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Alcohol in China

Alcohol culture is one part of the Chinese food culture, which is typical of Chinese folklore. In China ,there are a variety of legends about the origin of alcoholic drinks, from them it can be concluded that the brewing of alcoholic drinks started as early as Xia Dynasty or even earlier than that, which has been proved by what the archaeologists have discoverd.

Xia Dynasty existed 4,000 years ago, however the old vessels that were used to brew alcoholic drinks 5000 years ago have been discovered, which shows that brewing of alcoholic drinks came into existence at least 5,000 years ago or even earlier .

In the distant ancient time, people found by chance some alcoholic drinks naturally fermented , then tried to copy it. It took them quite a long time to get the technique. but the alcohol was not invented by humans, as Scientists recently discovered there is alcohol hidden in some heavenly bodies in the boundless universe.

The reserves of alcohol in them, if made into beer, could be adequate for humans to drink hundreds of millions of years, which suggests that alcoholic beverages are the products of Nature. The mankind did not invented alcoholic beverages but discovered them .

According to the ancient legends and references based on the brewing principles, the earliest alcoholic drinks the mankind had an idea to brew should be fruit wine and milk alcoholic drink, for fruits and animals' milk were fairly easy to ferment into alcoholic drinks, which only needed rather simple brewing techniques.

but as the development of that ,we invented ways to brew different kinds of alcohol drinks. such as the white alcohol, yellow alcohol ,beer, fruit alcohol ,wine, medicine alcohol, ect. Alcohol now in China is not only a kind of drink but a comprehensive culture, here I’d like to introduce more about them.