A glimpse of Chinese wine culture 中国酒文化.doc

A glimpse of Chinese wine culture Introduction: Wine has a long history of thousands of years in china and plays an important role in the Chinese daily life. Chinese people had known how to brew wine thousands of years ago. As a special form of culture，Wine has occupied a special position in traditional Chinese culture. Chinese people have deep feelings for wine. In China, the wine has already permeated many fields of the society, just like salt, it almost become the Chinese indispensable necessity. This essay aims to discuss something about Chinese wine culture which has a profound impact on the life of Chinese people so that we can understand Chinese wine culture better. ·1. The origin of the wine in china: There are many different legends about the origin of the wine in China. According to the historical records, Chinese wine history can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty, and it is said that is Du Kang, an emperor of Xia Dynasty in ancient China, who invented the wine thousands of years ago. Du Kang made ??great contributions to the kaoliang wine brewing methods and he was honored as the wine originator and JiuSheng[h1] by Chinese. ·2. Classification of Chinese wine[h2]： There are varieties of methods to classify wine in china. Generally speaking, the most popular classification methods of Chinese wine are wine brewing process, alcohol concentration, and business practices. For instance, Chinese wine can be divided into three basic categories according to the technique involved in brewing process. The three types are distilled spirits, fermented wine, and liqueur. Besides, on the basis of commercial practices, the Chinese wine can be classified into white wine, yellow rice wine, fruit wine, grape wine and beer. Chinese people invented wine thousands of years ago; wine has a long history in china. However, in ancient China, there were only few types of wine due to the limited brewing technology and low output of grain. People made the wine based on their exper