The origin of "Daughter Red"

The famous Shaoxing "Huadiao Wine" is also known as "Daughter Wine". The Chinese Jin Dynasty Shangyu Jihan "southern grass and trees" records: "daughter wine for the old rich families to give birth to their daughters, the marriage of the daughter of the necessary things", to say the name, there is a story mile!

Once upon a time, there was a master tailor in Shaoxing, took his wife wanted a son. One day, found his wife pregnant. He was so happy that he rushed home, brewed a few jars of wine, and prepared to treat his friends and relatives when he got a son. Unexpectedly, his wife gave birth to a daughter. At that time, people in the society all preferred sons to daughters, and the tailor was no exception. He was so angry that he buried a few jars of wine under the laurel tree in the backyard.

Time flies like an arrow, the daughter grew up, born smart and clever, actually the tailor's craft are very proficient, but also learned a handful of good embroidery, the tailor's business is also therefore 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 happily arranged the wedding for his daughter. On the wedding day, wine and treats, the master tailor drink drink very happy, 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 the altar was opened, the aroma of the nose, the color of the mellow taste, extremely good. So, we called this wine "daughter red" wine, also known as "daughter wine".

Since then, next-door neighbors, far and near the family gave birth to a daughter, the wine brewing and burying, marrying a daughter on the digging wine treats, formed a custom. Later, even the birth of a male child, also in accordance with the brewing, buried wine, looking forward to the son in the scholar to celebrate 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 fragrant and delicious that people give it as a valuable gift.

"Hua Diao" was originally named "Flower Fading" to commemorate the "early death of flowers". The State Winds of the Book of Songs. Zhounan Chapters - A Peach Early

The Peach's Early Death, Scorching its Flower, and its Son's Returning, Desirable for its Room and Home.

The Peach is a peach, its ben in fact, the son of the return, suitable for his family.

The peach's leaves are abundant, and the son of the peach's leaves are abundant.

In China, there is a custom that if a daughter is born in the family, a jar of wine will be brewed and used to entertain guests when the daughter gets married and leaves the house, and this jar of fragrant wine is called "Daughter's Red".