Wine Industry Policy、Wine Industry And Wine Custom In Han Dynasty

With the stability of political situation and the development of agricultural production technology in Han dynasty, people have higher and higher living standards and drinking behavior are more common in daily life. The Han government always carries out the prohibition of alcoholic drinks, forbidding the behavior of drinking in groups without any reasons. The wine policy in Han dynasty experiences three stages: prohibition of wine, monopoly of wine and taxation of wine. These three policies have connections but also differences. Up to now, the wine policy in Han dynasty has great affect.Under the influence of wine policy, the wine industry in Han dynasty has its own characteristics. The wine shops are usually based on one family, the producers make wine in their small workshops. The wine varieties grow along with the development of wine making technology. The change of wine policy and the production of grain have positive influence to the change of wine prices and wine tax. The government sends officials to manage wine market uniformly. But the Hexi area is not under control of authority policy. It becomes the typical example under the atypical system.Despite of the wine prohibition in Han dynasty, the trend of wine advocating rises. From royal families to common people, the characteristics of wine drinking and using are different. Especially from Emperor Wu, common people chase after luxury life because of the accumulation in material wealth. They hold banquets and drink wine for many reasons, which cause the great waste of social resources. Some people even drink wine excessively, which has bad influence to themselves and to the society.