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内容提要 Abstract

The Chinese do not see wine as one of the necessities of life, but in their social life the culture of wine as a distinct cultural form has made and continues to make an impact on the way the Chinese live. Chinese alcoholic drinks are chiefly made from grain. Throughout the long history of China, with its large population and long-term reliance on agriculture, the ups and downs of the wine trade have been closely bound up with political, economic and social conditions. The fluctuations in the grain harvest were like a barometer for the ups and downs of the wine business. The successive ruling dynasties issued or relaxed restrictions on wine production according to the grain harvests to make sure that people had enough to live on.

目录 Catalogue

Chapters
Pages Download Read
Preface
6-17
The Invention of Chinese Wine
18-27
Where does Wine Come From?
19-23
Wine in Sacrifice―a Holy Means of Invocation,an Offering in the Holy Rite
24-27
The Varieties of Alcohol and Their Appreciation
28-65
Chinese Wine and its Most Famous Types
29-34
Chinese Spirits and Their Most Famous Types
35-51
Beer in China
52-54
Wine Made in China
55-62
A New Force in the World Wine Landscape
63-65
Wine Drinking Rituals and Customs
66-113
Flagon Fine and Goblet Rare
67-74
Wine Rituals and Wine Morality
75-81
Drinking Games 77
82-84
Folk Customs and Wine
85-94
Drinking Styles
95-97
Hospitality and Drinking
98-102
Wine and Holidays
103-110
Wine’s Therapeutic Value and Regular Usage
111-113
Legends of Wine
114-135
Wine and Politics
115-121
“Lifting My Drink and Singing a Song”
122-126
Poetry and Wine
127-135
From Wine Restaurants to Bars
136-147
Traditional Wine Restaurants
137-139
Bars―Leisure Venues in the Cities
140-143
Consumption of Imported Wine
144-147
Appendix: Chronological Table of theChinese Dynasties
148-149

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