In ancient times, "wine shop" was a brand name. What does it mean?

A shop used for banquets, also known as a wine shop, a wine house, and a hotel. In the Song Dynasty, hotels and restaurants were built separately. Restaurants were also called restaurants and restaurants. In the Qing Dynasty, there was basically no distinction between large hotels and small restaurants selling both wine and food.

The predecessor of the restaurant was the teahouse, which existed before the Qing Dynasty. The tea house is mainly a place for drinking tea and eating snacks, and does not provide other dishes. On the other hand, in the past, restaurant owners would provide a place for banquets. Since the early 20th century, restaurants have begun to operate as tea houses as well, and tea houses that only provide snacks have been gradually eliminated. Extended information

In the Tang and Song Dynasties, hotels were very prosperous. In terms of business projects, there are various types of hotels. For example, in Hangzhou during the Southern Song Dynasty, there were direct sales stores specializing in liquor, as well as tea hotels, steamed stuffed bun hotels, zhaizi hotels (where people pretended to be hungry outside as if they were official residences), San hotels (ordinary hotels), and Cang hotels (with prostitutes).

In terms of business style, there were Northern Restaurants, Southern Restaurants, Sichuan Restaurants in Kaifeng and Hangzhou in the Song Dynasty, as well as the "Luo Hotel" with Shandong and Hebei flavor. As far as hotel grades are concerned, there are "main hotels" and small hotels. "Zhengdian" relatively high-end hotels are mostly named "lou", and their service targets are dignitaries, scholars and celebrities.

Zheng Dongrenhe's store and the main store of Huixian Restaurant in Xinmenli often have a hundred and ten halls, and each of them is equipped with a few things. People in Dudu are extravagant and generous. Regardless of who is in the hotel, if only two people are sitting across from each other drinking, they must also use one set of drinking bowls, two sets of plates, five fruit and vegetable dishes each, and three or five fruit bowls, which is nearly a hundred taels of silver.

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