Huajiu: popular science+dry goods

What exactly is Hua San? What are its characteristics?

When we talk about sanhua now, we usually refer to sanhua.

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Flower wine is a kind of replicated fragrant wine with special fragrance, which is brewed with some edible flowers and certain brewing methods and raw materials. (from Baidu Encyclopedia)

The level of Grade Three is generally not high, but it can also be done very high. In flower wine, the aroma of wine becomes the background color. The first thing that passes through is the smell of flowers holding their noses, the aftertaste is wine, and the stamina is wine.

▏ Figure? Petal net

There are many kinds of flower wine, including osmanthus wine, chrysanthemum wine, rose wine, Songhua wine, jasmine wine, peony wine and peach blossom wine. Based on these flowers, we can make corresponding varieties of flower wine, but colorful flower wine is not the first of modern people.

Zuo Zuo on the pillow

Bai Juyi

Wind disease attacks the elderly, and blood clots are sluggish.

Since then, Gan has been lying together, but he used to swim badly.

Looking back like a dream, I feel like I'm floating for the rest of my life.

Qi Hao can fill a quiet room, so why do you want to be an empty boat when you are afraid?

Pine wine in the abdomen is advanced, and the knees are cold and heavy.

If you ask Lotte if he is sick, Lotte knows that life is carefree.

The Songhua wine mentioned in this poem dates back to the Tang Dynasty.

▏ Figure? To the kitchen?

Jiu ri xian ju

Tao Yuanming

Picking chrysanthemums in September and opening the altar next year is another Double Ninth Festival.

You don't have to be a hermit to drink, and it's rare to get drunk on holidays.

Chrysanthemum wine is mentioned in this poem.

Chrysanthemum wine plays an important role in the history of China.

Drinking chrysanthemum wine is a traditional custom in China. For a long time, chrysanthemum wine even became a necessity for literati life. As early as the Han Dynasty, there was a custom of wearing dogwood, eating tent bait and drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival. Today, chrysanthemum wine is out of favor, and there are many things worth thinking about.

In China, many traditional festivals have always had many important ceremonies, but since the beginning of the new century, these forms have been gradually diluted and replaced by business-oriented consumer festivals. Even more and more young friends don't know the custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival.

It seems that we have lost not only chrysanthemum wine, but also the Double Ninth Festival.

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There is also an allusion to "white wine" in this poem, hoping to deepen our impression of chrysanthemum wine with such a story.

The fashion of drinking chrysanthemum wine is generally believed to come from Tao Yuanming's drinking chrysanthemum in Jin Dynasty. In the Southern Dynasties, Tan Daoluan recorded these interesting things in "Continued Jinyang Autumn":

On September 9th, Tao Qian couldn't taste the wine, so he picked chrysanthemums from the chrysanthemums beside the house. Sitting on the edge for a long time, I saw white clothes (referring to civil servants). It is wang hong who delivers wine. Even if he is acting, he will come back drunk.

What a wonderful story this is. Just when there was no wine to drink, the wine came. It was none other than Jiangzhou secretariat Wang Hong, who ordered the beadle to deliver wine. Wang Hongguang made friends with famous people in the world and sent wine to Tao Yuanming many times. After the wine arrived, Tao Yuanming was overjoyed and immediately opened the altar to drink. The wine was full of poetry and he sang this song "Nine Days of Leisure".

A great poet, a true friend, and an accidental coincidence made future generations remember a tradition of drinking chrysanthemum wine. If one day, you also drink chrysanthemum wine, if you remember this allusion, it must be a good stunt to drink it.

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"Hermits don't have to drink, and it's rare to get drunk on holidays." If you live with your heart, everyone can be Tao Qian.

Chrysanthemum wine existed in the Han Dynasty. According to "Miscellanies of Xijing", during the reign of Emperor Gaozu, the palace would "enjoy dogwood, eat lotus bait and drink chrysanthemum wine" on September 9th.

Chrysanthemum wine was a court wine for a long time after Emperor Gaozu, and was favored by many emperors, so it was called "longevity wine".

"Minutes of the Ming Wanli Period" records that "in September, I went to the palace to have chrysanthemums ... and ate spicy rabbits and chrysanthemum wine".

Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty also loved to drink chrysanthemum wine.

It is not surprising that almost every emperor longs for a long life.

This is another reason why chrysanthemum wine has been circulating for a long time, because it has been proved to have medicinal value.

Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the homology of medicine and food, and the ancients noticed the medicinal value of chrysanthemum wine very early. With chrysanthemum wine as a typical representative, the ancients believed that long-term use of chrysanthemum wine could prolong life, so chrysanthemum wine became the most practical and famous medicinal liquor in ancient China.

"Herbal Shennongjing" says that "the chrysanthemum clothes are light and diligent", which is somewhat similar to the current red bull.

Li Shizhen, a medical scientist, once pointed out that chrysanthemum has the efficacy of "treating head wind, clearing eyes and ears, removing fistula and treating all diseases".

Modern medicine also shows that chrysanthemum wine has the effects of improving eyesight, lowering blood pressure, losing weight, nourishing liver qi and regulating stomach.

Since chrysanthemum wine is so magical, how is it brewed? For ordinary people, people will mistakenly think that making Huasan wine is an extremely complicated process. Actually, it's not. From the principle and technique alone, it is not difficult to brew flower wine, but wine is the crystallization of time. Although it is not complicated, it needs painstaking efforts.

Wine takes time, and this time is time.

If you are patient enough and willing to take the time to try, the method is not a problem. There are many such tutorials on the Internet. As for the level of brewing, that is another matter. But for most of us, it doesn't matter. We enjoy the process and enjoy life.

Gan Bao in Jin Dynasty recorded the brewing method of chrysanthemum wine in Search of Ji Shen for your reference.

"Search Ji Shen" Volume 12, "In September, Cornus officinalis eats bait and drinks chrysanthemum wine, which makes people live longer. When the chrysanthemum is comfortable, mix it with stems and leaves and cook it on September 9 next year, so it is called chrysanthemum wine. "

It should be that osmanthus wine predates chrysanthemum wine.

During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan once wrote a poem "Nine Songs", in which he wrote: "Yao Hui steamed in Lan, and Yunnan and Guangxi wine in salt and pepper". It can be seen that osmanthus has been used to make wine at that time. The ancients really enjoyed life. Even today, osmanthus wine is still a very popular high-grade wine in China.

Imagine that the wine we drink today was drunk in this way thousands of years ago. What's this feeling?

After all, our descendants are much luckier. The wine they drank, we are still drinking, and what we drank, they may not have drunk.

Finally, let's talk about the production of Huasan wine. At present, the production method of flower wine is mainly soaking method, which is not difficult to operate.

1, flowers or dried flowers are acceptable. The method is to soak petals (flowers) in salt water for 2 hours, remove astringency and sterilize;

2. Dry the petals in the shade, put them in a container filled with white wine, and add a proper amount of rock sugar. It is very important to dry in the shade. There must be no moisture. )

3, sealed in the shade for 2-3 months, when the flowers and colors are fully integrated with the wine, you can open the bottle for drinking. Time can be explored by yourself, and it is not exactly the same. This is where you need to pay attention. )

Different flowers have different tastes, so you can choose according to your own preferences. Suitable flower varieties are chrysanthemum, dandelion, osmanthus, jasmine, rose, orchid, plum blossom, camellia, cherry blossom, lotus, magnolia, pansy and so on.

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There is also a complicated brewing method. That is, the petals are fermented directly alone or together with other brewing materials. This method takes a long time, of course, the taste is closer to wine than soaking method, which belongs to the category of advanced players.

Recommend a software called "Going to the Kitchen". Searching for "Flower Wine" directly will bring out various methods, all of which are introduced. If you are interested, you may wish to have a try.

If you are not satisfied, you can continue reading: Why do girls like to drink sanhua?