目录 Preface The Invention of Chinese Wine Where does Wine ComeFrom? Wine in Sacrifice——a Holy Means of Invocation, an Offering in the Holy Rite The Varieties of Alcohol and Their Appreciation Chinese Wine and its Most Famous Types Chinese Spirits and Their Most Famous Types Beer in China Wine Made in China A New Force in the World Wine Landscape Wine Drinking Rituals and Customs Flagon Fine and Goblet Rare Wine Rituals and Wine Morality Drinking Games Folk Customs and Wine Drinking Styles Hospitality and Drinking Wine and Holidays Wines Therapeutic Value and Regular Usage Legends of Wine Wine and Politics "Lifting My Drink and Singing a Song" Poetry and Wine From Wine Restaurants to Bars Traditional Wine Restaurants Bars——Leisure Venues in the Cities Consumption of Imported Wine Appendix: Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties
精彩内容 The Chinese do not see wine as one of the necessities of life, but in theirsocial life the culture of wine as a distinct cultural form has made andcontinues to make an impact on the way the Chinese live. Chinese alcoholicdrinks are chiefly made from grain. Throughout the long history of China, withits large population and long-term reliance on agriculture, the ups and downsof the wine trade have been closely bound up with political, economic andsocial conditions. The fluctuations in the grain harvest were like a barometerfor the ups and downs of the wine business. The successive ruling dynastiesissued or relaxed restrictions on wine production according to the grainharvests to make sure that people had enough to live on.
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