local conditions and customs support a glass of wine: supporting a glass of wine is a lively and moving scene at the Dong family banquet. It embodies the spirit of helping each other between the host and the guest, helping each other and helping each other. In toasting, whether the host toasts any guest or the guest toasts any relative of the host, there are at least one or two people between the host and the guest, and there are at most ten or eight people. In short, there is no limit to the number of people who want to help themselves toast each other, and the people who help them are called "helping" or "supporting wine". If the situation of supporting wine is formed, the promoters of both the host and the guest can't drink the other party's toast first, but drink the other party's "supporting wine" first, and then drink the toast. The sponsors of both the host and the guest can't refuse to "support wine", and refusing is disrespectful to those who support wine. For those who can't drink well, if ten or eight people come to support the wine, even if they lick a little bit of each glass, it is also a tribute to the people who support the wine, otherwise they will be drunk.

changing dragon wine: changing dragon wine is also called changing tap. It is another lively scene at the Dong family banquet. Dragon wine is proposed by the representative of either the host or the guest, and the proposer is called the "dragon head". The "dragon head" suggested that when you drink Zhuanzhuan Dragon Wine, you should stand up with a full table and take the glass. First, the "dragon head" should take the lead and then drink it from left to right or from right to left. When passing to the right, the man to the left of the "dragon head" is the "dragon tail", and when passing to the left, the man to the right of the "dragon head" is the "dragon tail". After the "dragon head" drinks dry, it drinks one by one in turn. If one of the "dragon bodies" doesn't do it, it will be punished. Because you can turn left and right when drinking the dragon wine, the "dragon head" can be changed into "dragon tail" and "dragon tail" can be changed into "dragon head", and anyone in a full table can be a "dragon head" or a "dragon tail". So back and forth, endless changes.

Reunion wine: Dong family's reunion wine has its own characteristics. It doesn't drink reunion wine as usual. It is proposed by the host, and the table is filled with frequent toasts, and everyone drinks it off. Instead, it was proposed by the host, who took the glass at the banquet and passed it down from the right to the mouth of the latter. Party B drank Party A, Party C drank Party B, Party D drank Party C ... and so on. At this time, the host wanted to shout, "Come on, everyone." The table was full of shouts, "Drink! Whoosh! " In this way, the whole table is dry and gulped down. The banquet ended.

Closing wine: Closing wine is a kind of banquet with the highest standard for Dong village or family to receive distinguished guests. Generally, a grand celebration is held in a village or family, and the celebration is only carried out when the superior guests and the guests from the surrounding areas are invited to participate. The closed banquet wine held in the village is usually arranged in the drum tower of Tuanzhai, and the family banquet is usually held in the corridor of a spacious farmer's house. The decoration of the banquet is called "elongated table". Put ten eight square tables together in a long line, and some of them are decorated with wide boards one by one. The wine, rice, and vegetables for the closed banquet are all from villages and families. The best rice wine or bitter wine, the best glutinous rice or rice cake, and the best pickled meat, pickled fish, pickled cabbage, or stir-fry are picked with bamboo baskets or baskets, and they are all arranged together, which can be said to be a hundred wines, a hundred meals, and a hundred dishes. The scale of closed banquet wine is determined according to the number of guests, and the number of guests and hosts is generally required to be one to one. The host will also arrange a group of girls to stand aside and be responsible for pouring wine, toasting and singing toast songs for the guests. There are one or two hundred people on a large scale, and dozens of people are small.

Before the closing banquet begins, the host should organize a welcoming ceremony outside the village gate. First, a salute (iron cannon) should be set up to "celebrate the song", and second, a "bar wine" should be set up at the village gate or in front of the house. Third, present a bowl of Dong Camellia oleifera. After this set of procedures is completed, the party will formally sit down. The seating arrangement of a closed banquet is generally one guest and one host sitting at intervals, or the guest and host can sit face to face. The host and guest sit down and the banquet begins. First, the head representative of the main village or family made a toast, and then led by shouting "Drink all!" The host and guest echoed "drink, drink!" Raise a glass all over the table and drink it off. Then, the two sides formally dine. Toast each other, talk to each other and make friends.

During the dinner, we toasted each other according to the six toasting procedures of Dong family, beginning and returning. Drink until you enjoy yourself; Toast girls are in pairs or groups of three, holding glasses-toasting the guests and singing a toast while respecting (persuading) them. The Dong girl's lyrical and smooth voice made the guests fly, and "wine makes people drunk". After the closing banquet, the host lined up at the entrance of the Drum Tower to see off the guests with firecrackers, and "screened" the distinguished guests, that is, seven or eight young men and women were sent to lift the distinguished guests one by one, throw them in the air several times, or catch their hands and feet, lift them up in the air to swing, and then send them on their way. That scene is really fascinating, and I can't stay.

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