wine culture is also the same. Rich foundation.
It is said that there are more than 280 kinds of wine. I think the beauty lies in the connotation and phonology. The main ones are as follows:
1. Du Kang
Everyone knows Cao Cao’s "Dan Ge" "The only way to relieve worries is Du Kang." Du Kang is the earliest and most beautiful name.
2. Spring
In the Tang Dynasty, wine was often called spring, and "Chun" was common in poetry.
"Yue": "The gifts are also for the maids and slaves, and the spring is full of joy and no relatives."
3. Huanbo
Wine can relieve worries and renew love, and brings people joy. feel. The earliest "Yilin Kanzhidui" written by Jiao Yanshou in the Han Dynasty wrote that "wine is a source of joy, removing worries and bringing joy."
4. Jinbo
In ancient times, wine was the essence of grain. The color of the wine was like amber or gold, with a dark fragrance floating in the cup and a shimmering light, hence the name. The poet Zhang Yanghao wrote in "Putianle: Boating on Daming Lake" that "the cup is full of gold."
5. Green Ant
They all say that the wine is green, so why do they say that the wine is green? In ancient times, Bai Juyi's "Liu Shijiu" said: "Green Ant's new fermented wine is red." Small clay stove. "
This green is not that green, it means new, it is newly brewed wine, that is, "new fermented wine". The great poet Du Fu has a good line: "The green wine is heavy and the spring wine is heavy, and the red lychee is light."
The Eastern Han Dynasty scholar Zhang Heng said in "Nandu Fu" that "the mash is applied to the scriptures, and the floating ants are like pods." Because the wine was not filtered in the first place, it was very thick and there would be a lot of ant-shaped foam floating around.
6. Jade liquid and fine nectar
In ancient times, there was a slurry made of beautiful jade. According to ancient legends, drinking it can lead to immortality, which is likened to fine wine. Wang Yi of the Han Dynasty's "Jiu Si Jishi": "Suck the jade liquid to quench thirst, bite the zhihua to cure hunger." Song Yu of the Warring States Period and Song Yu's "Calling the Soul": "The wine is old and has some fine wine."