Did the chewing wine in the movie really exist?

The chewing wine in the movie really existed

——"Your Name"?

The box office performance of Makoto Shinkai's "Your Name" in China It was a big hit. In the film, the Miyamizu family's tribute to the God of Spiritual Creation, Kuzhizhu, aroused the curiosity of many people. ?

In "Your Name", chewing wine is also one of the manifestations of knots, which is the connection between water, rice, wine and soul. During the festival, Mitsuha and Yotsuba, dressed in shrine maiden costumes, chew water and rice and then seal and ferment it, which contains the half body of the brewer, that is, the soul. After taking the chewing wine, Taki inherited Mitsuha's soul, and exchanged spirits with Mitsuha who was supposed to have died in the disaster three years ago, changing his destiny. ?

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In fact, the chewing wine in "Your Name" does exist and is a drink from ancient times. A method of brewing wine. As the name suggests, it uses enzymes in saliva to make wine by "chewing rice to make koji". ?

In Japanese history, this rice-chewing job was generally undertaken by women, especially virgins, who often served as priests. The starch-rich grains, roots or fruits are chewed in the mouth, then spit out and placed in a wooden cabinet to ferment, and then "鴴(lǐ) wine" is obtained. ?

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Is there "kou-chewing wine" in China? ?

How can we, the great country, not have things that Japan has? But why has it disappeared? ?

This starts with the history of Chinese wine making. ?

You must know that when pottery was first invented, other civilizations used pottery as a vessel to store food. In addition to using pottery as a vessel to store food, the Chinese civilization also made... .....Pot (yes, you read that right, a pot), becoming the first civilization among all civilizations to master the cooking skill of "boiling". It can be seen that the foodie civilization has a long history. ?

As the saying goes, "eat well and drink well". Naturally, the ancients needed a drink to replace water, which was liqueur. ?

Many people may be unfamiliar with "lijiu", so we can give a brief introduction here. In the oracle bone inscriptions, China's oldest text, the two words "wine" and "sweet wine" have already appeared. It can be seen that wine and sweet wine were not exactly the same at first. ?

Bronze Inscriptions?

Li, the character is from You (yǒu), the sound is from Feng (lǐ), it is a standard pictophonetic character. You, shaped like a filled wine jar, means grain fermentation and grain corruption. When "芊" is pronounced as lǐ, it means a ritual vessel used for ancient sacrifices. ?

"Zhou Li·Tianguan·Jiuzheng" distinguishes the names of "Five Qi", and the second one is Li Qi. ?

"Notes" Li is still the same as the body. When the wine is ready, the juice will be poured out, and now the wine is sweet. ?

The "Biography of King Yuan of Chu in the Former Han Dynasty" records that "whenever the King of Yuan bought wine, he often prepared Li wine for Mu Sheng." It also noted that "Li wine is also sweet wine. A little more rice will make it ripe in one night." ?

It can be seen that "Lijiu" is a sweet wine brewed by sprouting grains. ?

In ancient my country, there was a saying that “the method of brewing wine is brewing wine using the qu method and brewing wine using the tiller (niè) method”. ?

Tiller (niè) means the regenerated branches and buds of trees that have been cut off or fallen, and also refers to the buds of plants. ?

The tillering method refers to the method of sprouting grains, using the enzymes produced when the grains sprout to saccharify the raw materials themselves into sugar, and then use yeast to convert the sugar into alcohol. Wine brewed with "tiller" generally has a relatively low alcohol content, and the ancients called it "sweet wine". ?

Modern beer uses this method, so in a sense, Lijiu is probably the "beer brewed from grains" in ancient China. ?

The koji method refers to using moldy grains to make koji, using a large number of microorganisms growing on the koji and the enzymes secreted by the microorganisms (amylase, glucoamylase and protease, etc.) to catalyze the fermentation of the grains Starches, proteins, etc. are converted into sugars and amino acids. The sugar is broken down into alcohol by the enzymes of yeast. The wine made with koji generally has a relatively high alcohol content, and it has developed into the rice wine we see now. ?

Why did “Kou Chew Wine” disappear? ?

Due to various reasons that are difficult to verify, the "Li" brewed from grain buds disappeared over the long years, and Li was later replaced by wine.

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Perhaps it is because "Li" is too "thin" (the alcohol content is generally about 4%), and it is difficult to be as alcoholic as the more mellow "wine" (the alcohol brewed by the ancients using "Qu" The content is generally between 15-20 degrees), carrying the strong feelings of people for thousands of years! ?

The reason why Europeans loved drinking in the Middle Ages was...?

Having said that, I would like to digress for a moment and talk about European wine. ?

Friends who like to watch movies and TV shows with medieval backgrounds will definitely notice that European aristocrats almost always keep their wine glasses in their hands, and they will toast if they disagree. ?

This is not because they are naturally addicted to alcohol, but because drinking alcohol is cleaner than drinking water. ?

Because if bacteria invades fruit wines such as wine during the brewing process, the brewed wine will be bitter and sour. I believe that no nobles will be willing to drink this kind of thing. Winemakers want to It is particularly important to improve the sanitary conditions of the brewing environment for your own head and wallet. This is also the reason why famous wineries in Europe are generally far away from cities. The main reason is to stay away from the dirty streets of the city and the seriously polluted river water. This is one of the reasons why cholera has been common in Europe since ancient times, but was rare in ancient China. ?

Drinking should be moderate?

“No boxing, one point, brothers are good, three or three yuan, four seasons of wealth, five leaders, six or six smooth Ah, seven tricks, eight horses, ninety-nine, the whole house is full of joy." I believe this kind of drinking order is not uncommon for everyone. As a country that has made drinking a culture, it is really difficult not to drink when you go out. ?

Being drunk and timid, before confessing to the goddess, I drank a few bottles of Erguotou and bravely took the first step, and then... When I woke up the next day, I didn’t know whether the goddess had agreed or not. Agree, have you done anything unspeakable? Isn’t it uncomfortable to worry about it? What's even more uncomfortable is yet to come. After a hangover, I have a splitting headache, a burning feeling in my stomach, and the thought of not having a girlfriend, not even anyone to make porridge to nourish my stomach. Anyone who has experienced it will understand. Excessive drinking often leads to gastric perforation and gastric bleeding and hospitalization. In severe cases, it can also cause sudden cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, making drinking the last cup "a dream come true". If you drive after drinking, alcohol will become a poison that can harm others and yourself. ?

So, a small drink will make you happy, a big drink will harm your body, and a strong drink will destroy you. I hope you will do your best and do what you can. ?