In the vast territory of our country, numerous ethnic minorities have demonstrated rich and colorful cultural customs with their unique drinking customs.
Shanlan Wine Ceremony
The Li people of Hainan are renowned for their unique hospitality and hospitality. Whenever guests visit, they will warmly entertain them with their carefully brewed Shanlan wine. The process of drinking alcohol is divided into three parts: firstly, the “tone of the axe”, which symbolizes talking about friendship in the aroma of wine; Then it enters the stage of “Bi Ao”, according to the tradition of the Li ethnic group, guests and hosts need to drink to their heart’s content until slightly intoxicated; Finally, there is’ Swallowing Zhuo Hill ‘, where the guests sing melodious ethnic songs together during the festive period, creating a warm and cozy atmosphere.
Deep affection between liver and gallbladder
The people of the Shui ethnic group regard liver and gallbladder wine as the highest etiquette for entertaining guests, symbolizing the friendship of liver and gallbladder care and sharing joys and sorrows with guests. When slaughtering pigs for banquets, they deliberately keep pig bile. After the wine has passed three rounds, they take out the pig bile and mix it into the wine. They first offer the guests a taste to show their sincerity. At the climax of the banquet, guests and hosts will also share a cup of wine, arm in arm, heart to heart, and drink it all in one go, with sincere feelings.
Niujiao warmly welcomes guests
The Miao villages in southeastern Guizhou welcome every guest who comes from afar with cow horn wine. The exquisite ox horn cup is not only a drinking utensil, but also a symbol of Miao culture. When guests step into the gate of the village, Miao girls dressed in formal attire will hold horns filled with fragrant cow horn wine and offer the most sincere welcome to the guests. At the same time, a purple red Easter egg symbolizing good luck will be hung on the guest’s chest. If guests are well versed in this, they need to grip the cow horn tightly with both hands and drink it all in one go in order to smoothly enter the Miao village and experience a deeper ethnic flavor.
Qingke Fine Wine
Tibetan people are proud to brew highland barley wine, which is made from highland barley and carefully fermented. It is yellow in color, slightly sweet in taste and moderate in alcohol, and is known as “Xizang Beer”. When entertaining guests, the host will pour wine according to the traditional custom of “three sips and one cup”: first let the guest taste a sip, then refill and drink twice, and finally drink the full cup to express the highest respect to the guest. In the drinking room, the host will also sing a melodious toast song, with sincere emotions that move people. If guests find it inconvenient to drink alcohol, they can simply dip their ring finger lightly in the liquid and sprinkle it three times into the sky as a sign of respect. The host will understand and no longer force it.
