Why is Shaoxing Huangjiu the most rhythmic wine?(4)

There is a very important difference between Chinese civilization and other civilizations, that is, Chinese people will try their best to materialize our aesthetic and other elements of spiritual life into our secular life, and pass them on from generation to generation. This may also be a reason why Chinese civilization has lasted for 5000 years.

In China, many things are both connected with secular life and spiritual life, such as tea. When we talk about daily necessaries, tea is connected with secular life. When we talk about poetry, wine and tea, tea is connected with spiritual life. Wine is similar with tea. Bai Juyi wrote more than 2000 poems in his life, and more than 800 of them were about wine.

As for ancient poets and literati, wine was not only a drink in the daily life, but also a symbol in the spiritual life. For these spiritual symbols, ancient literati would put their wisdom into the production so as to make these symbols more aesthetic and charming.

For example, the Mansheng 18 styles of the purple clay pot are the most classic case. The 18 styles were designed by Chen Hongshou who was an artist official, and they were made by the famous craftsman Yang Pengnian and his sister Yang Fengnian. From then on, the art of Chinese purple clay pot has been improved. And the purple clay pot is not only a tool for making tea and a beautiful thing with aesthetic feeling, but also a thing from which people can understand the rhythm.