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. 

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".