1. In ancient times, people ate their hair and drank blood, and the use of fire made people end this primitive way of life. With the rise of agriculture, people not only had food to live on, but also could make wine with grains as raw materials at any time. With the appearance of pottery, people began to have cookers; Starting with cookware, special drinking utensils were differentiated. It is still difficult to determine when the earliest special wine utensils originated. Because in ancient times, it should be very common to use one device for multiple purposes. In ancient times, wine was unfiltered mash (which is still very popular now), and it was pasty and semi-liquid. For this kind of wine, it was not suitable for drinking, but for eating. Therefore, the edible wine utensils should be general utensils, such as bowls, bowls and other large-mouthed utensils. In ancient times, the main materials for making wine vessels were pottery, horn, bamboo and wood products.

Birch bark craft hip flask 2, as early as 6,111 years ago in the Neolithic culture period, pottery similar in shape to later wine vessels appeared, such as pottery in the Peiligang culture period. Pottery in Hemudu culture period in the south can also remind people that wine utensils in Shang Dynasty should have a long history. The development of wine-making industry and the noble status of drinkers make it possible to differentiate wine utensils from general eating utensils. The quality of wine utensils often becomes one of the symbols of the status of drinkers. Full-time wine makers came into being. A large number of wine vessels (wine-making vessels and drinking vessels) have been unearthed in a tomb during the Dawenkou culture period in Shandong Province. According to the analysis of archaeologists, the deceased may have been a full-time wine vessel maker before his death. In the late Neolithic period, especially in the Longshan culture period, the types of wine vessels increased and their uses were clear, which was quite similar to those of later generations. These wine vessels are: jars, urns, pots, bowls, cups and so on. There are many kinds of wine glasses, including: flat bottom cup, round foot cup, high round foot cup, high handle cup, inclined wall cup, curved belly cup, shaped cup and so on. At this point, the hip flask officially appeared and developed.