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How old is the yellow rice wine in Shaoxing, Zhejiang?
It is difficult to find out when Shaoxing wine originated. At present, it can only be inferred through cultural relics and archaeology. It is preliminarily believed that the origin of Shaoxing, which lies between Hemudu culture in Yuyao and Liangzhu culture in Hangzhou, should be synchronous.

The evidence is that Hemudu culture unearthed a large number of grain (rice) and pottery similar to wine vessels.

It is speculated that Shaoxing wine should have originated in the middle period of Hemudu culture 6000 years ago.

Shaoxing has written records about wine, such as Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals and Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals.

Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals is said to have been written by Zuo Qiuming in the Spring and Autumn Period. According to the book, in order to increase the population of the country, the King of Yue adopted a series of policies and measures to encourage fertility, including "having a husband, two pots of wine and a dog; Give birth to a woman, two pots of wine and a dolphin. " Give birth to a son, reward two pots of wine and a dog; Give birth to a daughter, two pots of wine and a pig.

Rewarding fertility with alcohol has two functions. First, Enshi, as a monarch, made the people grateful and obedient to the monarch; Second, as a maternal health care product, it helps to promote lactation, restore maternal physique, and is conducive to good parenting.

Therefore, rice wine has been used as a health care product for pregnant women until now.

Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals is a comprehensive history book compiled by the Prime Minister of Qin State. The article "Jiujiqiu Jiushunmin" records that "the King of Yue suffered the humiliation of winning the hearts of the people ... the wine river flowing with the people".

It is said that when King Jian of Yue attacked the State of Wu, the elders of Yuecheng invited him to drink. He poured wine on the upper reaches of the river and shared it with the soldiers, which greatly boosted his morale.

It can be seen that the Vietnamese people have integrated wine into political and economic activities more than 2,500 years ago.

Shaoxing wine has a history of at least 2500 years, which comes from the above two Spring and Autumn Annals.