Uncle Luo continued:

"Traditional Chinese medicine and wine 'dissolve' in one of the medicinal liquor, not only easy to prepare, stable medicinal properties, safe and effective, but also because alcohol is a good semi-polar organic solvent, all kinds of active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine are easily soluble in it, medicine by the power of wine, wine to help the potential of medicine and give full play to its effectiveness, improve the efficacy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoSo medicinal wine has long been a miraculous medicine for mountain people to heal their illnesses and injuries. We have the reputation of 'Huazhong Medicine Warehouse', and there are more medicinal materials here than the list of "Compendium of Materia Medica", especially the three wood medicinal materials such as Coptis chinensis and Eucommia, Magnolia officinalis, Phellodendron cork, as well as rare medicinal materials such as Wenwang Yi, a pearl on the head, a bowl of water by the river, and a flower in July.

"We Huolongping people are good at brewing grain wine, a wine workshop in the cottage, the wine is fragrant, and the self-produced corn and sorghum are used to exchange for 'shochu' (high corn wine). When high-quality bud wine meets authentic medicinal materials, there is Tujia and Miaojia medicinal wine. In the past, large families and famous Confucian scholars also had secret recipes for medicine and wine, which were passed down from generation to generation. In today's Huolongping, every household has a few jars and cans of medicinal wine made by themselves. In the mountains, medicinal wine is not only a drink at banquets and on one's own table, but also a medicine for healing diseases and wounds, and a nourishing product for health and health. Often according to their own situation, they classify homemade straining wine, yin and yang wine, beauty and longevity wine, etc., and the longer the storage or cellaring time, the more fragrant the wine will be, the stronger the medicinal effect.

"With the progress of the times, now we Huolongping people drink medicinal wine has become a fashionable and hospitable rare drink. When a precious guest visits, it is more dignified and respectful to entertain guests with homemade deer antler wine, gastrodia wine, and four famous medicinal wines, which are more dignified and respectful than using factory-produced brand-name wine. Huolongping people drink medicinal liquor more in pursuit of nourishing health and prolonging life.

"Huolongping Tujia drinking, has long exceeded the connotation of catering culture, it ferments the national spirit and culture, it brews the national character and feelings, and it is elegant folk customs and habits. ”

When Uncle Luo talked about this, Tian Limai and Jiang Wenwen both thought that Uncle Luo had finished speaking. Tian Limai said: "Uncle Luo, you deserve to be a drinker, and you are so familiar with the wine culture of our Huolongping. ”

Uncle Luo smiled and said: "For thousands of years, China's winemaking culture, in the changes of history, many kinds of famous wines with local characteristics and reflecting local customs have been praised by people one after another.

"The ancestors of the Tujia people, the Ba people, have a history of winemaking as early as ancient times. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the autonomous county along the river belonged to the country of Pakistan. "Huayang National Chronicles" records: Ba people "are upright and righteous, have a generous morale, and have the flow of ancestors." Therefore, his poem says: The river cliff is only flat, and its crops are many. Sake Jiagu can be an adoptive father. Wild only Fuqiu, there are many grasses. Jiagu will wine, you can support your mother. It means that there is abundant food, there is a lot of wine, and people's production and life are inseparable from wine. From 2013 to 2015, archaeological staff cleaned up a large number of relics and relics during the archaeological excavation of the Tusi City Site in Tangya. Among the relics, ancient roasting workshops and wine vessels were found, thus confirming the history of our Tujia people's wine culture for many years.

"Not only that, according to the research of a large number of wine relics unearthed in the Han Dynasty in the past, in the Qin and Han dynasties, there were customs and habits such as 'making a gift with wine', 'sacrificing with wine', and 'feasting with wine'. Wine is a must-have for sacrifices, and it is a must-have in the many celebrations and sacrificial activities of the Tujia people. In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1735 AD), the court abolished the Tusi management system and sent the county to send 'liuguan', which was called 'changing the land and returning to the stream'. After the successful transformation of the land and the return to the stream, in order to celebrate, the local winemaking workshop brewed a thousand jars of good wine, and held a celebration banquet in Shinan Mansion, and did not get off the wine table for three days and three nights.

"The Tujia people are still a martial people, and they have to drink alcohol every time they go into battle to kill the enemy. In the Ming Dynasty, the Tujia soldiers went to the southeast coast to fight against the Japanese invaders, the people saw them off, put the wine on the side of the road, and the soldiers passed by the wine jar, and they could move forward after taking a sip.

"The Tujia people in Huolongping have many proverbs related to wine culture, such as 'Han noble tea, Tujia expensive wine', 'wine is a feast', 'no wine is no feast', 'strange wine is not strange food'. Drinking does not pay attention to the food, regardless of the location, regardless of the person's familiarity, sit on the ground, gather in a circle, and drink with a wine glass. Because the Tujia people have loved wine since ancient times, there are many customs named after wine. When a man marries a woman, it is called 'wedding wine'; the bridegroom's family organizes a 'wedding with ten brothers'; invites nine unmarried young men to gather at home to raise a glass and sing a song called 'escort wine'; the bride's family invites ten sisters to raise a glass to say goodbye, cry as a song, and sing a crying wedding song, which is called 'sister wine'; on the third day of the bride's marriage, she should go back to her mother's house with the groom to pour 'homecoming wine'; during the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom drink 'handover wine' under the high light of red candles; after the wedding ceremony, the man's family should pour 'wine to accompany the relatives and guests'; and give birth to a child should pour 'home' Family wine' (jiajia: pronounced Ga, that is, the Tujia family calls grandma a family); full moon to do 'full moon wine'; to run 'grasp Zhou wine' when the first year is completed; to make 'birthday wine' for the old man's birthday"; to enter the house wine when the new house is completed; to 'Lantern Festival wine' in the first month of the first month; to 'pass the community wine' in February; to eat cold food in March 'sacrificial mountain wine'; in April to drink the birthday of the ox king; to duanyang wine on the fifth day of May; to drink half wine in July; to send melon wine in August to mid-autumn season; to chongyang wine in September; to worship ancestors on Chinese New Year's Eve; to worship ancestors in the death of the elderly, and so on, all related to wine.

"As a culture of Huolongping, wine accompanies the Tujia people of Huolongping from birth to death, and they are inseparable from wine throughout their lives. The 'Duihua Sake' is a high-quality liquor made using the ancient traditional sake making method. In the past, the folk production of 'smacking wine' had a unique way of drinking, sucking with a bamboo tube: 'first sucked by one person, called opening the altar, and then sucking each other in turn.' According to research, smacking wine is a sucking custom that the Tujia people gradually formed in agriculture after absorbing the wine-making methods of the ancient Shu land.

"There are many toasts in the Tujia family, these toasts are vivid, the scene is prominent, it not only reflects that our Tujia people are a brave, bold and optimistic nation, but also shows the bold Tujia national personality is optimistic and open-minded, yearning for a better national spirit and cultural values. ”

Hearing that there was a "toast", Tian Limai asked, "Uncle Luo, there is also a toast?"

Tian Limai had only heard of "persuasion songs" and "toasting songs" in the past, and had never heard of "toasts"!

"Yes, Tian Limai, this toast is spread in Hubei, Chongqing, Hunan and Guizhou border areas among the Tujia, in fact, it is not only our Huolongping, there are blessings, seats, tables, etc., its content is specific and practical, the language is humorous and funny, rich in a strong local flavor, and is well received by the public. For thousands of years, the Tujia toast is a kind of oral literature widely used in the social life and exchanges of the Tujia people, and is a part of the folk cultural heritage of the Tujia people. Uncle Luo said.

"Uncle Luo, can you give us a toast?" Tian Limai asked.

"Okay," Uncle Luo said, taking advantage of the wine, "Actually, you may have heard or seen it, but you just didn't pay attention to it. I'm going to give you a toast to the wedding feast. Then Uncle Luo stood up and said:

"From the opening of Pangu to the present, male marriage and female marriage are fundamental. Today is a certain gentleman and a certain lady, the flower candles in the cave room, Yan'er is newly married, everyone gathers together, it is really Pengsheng Huisheng. I wish all the friends here, all the best, all wishes come true! There are no good dishes on the table, and there are more light wines to drink. We toast together: the bride and groom, a pair of mandarin ducks. The sky is long, the earth is long, the day is old, and the dragon and phoenix are auspicious. Mr. noble son, reborn phoenix, glory and wealth, full of children and grandchildren!"

After Uncle Luo finished speaking, Jiang Wenwen slapped her face. Luo Sisi next to him said: "Sister Wenwen, when you marry my brother, let my father go and have a period with you." ”

Uncle Luo ignored Luo Sisi's words and continued: "During the wedding banquet, when the scene, atmosphere, personnel and environment are different, the toast is also different. For example, the next paragraph is: A certain mansion is tidying up the wine today, Yan'er is newly married to celebrate, and the auspicious day of the zodiac has been selected, which coincides with the Ziwei Zhao court. I was incompetent, I didn't enter the school for a few days, and it was stupid to speak stupidly, so please forgive me. The laws of the country stipulate that the legal age of marriage is the only way to get married, respect and love each other for a hundred years, and there will never be a distinction between fish and water. Population control is the most important, only two children are born in mind, children are born equally, and boys and daughters are their own people. raised a seven-year-old to study, the first place in junior high school and high school, completed graduate school in college, and studied abroad abroad. The state reused him to hire him, and the whole family was honorable, and today I came to cover up the wine, which is really not a false flattery. Every blessing is true, this winter will give birth to the surname, then we will meet again and gather together to drink. ”

After Uncle Luo finished speaking, Jiang Wenwen slapped again. Seeing Jiang Wenwen slapping, Uncle Luo was even more interested, so he said: "When the wedding banquet guests give a toast, sometimes they have to be carried out separately, and there are different toasts for the groom, the matchmaker, the guests, the secretary, the guests, and the manager. ”

Tian Limai seemed to have forgotten to learn to sing mountain folk songs with his master Qin Laosan, and said with great interest: "Uncle Luo, you tell us all about it, let us know some too." ”

Luo Sisi said: "Brother, you are so interested, is this useful to you?"

"Yes, yes, absolutely, this is the wedding culture of our Tujia family, if the wedding culture and the wine culture of the Tujia people are combined, there must be a drama in it!" Tian Limai said.

Jiang Wenwen also nodded, looked at Uncle Luo and said, "Uncle Luo, please continue!"

Uncle Luo was extremely excited, and immediately said, "I'll say hello to the groom first."

Holding a wine jug in his hand, he was beaming with joy and toasted the groom today.

One congratulates you on the mandarin ducks in pairs, and the other congratulates you on the long days.

The third congratulations are that you are rich, and the fourth congratulate you on the golden and jade halls.

Five congratulations to you for your good life and health, six congratulations to you for all the best.

Seven congratulations you give birth to a dragon and raise a phoenix, eight congratulations you thousand autumn auspicious. ”

Uncle Luo finished speaking to the groom and said, "The following is to the matchmaker."

"There is no thunder or rain in the sky, and there is no matchmaker in the ground.

Today, I was ordered by the master to tell me to thank the matchmaker.

The matchmaker is loyal and sincere, and has no complaints after suffering hardships.

The matchmaker was naughty and laborious, so that the two babies could get married.

The service is not discounted, and the in-laws are smiling when they see each other.

It's not that the matchmaker has the ability, how can there be today's fish and water conditions?

On behalf of the host, the wine is toasted, and the benefactor is thanked for his gratitude. ”

Uncle Luo continued: "The following is for the guests.

"This time, I was invited by the host, and the mellow wine was toasted to the guests.

Those who have never gone out are determined, and they are matched with good talents and elites.

Zhang San went to tie up the dowry, and Li Si sent to pick up the relatives.

Wang Wu took the lead, and Chen Liu took the big walk.

The courtyard dam salute sounded a cake, and the compilation bowed to the six relatives,

A pair of incense candles are respected, and the heavens and the earth are bowed to the king.

Offering the gifts that have been prepared, everything is not half a cent,

The bride is full of new styles and dowries.

Just listen to the order of the guest, and go out in a mighty way,

Along the way, take the guests to explain accurately, and be careful with the dowry.

The security on the way to welcome the bride is stable, and the bride smoothly welcomes the door.

The wine first blinded the guests, and the bride and groom remembered their kindness. ”

Uncle Luo said to the guest, and then he had to say, Luo Sisi said with a smile: "Dad, I think forget it, the toasts at the Tujia wedding banquet are varied, many and miscellaneous, and I remember a lot!"

"Uncle Luo, except for the previous paragraph, are they all seven-character sentences?" Tian Limai asked.

"Not necessarily, some smart people can carry forward on the spot and make up words temporarily. For example, this paragraph is for the guest division: the guest is rare, the talent is rare, the speech is sharp, and there is no shortage of civil and military affairs. Assist the manager, be conscientious, treat relatives and friends like rare guests, fill cigarettes and pour tea, be extraordinarily pro-persistent, arrange affairs, be qualified, be loyal, and be responsible. Wherever there is something, I will pick you up, the language is kind, the wind is bright, the work is sincere, the guests are happy, the artistic style is very distinctive. After a few busy days, complaining that I didn't get it, on behalf of the host, accompany the guests, toast you with a glass of wine, and everyone obeys. After Uncle Luo finished speaking, Jiang Wenwen slapped again.

"Dad, you've said a lot about this toast, haven't we changed the subject?" Roth said.

"Si'er, I haven't said a little bit of the Tujia toast, you know, the Tujia toast is rich, only the festivals have the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Ox King Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Robe, Daughter's Meeting, Mid-Autumn Festival and so on. The ceremony involves marriage, birthday, construction, housewarming, etc. For example, after the groom toasts, the guests also have to say a toast to the groom. Here's what it is:

"A glass of wine and a celebration, it's like the seventh sister with Dong Lang.

After drinking a glass of wine from the groom, the harmony between the husband and wife is far and famous.

Two glasses of wine are so pleasing to the eye, just like Zong Bao with Gui Ying.

After drinking two glasses of wine from the groom, the family is prosperous.

Three glasses of wine and three peach orchards, the heart of the sea and the mountains remain unchanged.

After drinking three glasses of wine from the groom, the beautiful man and lady got married.

Four glasses of wine are sweet all year round, and the title of the gold list is the champion.

After drinking four glasses of wine from the groom, the family is filial and famous.

Five glasses of wine and five leaders, like Shanbo visiting friends.

The bridegroom drank five glasses of wine and shared joys and sorrows until the day.

Six glasses of wine and six contracts, like Zhao Zilong of the Three Kingdoms.

After drinking six glasses of wine from the groom, he is a bold achievement.

Seven glasses of wine and seven stars are like Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao. ……