The Art About Liquor Description In The Water Margin

In the Water Margin, the descriptions of liquor are extremely rich, and these are almost involved in each chapter. They unfold the condition of wine business in the Song Dynasty and play a significant role in the research of custom and living style of their times as well as portraying of heroes and impelling the development of the plot and so on. It can be concluded that the descriptions of liquor have the dual value in folk custom and the artistic research. Without the liquor there would not be so enchanting charm of the Water Margin T;without the liquor there would not be so rich meaning. This article will further excavates the value of liquor in the Water Margin from these two aspects more carefully. I hope that the studies is a useful contribution to the water margin.The full text is divided into five parts,As follows:The first part reviews and sorts out the previous research situation about liquor in the Water Margin. The main part of the early research is the comment on it represented by evaluation of Jin Shengtan. His sharp eyes discovered the art of wine in the water magin in an important position and value.concisely analyzed the significance of the liquor in shaping characters and unfolding plots. Although insightful, but it is briefly scattered and fragmented. Papers in recent time studied liquor in detail from particular perspectives, such as custom concerning liquor, diet, the relationship between the liquor and characters as well as the environment, however these research perspectives were small and on relatively narrow range. Tremendous value of liquor in the Water Margin was not understood from the general. Then I explained the significance of this paper is to grasp the literature and folklore value of liquor from micro perspectives, in order to deep the study for the water margin.The second part, with reference to previous research results, mainly introduces folklore value of liquor in the Water Margin. I firstly analyze the description of liquor in the Water Margin in detail: drinking scenes, hotels, Jiuqi, the type of liquor, drinking apparatus etc. Then analyze the relationship between liquor in the Water Margin and folklore, including liquor and guitar justice, liquor and greeting, liquor and seeing off, liquor and festivals, liquor and military.It can be said that The Water Margin is the cultural history of the Song Dynasty wine.The third part, I analyze the role of liquor in characterization according to the description of drinking circumstances. Why is it so lifelike characters, vivid and moving? a lot of reasons, but the role of liqour should not be overlooked.To begin with, analyze the survival state of figures through the external images like drinking with big bowl and eating bulk meat. Secondly, explore the interior world of people from the aspect that the honest sayings come after drinking; thirdly, from the effect of liquor that it encourages heroic spirit, analyze heroic spirit. Fourth, I analyze the turn of fate of figures with reference that liquor can contribute as well as distract the success the fairs. The next are more detailed exploration of the relationship between liquor and the characters.The wine's unique cultural values display the unique customs of the Song Dynasty.Liquor show great role on the shape of the heroes.Part four,all written drinking scene of this book is not to allow people to drink and drink.Drinking is relevant to the development: plot development link,the circumstances of the transition,or the cause of the incident.Liquor series of story from start to finish. Specifically, the role of the wine in the novel circumstances is main three categories:discussing things by liqour, causing trouble by drinking,linking incident. Application examples of this chapter were detailed specific analysis.Part five, all on life and the philosophy of art are manifest on the world.In the course of human development, the Association from time to time produces a historic resonance.Nietzsche's Dionysian spirit of ancient ,China ancient culture of wine and wine culture and life behind the art philosophy, of course, is no exception.based on the western theory of the spirit of Dionysus, analyze the shared literature phenomenon of Chinese and Western showed in the Water Margin. According to the core concepts of the spirit of Dionysus: tragedy, rave and treason, I discuss specific performances of it in the Water Margin. In this way, the awareness of the heroes in Water Margin is deepened; the reevaluation about the Water Margin is formed to some extent. Part sixe, summarization of the literature and folklore value of liquor in the Water Margin.