A Study On The Wine Industry In The Capital Of Northern Song Dynasty

The wine industry of China has a long history.As the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty,the wine industry in Dongjing is flourishing and prosperous.It can be concluded that Dongjing has plenty of wine shops and drinking is popular in Dongjing.What's more,the technique of making wine is improving in the Northern Song Dynasty.In the policy of wine,the system of wine sale is the main way carried out by the government of the Northern Song Dynasty.The contract for operation also appears in Dongjing as a complementary policy of wine.The system of wine sale implemented by the government of the Northern Song Dynasty plays an important role in the development of wine industry.In some sense,government's controlling the wine industry restricts unauthorized acts of making wine.Because of the huge profits,bootleg liquor phenomenon has been a big problem through the history of the Northern Song Dynasty,though the government works hard to prohibit it.As for wine tax,the wine tax is the main source for the government's revenues.In the production of wine,the development of Dongjing's economy is the basis for the improvement of the technique of making wine.The government also gives a lot of support to the innovation of the technique of making wine.As a matter of fact,in the Northern Song Dynasty,the technique of making wine is improving,the amount of the wine is getting more with better quality.During this time,there are lots of books talking about making wine.This is a inherit of the past and a development for the technique.In the wine shops,the intuitive reflection of the prosperity of the wine industry in Dongjing is a big number of wine shops with wonderful decoration and big size.The highlight of wine shops in Dongjing is a high attention to decoration.Except for decoration,propaganda is taken seriously.Usually the wine flag hanging outside the shop is seen as the sign.Besides,the shop keepers would love to give their shop a beautiful name for auspiciousness.The food utensils are delicate for a better experience to customer.The wine shops often prolong its shop hours for customer.As for the wine price,it has a gradual advance in Dongjing,regardless of the stable price in the early times of the Northern Song Dynasty.The changes of wine price is decided by the circumstance of supply and demand,the harvest of food and the policy.In social life,wine industry plays an important role in politics,economy and culture in Dongjing society.Feast is one of the way to strengthen authority and communicate with each other among the officials.The popularity of drinking promotes the consumption of wine.High demand for drinking also causes food waste.Wine is also a big part in different festivals and customs.