Double denier starry night, drink from the Ming Dynasty to today

There are a few days to enter 2020, just after Christmas, will soon usher in New Year's Day, can be described as double denier. So, have you decided where to go for New Year's? This time perhaps you can choose to stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city, in the ancient town of Jiangnan, in a special form, to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

People living in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, must have been to a lot of Jiangnan water towns, and one of the Zhouzhuang can be said to be famous, if the New Year is put here, will there be any different effect? Don't forget, Zhouzhuang is rich in Wan SAN rice wine and Wan SAN hoof, wine and meat, accompanied by 2020.

Wansan Winery in Zhouzhuang, there are double Dan starry night carnival activities in full fire, this grand event, from Christmas to New Year's Eve, fairy-tale Christmas atmosphere, eager to greet the New Year, at this moment, how can less wine accompany, it can be said that the New Year in the winery, wine does not intoxicating people drunk.

In Zhouzhuang and Wansan Winery, you can not only brew your own wine, taste your own taste, but also drink different flavors of rice wine, rice wine, from the Ming Dynasty to the present, and then from the present dream back to the Ming Dynasty, under the tipsy experience the charm of Wansan wine.

On Christmas Day, I came to Wansan Winery in Zhouzhuang to spend Christmas with friends, because I heard that there are many rich activities here, besides drinking alcohol, you can also do handmade, draw blind box gifts... The event will continue until New Year's Eve. Drink a pot of wine, carve their own mark on the bottle, our story began...

Source Fengshun Wine House, brew a pot of wine

Speaking of the ancient town of Jiangnan in China, many people may first react to Zhouzhuang, which is known as the first water town in China, and is one of the six ancient towns in Jiangnan. Zhouzhuang has a very long history, with typical Jiangnan water town style, coupled with its unique cultural landscape, has become the treasure of Chinese water town culture and Wu local culture.

Today's Zhouzhuang still retains very good architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties, only 0.47 square kilometers of the ancient town has nearly 100 classical houses and more than 60 brick carved gatehouses, enough to show how prosperous Zhouzhuang was. Once Zhouzhuang, is also a very developed business contacts in the ancient town, the status in the south and the current Shanghai, so Zhouzhuang also gave birth to a lot of celebrities, the most famous of which is the richest man Shen Wansan.

Speaking of Zhouzhuang in the Ming and Qing dynasties is a very suitable place to do business, a variety of fabric, banks developed and grew here, and the Ming Dynasty Shen Wansan is through overseas trade, become the richest man in the south, at that time can be described as rich, equivalent to 40 Ma Yun. And rich people generally like to drink, so Shen Wansan also opened a winery, that is, Wansan Winery.

However, Shudafeng, Shen Wansan too rich, offended Zhu Yuanzhang, so disappeared in the lake. Until the Qing Dynasty, Shen Wansan's later talents in the Zhouzhuang market, opened the "Wan SAN rice wine fairy" of the source Fengshun wine workshop, has been retained until now, today's source Fengshun wine workshop, in addition to selling wine, will also show brewing technology, so that everyone who comes to know how Wan SAN wine is brewed.

Walking in the old streets of Zhouzhuang, when you smell a strong aroma of wine, it represents the source of Fengshun wine workshop. Walk on the square, you can see a wine jar open mouth, emitting a strong flavor of rice wine, these are for the follow-up of wine preparation. Pure artificial rice wine, of which the most famous is October white, as early as the Jiaqing years, won the Panama International Expo gold medal, thus fame, so October white is also restored to Wansan rice wine.

Come to the source Fengshun wine, you can not only taste the authentic Wansan rice wine, but also experience how to make wine, starting from the simplest, that is, washing rice, but washing glutinous rice, Wansan wine is all brewed with high-quality glutinous rice, to be washed and steamed, you can see the original white glutinous rice gradually into a transparent color, thick glutinous rice aroma is very good smell.

After the glutinous rice is poured into the clay pot, there is a rice spoon to pound the glutinous rice, filled with a small spoon, you can see the glutinous rice grains are clear, crystal clear, very textured.

While stirring the glutinous rice, the wine koji is constantly added to help the glutinous rice fermentation in the later stage. After repeated pounding, dig a hole in the middle, cover the lid, keep it at 15-25 degrees, which is the best temperature for fermentation, and wait for three or four days, you can taste the strong wine.

Nowadays, Wansan rice wine has become the symbol of Zhouzhuang, and many people will come to Zhouzhuang to drink a few sips, and according to the temperature and time of different wine preservation, it will present a completely different taste. When small goods shops were opened around, the source Fengshun Wine House still maintained its original appearance, concentrating on making wine and wine, and the wine taste of the Ming Dynasty has continued to this day.

Wansan Winery, read the history of rice wine

There is a lake not far from the north of Zhouzhuang, called Variola, at a glance, Variola Lake is a typical Jiangnan town of fish and rice, not the kind of big scenery, but a gentle and graceful small poetry. Half a year ago, smallpox more than a winery, called Wansan Winery, the factory plant transformation of the winery, inherited the name of Wansan, the ancient town of Wansan wine workshop moved here.

Originally thought that the winery is a winemaking workshop, the scale design may be similar to the ancient town, did not expect that the original decoration is so artistic, like a cultural and creative product, the wine culture, leisure and entertainment, buying wine into one, both can understand the past and present life of Wansan rice wine, and there are rich and diverse leisure activities, in the continuous rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River, is a good place to relax.

Wansan Winery is like the museum of yellow rice wine, and from the entrance, you start a journey to read the history of yellow rice wine. Maybe we will drink rice wine, but the cultural and historical story of rice wine is not very clear. The rice, wine bottles and money at the entrance show the characteristics of Wansan Winery, the coin refers to the founder of Wansan rice wine Shen Wansan was the richest man in the country during the Ming Dynasty, the rice bag represents the raw materials of wine, and the wine bottle naturally refers to Wansan rice wine.

Walking into the exhibition hall, you can feel the combination of modern technology and yellow rice wine. By smelling the smell, listening to the sound and looking at the color, you can understand the different flavors of yellow rice wine, the different characteristics they have, and what complicated and specific winemaking processes are required to brew a good wine.

The concept of Wansan Winery is adhering to the animistic spirit, through the five senses of people to feel the rice wine in an all-round way.

It is said that the wine altar has been preserved since the Qing Dynasty, and it also contains the taste of rice wine hundreds of years ago. After day by day precipitation, the wine is now extremely strong and mellow.

Wansan Winery can also visit the winemaking workshop, the traditional process of brewing extraordinary wine, there are special workers on the scene for us to demonstrate, in today's era of machine operation, you can also see that it is completely artificial to make wine, it is only such repeated processes, in order to brew matching 10,000 SAN rice wine title of wine.

There is also an underground wine cellar in Wansan Winery, which also has a great deal of universe, and the wine altar that has been preserved for hundreds of years, as well as the Wansan wine through various periods.

A wooden boat, named Wan-3, sits quietly on the edge of a small lake, which was once the epitome of the busy transport of Wan-3 wine. Sitting here, while tasting wine, while enjoying the customs of the land of fish and rice, very comfortable.

In Wansan Winery, you can see layers of bottles everywhere, walking by, you can smell the aroma of wine emitted inside.

Now Wansan Winery is also keeping pace with The Times, designing a lot of cartoon shapes on the side of the winery, so that the vibrant colors of the antique winery can attract more young people to come.

Wansan Winery, taste a wine

The exhibition section of Winery Wansan is very creatively designed, and in the stylish exhibition hall, you can see the various wines produced in the winery. However, yellow rice wine is only their history, those colorful, crystal clear packaging of fruit wine, is the focus of their recommendation for young people.

The creative idea of Wansan Winery is not to go to the alcoholic, but to the literary and artistic youth, whether in the exhibition hall or their outdoor area, the wine placed can remind people of Christmas and New Year's gifts, exquisite and exquisite, and the original slightly heavy yellow wine becomes more dynamic and artistic.

Here you can also taste a variety of fruit wine, fresh fruits and vegetables as raw materials, the original refreshing and natural "green Par" series of new rice wine, with a young taste interpretation of the different possibilities of rice wine, rice wine, plum wine, wolfberry wine, peach wine and other various fruit wine, you can also taste for free, these colorful wine, too young people's appetite, Each bite leaves a sweet and astringent aftertaste. Visually even more so, whether it is the bottle, or the packaging, it is carefully designed.

At the back of the museum is an open bar where staff will serve green Par cocktails, rice wine on the rocks, and other fruits and vegetables. The rice wine used to be only drunk by the old men, but now there are so many fashionable new ways to drink it at Wansan Winery.

On one side of the bar, is the restaurant of Wansan Winery, named to eat two bites first, it is really a very literary network red fan.

The restaurant focuses on the combination of Western and Chinese, and every appetizer and main course are made very carefully, including healthy salad with Zhouzhuang specialty Wan SAN Hoof rice, classic pasta with tuna sandwiches, and beautiful fruit tea, although it is a winery, these meals are also very exquisite and there are many choices.

Winery carnival, drunk in the present

To welcome the double festival of Christmas and New Year's Day, Wansan Winery is recently holding double Denier Star winery carnival, a variety of activities to let you empty hands can also be filled.

Double denier blind box, as long as the scan code can be free from many gift boxes to draw a box, a bit like lottery, each blind box of gifts are different, there are special green Par wine, post-it notes, there are small dolls, this free to get their own to draw the gift, can be said to be one of the biggest surprises to the winery.

Plant a Christmas tree, because it is Christmas when you go, so there are small gifts related to Christmas in the winery, such as pressing a green thumb print on the postcard, as if you planted a Christmas tree, feel this is more suitable for bringing children over.

What I like most is to do manual work. In the winery, there are all kinds of handmade projects, such as doing Christmas decorations. This is relatively simple, as long as it is pieced together.

So in the winery can also see many parents with their children over Christmas, because these are very suitable for children to play.

I prefer to make leather goods, the manual area is filled with a lot of tools to make leather goods, I chose to make a small bell, with special guidance, I feel it is relatively simple.

There is painting for the bottle, I a hand, a few years did not pick up the brush to paint, not to mention also in the round bottle body painting, if you want to draw a graphic, or more challenging, like I choose to draw a deer, the result really put themselves.

Watercolor paints were provided in the classroom, which was new to me as I had never used them before.

Paint a variety of patterns, make your own wine bottle.

In addition to learning about the history of yellow rice wine and doing Christmas crafts, there are also little sisters in Hanfu who will give us a national dynasty flash show from time to time, but before that, let's first open what interesting words are written on these brands.

Of course, my favorite is to drink again, after all, wine is strong and cowardly, especially when it comes to the New Year's atmosphere, it is today's wine.

In recent years, with the popularity of Hanfu, more and more girls began to like the traditional Hanfu but very beautiful clothing, wearing Hanfu dance modern dance, with the most popular music, really is a feeling of crossing.

It's always so cute when kids mess around.

Zhouzhuang Homestay

In the Jiangnan water town to celebrate the festival, hi all night, of course, to find a good rest home. Jiangnan water village is a lot of homestay, I with the eye edge chose this Zhouzhuang Xiangcun Qizhuang, it is hidden in the Jiangnan water village in the original ecology of the village, decorated simple, a bit like a small country villa, very suitable for a family to come to the New Year party.

Here, a B&B has two floors, a total of three rooms, or very large, there is a hall on the first floor, a family of old and young can talk parents here.

Villa equipped with a restaurant and kitchen, this family out to play, of course, or their own cooking more feel.

My friends and I live in the room on the first floor, equipped with floor heating, wet and cold winter indoors feel very warm.

The End

If you still don't know where to go on New Year's Eve, if you want to have a different New Year's Eve, with family to drink wine and activities to play with gifts, then Zhouzhuang Wansan Winery is a good choice.
In this most beautiful night sky, drink and look for the brightest star in the sky.