1, wine is necessary for sacrifice.
Tujia culture is closely related to witchcraft culture, and wine is an essential thing in many sacrificial activities of Tujia people. What Tujia people believe most is the White Emperor and the White Tiger God. If family members are sick, they all go to Tianwang Temple to burn incense and make a wish. When they are well, they will go to sacrifice to God and ask Teacher Tu to sacrifice and make a wish. After the sacrifice, they will invite relatives to drink in front of the statue.
You can't go back on your word after eating blood. Eating blood for three days, offering sacrifices to reward his wishes, is called "Regret the Ghost" (A Brief History of Tujia People in Laifeng). Hefeng county annals? Miscellaneous notes "contains:" Sophomore three gods, family gods also. Carving wood is three, its shape is strange, evil and effective, and those who seek medical treatment and longevity belong to the Tao. Where God is, people get rich, and the family will meet him according to the household plan. At the end of the period, a wine cellar was set up, and sheep were sealed as sacrifices, which was called the Western God. "Wine and festivals are inseparable. Wine occupies a prominent position in Tujia festival culture, almost to the point of no wine. Tujia people have festivals every month, and almost all festivals are inseparable from wine. There is spring wine in the first month; There is club wine in February; There is mountain wine in March; In April, there is Niuwangshou wine; There is Duanyang wine in May; There is melon wine in August; There will be Gordon wine in September and New Year's Eve wine in December.
2. Essential wine for weddings and funerals.
Tujia people have lived in mountainous areas for a long time and have little contact with the outside world, but they have close internal contacts among ethnic groups. Neighbors take the initiative to help anyone who has weddings, funerals, building houses, planting seedlings and cutting valleys. The host doesn't pay the helper, and the hospitality can't be separated from the wine that Tujia people like to drink.
3. Tujia people have been attached to wine since birth, and wine has been with Tujia people all their lives.
When picking up the bride, the man sends an altar of wine to the woman's house. After the baby is born, the bride's family uses this jar to send sweet wine, commonly known as "eat fire wine today, eat sweet wine next year." After the baby is born, there will be a banquet called "Toast Rice Wine". When you are one month old, you should hold a "full moon wine", and when you are one year old, you should hold a "grasping Zhou wine". On the birthday of the old man, the banquet is called "Quan Shou Jiu". When the old man dies, he will hold a funeral, dance and sing together, and drink and eat soybeans while singing, which is called "drinking soybean wine". "There is a family loss, neighbors come to condolence, and don't go to night, saying that death is a companion. They beat drums by the coffin, and they sang slang and lamentations to each other. Enjoy wine at the funeral. "
4. In addition, there are "Shangliang wine" for building renovation, "Jia Kai wine" for ships in Shui Mu, "seedling wine", "grass wine" and "threshing wine" in farming activities.
Tujia people always have wine when they have something to do, and everything can't be separated from wine, and everything is always full of strong wine flavor. Wine is everywhere in Tujia people's lives. Tujia people are simple, straightforward and hospitable. Every time a guest arrives, they will treat them with the best food, especially wine. There must be wine at every banquet, and the wine ceremony is very particular. "Banquet, the guests sit in the west, and the host sits in the east. All seats, twelve plates and pure gold bottles. At the dinner table, the host and the guests put up their hands, and everyone stood up, waiting for the guests to lift their chopsticks and sit down. There are also people from the ground, covered in yellow mud, holding gold cups at the dinner table ... When drinking wine, we should respect the guests first, then the host.