For example, the ancient "running water song" is the custom of drinking. Wedge cutting ceremony was popular at that time. After the ceremony, people sat on both sides of the canal, put the glasses upstream and let them go down the river. Whoever stops in front of the quilt will drink.
If we carefully analyze the etiquette of drinking in ancient China, it can be roughly divided into four parts: sacrifice, sacrifice, vomiting and death. To show respect, wine is produced in grain, and grain makes heaven and earth. Therefore, the ancients worshipped before drinking, and sprinkled a little wine in the glass on the ground first to show their respect for the virtue of health care in heaven and earth. After the worship, drink the rest of the wine and praise the delicious taste, which will make the host of the host family very happy.
In modern times, people often mention "first as respect" when drinking; In fact, it was impolite for the ancients to drink, and they would "do it later." The Book of Rites records the drinking culture: "Serving the elders, the elders don't invite them, and the few dare not drink." The meaning of this sentence is that when drinking, drink with the elders, the elders don't drink, and the younger generation dare not drink.
When drinking, the host and guests are very polite and temperate. The host's toast to the guest is called "reward", and the guest's toast to the host is called "strong"; When toasting, you always say some greetings, so in ancient times, toasting was also called "for longevity". Generally speaking, three cups were for longevity.
In ancient times, the interactive toasting between guests was called traveling reward, and toasting the pourers in turn was called traveling wine. When toasting, both the toaster and the toasted should stay away from the table.
The drinking etiquette established by China traditional culture began in the Western Zhou Dynasty, which was divided into four parts: time, sequence, effect and sequence. Time refers to the time when drinking is strictly controlled, such as coronation, wedding, funeral and sacrifice. The preface refers to the order of heaven, earth, ghost, god, later growth, youth and respect when drinking; The effect is that drinking can't be crazy, but it should be stopped in moderation, usually three masters; Order means that there was a wine official supervising the drinking ceremony at that time, and he had to obey the will of the wine official and could not do whatever he wanted.
However, in the end, the ancient drinking etiquette became more free.