Wine Etiquette

As a part of Chinese culture，wine culture has been closely connected with the traditions and customs since its formation.It reflects the cultural mentality of Chinese people，the essence of Chinese people’s spiritual life，and reveals every aspect of Chinese social life.

Wine Etiquette

Wine etiquette is the essence of Chinese traditional wine culture.It almost has the same long history as wine.As early as the ancient times，the wine was accompanied with etiquette.By the Western Zhou dynasty（1050-771 BC），the wine etiquette became more concrete and strict.It was an important part of etiquette culture，taking the orders of seniority and superiority as its core.It was also used as a tool by the rulers of past dynasties to maintain their ruling and protect their privileges.

Since ancient times，Chinese culture has stressed the order of seniority；the junior shall obey the senior.However，when a choice has to be made between whether obeying the superior or the senior，the order of superiority is always over the order of seniority.Thus it can be seen that the order of superiority is the core oi etiquette culture.

If the etiquette defined in ancient books represented the interests of ruling class and was an ideological tool to control people’s thought，then the one defined by scholars reflected cultural mentality and aesthetic interests of scholar-bureaucrats.For drinking wine，some scholars believed that it must have an ideal drinking partner，environment，place，and season to form a poetic atmosphere，otherwise it would have no interests of drinking.From this we can learn the pursuit of scholar-officials of past dynasties for sainthood and courtesy.

Although wine etiquette is varied at all times and in all lands，all wine etiquettes，in general，are derived from the combination of conceptual behavior and phenomena Its goal is to get a certain desired results.Therefore，while drinking one should have a sincere manner，never overdrink，treat others well，and respect himself.

qingquang

See author's posts