The wine culture in Song Dynasty is the continuation and development of the wine culture in Tang Dynasty, which is richer than the wine culture in Tang Dynasty and closer to our present wine culture. The wine industry is booming and hotels are everywhere. Hotels in Song Dynasty emphasized the cultural individuality of famous brands. The northern nationalities in the Jin Dynasty were famous for their binge drinking and rich wine culture, while the Jin Dynasty had a pot-burning wine culture. Soju (Araghi wine) appeared in the Yuan Dynasty. Besides, the distillation method was invented in the Song Dynasty, and since then, liquor has become the main drink of China people.

Ming and Qing dynasties

The uprising in the Ming dynasty continued, the Qing dynasty did not resist foreign invasion, and the people moved around to avoid suffering. The formation of regional culture promoted the emergence of "wine culture". After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, wine has become an indispensable drink in people's lives. On holidays, "special wine" is very popular, such as drinking pepper and cypress wine on the New Year's Day, drinking wine on the fifteenth day of the first month, drinking calamus wine on the Dragon Boat Festival, drinking osmanthus wine on the Mid-Autumn Festival and drinking chrysanthemum wine on Chongyang. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a saying that "wine is the hometown and the capital is the best". At that time, the dignitaries in Beijing advocated yellow rice wine, while the middle and lower classes preferred shochu with low price and rich flavor.

The Ming and Qing Dynasties can be said to be another peak for China to serve as a drinker. Drinking pays special attention to the word "Chen", taking Chen as the surname of wine, and "the better the wine, the better". In addition, the wine channel is pushed to the realm of self-cultivation, and the wine list is varied. Everything in the world, people, flowers and plants, fish and insects, poems and songs, operas and novels, and seasonal customs are all in good order, among which there are many elegant ones, which push China's wine culture from the elegant palace to the popular folk, and from the popularity of celebrities and gentlemen to the hobbies in the streets. Promote ordinary drinking to the lofty status of talking about wine, worshipping drinking utensils, making wine orders and knowing how to drink.