The origin of carved wine
There are different records, histories and legends about flower carving. According to Liang Zhangju's "Continuing Wanderers" in Qing Dynasty, Shaoxing wine "is the best wine named Daughter Wine. According to legend, a rich family adopted a daughter and made several altars in early February. Until this woman went out and got married with this wine, and it was nearly ten years, and its altar rate was called flower carving. " In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, there is a more beautiful legend about the origin of flower carving: According to legend, in Shaoxing, a tailor named Zhang had a happy son in his early years. The tailor was anxious to bury an altar of yellow wine in the yard, hoping to entertain relatives and friends of the Three Dynasties with it after his son was born. Unexpectedly, the woman gave birth to a daughter, and when she was disappointed, she forgot the wine buried in the courtyard. Later, my daughter grew up, virtuous and kind, and married Zhang's favorite apprentice. On the wedding day, the hospital was beaming. The tailor suddenly remembered the old wine buried in the hospital 18 years ago and quickly dug it out. After opening it, the wine was intoxicating, hence the name Daughter Red. This custom later evolved into making wine when boys were born, and painting the jars with vermilion, which is called "Zhuangyuanhong".