Wine, in the historical long river of human culture, it is not merely a kind of objective material, but a kind of culture symbolize. The wine is the most magical beverage in the world. China is one of the earliest countries that make wine in the world, the output of the Chinese wine is very large too. The Chinese wine is different from wine of Occident, the wine of Occident was made by the fruit; Chinese wine was made by the grain. The Chinese wine is known as Chinese liquor too.

The Chinese wine is the indispensable articles in ancient emperor and noble’s life. Should use wine when hold a memorial ceremony for god or hold a memorial ceremony for ancestors; the wine is the indispensable articles in ordinary Chinese’s life too, celebrating a good harvest should use the wine; welcome guests or make friends should use the wine; the wedding or funeral should use the wine; daily feast should use the wine. The grandest festival in China is the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year). As Chinese must drink during the Spring Festival, the people who does not can drink will also become intoxicated with festival dense wine perfume. A lot of politicians, strategists and litterateurs all express own political feelings or express own great ideal and aspiration through the wine in China history, Chinese can express the miss, commemorate, cherish the memory, the friendship, etc. emotions through the wine. The wine makes the atmosphere warm, enable relax in the heart, make the distance between people and people close, has promoted mutual understanding. So the wine is the articles expressing the emotion in China.

Not only the Chinese wine have refined names in the beverage, Chinese tea is more graceful than the Chinese wine, but Chinese tea can’t replace the status of wine, not merely because the Chinese wine is elegant, Chinese tea is fresh and cool, also because the Chinese wine is lively, Chinese tea is exclusiveness. Chinese tea and Chinese wine is a pair of good friends. The person who the drink tea might not drink wine, the person drinking will certainly drink tea. As a kind of food culture, Chinese wine has already blent into the old civilization of Chinese nation; as the necessities of the Chinese people’s lives, Chinese wine has already blent into the blood of social life.