Chinese Drinking Customs
China is the hometown of wine. Chinese people have a long history of drinking. Each ethnic group and each region has its own unique drinking customs. Therefore, the rich connotation in Chinese wine culture will bring a lot of fun and inspiration to people. Here, we will introduce some Chinese drinking customs to you.
1. Drinking at wedding
Drinking alcohol runs through traditional Chinese marriage. In China, a couple of man and woman must abide by traditional Chinese drinking habits from engagement to marriage.
Drinking Jiaobeijiu, it means that you are in my heart and i am in your heart, which also means their real love will be happiness and endless.
2. Drinking Games
Originally alcohol was mainly a beverage used in ceremonial rites. Drinking games, called in Chinese Jiuling , were just aids for drinking. Certainly there were other aids for drinking, such as archery, chess and arrow pitching. Aimed to restrict overdrinking, and to keep drinkers behaving as gentlemen, there were even special designated officials to manage these aids for drinking. Later, drinking games, which added entertainment to rites, gradually became an artifice to encourage, wager and force overdrinking. Jiuling is a unique part of Chinese culture.
Now Chinese Drinking Games has many forms, depending on the drinker's social status, literacy status and interests, which can be classified into three categories - general game, contest game and literal game.
3. Drinking with One Heart
“Drinking with one heart” consists of two people drinking at the same time, sharing the same wine container. While drinking, each bends his or her arm around the other’s shoulder, ear to ear and cheek to cheek. One person holds the cup (or bowl, pipe) with the left hand, and the other with the right hand, both putting their mouths to the cup and drinking together. They can drain the cup with one gulp, or just take a sip, sing a ballad and take another sip, till they empty the cup.
Before entering a Miao or Tujia village, visitors are usually blocked at the gate to be asked drinking wine. This is called "Lanmen Wine".It is that the simple Miao people use wine to express their strong and pure heart like wine to the guests. The more guests drink, the happier they feel, and they will be regarded as respectable and respectful. 5 Ruing Wine
When the Long Street Banquet was held in Dong ethnic minority village, the host must arrange for a group of girls to stand next to the guests. The girls are responsible for pouring wine, toasting and singing toasting songs for the guests. This kind of traditional drinking custom of Dong people is called"合拢酒 He long Jiu" in Chinese， also known as "Running Wine".
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