Eating meat in large pieces and drinking in large bowls is the Jianghu and the Water Margin. People such as Lu, Lu, Li and others are the image spokesmen for the perfect inheritance of this special culture. Wine culture is an extremely important part of Chinese civilization, but the images of many great men in Water Margin are not the same in real life. The contradiction between reality and fantasy is obvious.
If there was no wine at that time, would Song Wu still fight Jiang Menshen?
Song Wu passed Jingyanggang and came to a small restaurant on the side of the road, ready to eat and drink enough and continue on his way. Hungry and thirsty, Song Wu drank the tea brewed in the shop first, and then chewed the freshly cooked beef. The store specially told Song Wu that there are big bugs recently, so be careful. ......
Wait, the story is really hard to continue. The truest side of human nature can only be perfectly reflected after being drunk, so under normal circumstances, eating meat will not be so passionate without wine, and there will be no hint that three bowls are not enough. Song Wu's good capacity for drinking can't be reflected naturally, let alone 18 bowls, and drinking tea will kill three bowls. Under quite rational circumstances, Song Wu may naturally take risks to challenge bugs. Song Wu didn't kill the tiger, so naturally he can't be called a hero, and naturally there is no need to continue the following story.
Drinking in those years changed my life.
In real life, we often hear examples of accidents caused by drinking, and Water Margin is no exception. Some people really ruined their future because of drinking, and some people embarked on a life of hanging. It was because Rutiha went to Panjialou for a drink that he happened to meet Jin Cuilian who was crying. Only then did I know the story of her being bullied by butcher Zheng. As a knight-errant, how can Lu be bullied? Naturally, he tore down his butcher shop, and naturally there was a plot in which Lu Tiha killed the butcher Zheng with three punches. That's great. I was wanted by the government and became a monk.
Lu hasn't changed a bit since he became a monk, but he is still the monk who eats meat and drinks a big bowl. Not long after, because he was as drunk as a fiddler, he was rushed to Suoguo Temple by the abbot. By chance, he met Lin Chong and later had to become an outlaw.
Lin Chong also got into trouble for drinking. Gao Yanei met Lin Chong's wife, drooling over her beauty and finding fault with Lin Chong in every way. Unfortunately, Lin Chong, who was afraid of powerful people, didn't want to get into trouble at that time, so he chose to submit to humiliation. But Gao Yanei doesn't think so. Instead, Lu Qian took Lin Chong to drink, secretly went to find Lin Chong's wife, and went to Liangshan on a snowy night.
There are countless examples of this. Song Wu lived a happy life because he was drunk and beat Jiang Menshen. It is also because he drinks, instead of showing affection for his sister-in-law, it gives birth to a curse.
It can be said that nothing in the water margin can't be solved by drinking, and nothing can't be broken by drinking.
The wine in Water Margin reflects the real class differentiation.
There are three or six classes of people, and there is a world of difference between wine. Generally speaking, the wine that ordinary people drank in the Song Dynasty was called Xiaojiu. Even this wine has 26 grades, from the lowest 5 pence to the highest 30 cents, which is enough to reflect a person's living conditions at that time. When a little wine is finished, it is a big wine. There are 23 grades of big wine, and the price ranges from 8p to 48p per catty. The quality of wine also varies widely.
It is very different from what the emperor drank at that time: royal wine, nectar and jade liquid. Song Wu can drink 18 bowls of wine continuously, which really illustrates the problem. First, he can drink a lot, which can reflect his economic situation at that time, which is not bad.
As an aristocrat, not only the quality of drinking is different from that of ordinary people, but even the containers for holding wine are quite exquisite customized models, including crystal pots and purple sand cups, which are unimaginable to ordinary people. Similarly, through this contrast, it reflects the sharp social contradictions at that time. Simply speaking, it is drinking, but it reflects all aspects of life. The upper-class wine culture is full of luxury and comparison. For ordinary people, it is more of a pastime and entertainment.
If you study it carefully, you will find that the wine in the water margin has quite complete functions!
Many times we can't help but think, why drink? Because you're happy? Because of sadness? Wine is an introduction that can make people express their feelings most, and the saying of telling the truth after drinking is not groundless. So what does the wine in Water Margin represent?
Drinking is necessary for teachers, making friends, celebrating happy events, celebrating various festivals and sacrifices, seeing off guests and entertaining guests. After all, wine is indispensable for everything. Strong liquor can keep out the cold, while sake can quench thirst and relieve summer heat. No matter winter and summer, no matter spring and autumn, no matter the regional differences between north and south, wine has become a very important part of interpersonal communication.
In ancient China, wine was basically brewed from pure grain. Therefore, in that era when the stomach was not full, wine was actually a scarce product. The reason why it appeared in a large number of novels in Water Margin actually conveyed the truest demands of people who were not so happy at that time.
Dragging wine and eating meat seems to be a vivid description, but it is a scene that is difficult to see in real life. At that time, wine was all-powerful, and a drunk can solve a thousand worries.
According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 60 large and small hotels in the whole Water Margin, and the word wine is basically necessary for banquets, with a frequency as high as 2000 times.