What does Tomb-Sweeping Day drink? Qingming wine
Qingming wine, named after brewing in Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a traditional wedding wine in Jinqiao Township, Datang, Poyang Lake. According to historical records, this wine has a history of three thousand years. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong visited the Tang Dynasty in the south, and someone offered sake for the imperial use. Emperor Taizong praised it as tribute wine, so Qingming wine became famous.
The production technology of Qingming wine is different from traditional liquor and common brewed wine, such as yellow rice wine and wine. Good Qingming wine is moderate in alcohol content and red and deep in color. Tasting has the characteristics of rich flavor, mellow, sweet and long aftertaste.
Qingming wine is brewed with high-quality glutinous rice, which has a unique technology and is rich in nutrients of glutinous rice. It has a strong aroma, sweet taste and excellent taste. It does not have the dry feeling of yellow rice wine and wine, nor does it have the strong, light and sweet taste of ordinary white wine. After drinking, it does not look up, is afraid of cold, and has bloodshot eyes.
Cold drink Qingming wine has the effects of promoting digestion, resolving food stagnation, calming the heart and calming the nerves, and has special effects on dyspepsia, anorexia, tachycardia, irritability, diarrhea and dysentery. Drinking it while it is hot can dispel cold and dampness, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and is beneficial to backache, numbness and tremor of hands and feet, rheumatoid arthritis and traumatic injury.
Qingming wine, if cooked or taken together with eggs and brown sugar, can tonify middle qi, invigorate qi, strengthen bones and muscles, and prevent and treat neurasthenia, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia and amnesia; If eaten together with longan, litchi, jujube, walnut and ginseng, it is helpful to strengthen yang and replenish qi and blood, and has curative effects on physical weakness, deficiency of essence and qi, anemia and so on.
Shaoxing people pay homage to their ancestral graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Most of the graves are on the hills in the suburbs, near the river, so city people always bring wine and various sacrifices to the whole family. After the grave-sweeping ceremony, it will be given to "grave-sweeping relatives" to enjoy, and they will drink Qingming wine when they go home. Some people don't go to the cemetery to offer sacrifices, but also put wine at home to offer sacrifices to their ancestors, commonly known as "hall sacrifice", which is "Qingming wine"
The practice of Qingming wine
Qingming wine is best brewed five days before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day. Using early glutinous rice with red shell as raw material, the shell of glutinous rice was removed by sheller. Soak brown rice in clear water for a day or two, then rinse it with clear water and steam it. Then quickly fill it with well water prepared in advance. When the water flowing out of the dehydration cylinder becomes cold, take the warm water below and pour it back.
Next, add liqueur koji until the container is half full. Because it is convenient to leave half the space, we will add wine and white wine later. When it is done, it is sealed and fermented at high temperature, and it will go bad after one week. After the distiller's grains are made, they can be placed in the jar and sealed for two or three years. At this time, it is necessary to select some glutinous rice to prepare sweet wine and white wine. Open the bad jar that has been stored for more than two years, and add sweet wine and white wine to prepare Qingming wine.
Qingming wine has a long history and is precious.
Qingming wine in Jiangxi and other places has a history of hundreds of years, so it has always been a traditional custom to entertain guests with good Qingming wine in the New Year. Some farmers have stored 10 years of Qingming wine at home, which looks like glue, elegant and mellow, refreshing. This kind of wine is the best in Qingming wine, and the price is tens of yuan a catty. 15, 20 years of aging per kilogram 100 yuan, less reserves.