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Why is a kind of wine called "Daughter Red"?
The famous Shaoxing "flower carving wine" is also known as "daughter wine". China's Jin Dynasty Shangyu Jihan "southern grass and trees," recorded: "daughter wine for the old days of the rich family to give birth to a daughter, marrying a daughter of the necessary things," said the name, there is a story mile! Once upon a time, there is a master tailor in Shaoxing, took his wife wanted a son. One day, found his wife pregnant. He was very excited, rushed home, brewed a few wine, ready to get a son to entertain friends and relatives. Unexpectedly, his wife gave birth to a daughter. At that time, people in the community are patriarchal, the tailor is no exception, he was so angry, he buried a few jars of wine in the backyard under the laurel tree. Time flies like an arrow, the daughter grew up, born smart, actually learned the tailor's craft very proficient, but also learned a handful of good embroidery, the tailor's business is also more and more prosperous. The tailor saw that it was not bad to have a daughter! So he decided to marry her to his favorite apprentice, and excitedly organized the wedding for his daughter. On the wedding day, wine and treats, the master tailor drink drink very excited, suddenly remembered more than ten years ago buried under the osmanthus tree a few altars of wine, they dug out the treats, as a result, once you open the altar, the aroma of the nose, the color of the mellow taste, extremely delicious. As a result, everyone called this wine "Daughter Red" wine, also known as "Daughter Wine". Since then, next-door neighbors, near and far, when people gave birth to a daughter, they brewed wine and buried it, and when they married their daughters, they dug up wine and invited guests, forming a custom. Later, even when the birth of a boy, also in accordance with the brewing, burying wine, looking forward to the son in the Scholar to celebrate the drinking, so the wine is also called "Scholar red". "Daughter's Red" and "Scholar's Red" are both aged wines that have been stored for a long time. The wine is so flavorful and delicious that people give it as a valuable gift. Daughter Red Wine is a full-bodied wine with six flavors: sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, fresh and astringent. In addition, it has a higher nutritional value than other wines, thus forming a comprehensive style of clarification, aroma, mellowness, softness, softness and crispness. Color: Daughter red wine is mainly amber, i.e. orange, transparent and clear, pure and lovely, making people relaxed and happy. Aroma: Daughter red wine has an attractive fragrance; and it tends to be more intense with the passage of time. Taste: The taste of Daughter Red Wine is the most impressive, mainly mellow and sweet, with a lingering aftertaste. The taste of Daughter Red Wine is a harmonious blend of 6 flavors. These 6 flavors are: sweetness, sourness, bitterness, pungency (spicy), freshness, astringency, and the above 6 flavors form a different "style" of Daughter Red Wine, which is a fascinating and very unique style. Among the world-famous Shaoxing yellow wines, "Daughter Red" is particularly favored. This is not only because of her crystal color, mellow aroma intoxicating, but also because she embodies the good customs of the land of Yue. "Daughter red" beauty in the beauty of the "red" word, red is festive, red is auspicious, "daughter red" reputation can be said to be a household name, famous overseas. Shaoxing is the hometown of famous yellow wine, yellow wine on behalf of Chinese culture, Shaoxing flower carving is the essence of yellow wine, and "Daughter Red" is the icing on the cake for the Shaoxing flower carving, especially attracting people to love. The name "Daughter Red" originates from the popular folk legend that the wine was used to accompany a marriage. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a tailor in the countryside of Shaoxing whose wife was about to give birth. He thought that his wife must be pregnant with a precious son, and when the son was born, he must celebrate. He asked a famous winemaker to brew a few jars of rice wine and prepared to treat his friends and relatives at that time. But things did not go as planned, his wife gave birth to a daughter, which was like pouring cold water on the tailor's head, and the brewed wine was buried under the tree behind the house without inviting anyone to drink it. Time flies like an arrow, the tailor's daughter grew up, was born clear-eyed, smart, very pleasing to the eye. Full of joy, the master tailor married her to his most self-congratulatory disciple. On the day of the wedding, when the wine and guests, he suddenly remembered a dozen years ago buried under the tree a few old wine, so he dug it out. When the altar was opened, the aroma was overflowing, which made people want to drink after smelling it, and the aftertaste of drinking it was endless. The guests have never tasted such a color orange-red, sweet taste of aged wine, have praised: "hair buried daughter red, the cabinet out of the fairy child." Since then, many families around Shaoxing gave birth to girls, and they would brew "Daughter's Red" and bury it in the ground to entertain guests when their daughters got married. At that time, the wine was fragrant, amber in color, mellow in taste, and was called the best of Shaoxing yellow wine aging. The "Daughter's Red" wine got its name from this. This custom has been prevalent in the Tang Dynasty. There is a poem of drinking this wine in "Qing Wei-Li Zu": "The Yue women make wine like rain, not born male born female. The daughter's family lives on the east side of the East Lake, and the spring lees drop pearl red at night." After 18, 8 or 5 years of aging, this wine is naturally fragrant and mellow. "Daughter's Red" is made from high-quality glutinous rice and wheat, and is brewed with water from the heart of Lake Jianhu in winter, which is amber in color and moderately soft and hard, resulting in a sweet taste that lingers on the lips and teeth. This kind of wine is rich in more than 20 kinds of amino components, nutrition is very high, every day moderate drinking, both blood and health. In terms of packaging, "Daughter's Red" has various kinds of exquisite bottles, but also has a very simple and elegant style of celadon altar, Yue porcelain altar, but also carving, carving, molding, painting "dragon and phoenix", "flowers and moon", "five", "five", "five", "five", "five", "five", "five", "five", "five", "five", "five", "five", "five", and "five". "Dragon and phoenix", "flowers and moon", "five women worship life" and other auspicious motifs, ancient and full of meaning, displayed on the desk, just like a superb crafts, it is refreshing and relaxing. The background color of the outer box of "Daughter's Red" is red, highlighting the word "red" of Daughter's Red. The box is also painted on the wedding scene: sedan chair, gongs and drums, towards the sky of the suona, raised lanterns, golden letters of joy, the groom on horseback ...... overflowing with joyful and enthusiastic atmosphere, worthy of self-presentation, gifts of the best products