The efficacy of Wuyuan wine

The ethnic minority areas in our country have traditional cultures and food with their own characteristics, so the culture of ethnic minority areas is also known as China's intangible cultural heritage. The food there is rare, and many people travel for the food and beautiful scenery. Just like Wuyuan wine is a kind of ethnic minority wine, this wine tastes particularly good. So what are the effects of Wuyuan wine?

The modern Zhuang, Dong, Li, Maonan, Mulao and Shui ethnic groups all recognize the Luoyue people as their ancestors, and their cultures all bear profound traces of Luoyue culture. The Daming Mountain area, the ancestral home of the Luoyue people, is now a settlement of the Zhuang people, and has preserved the most Luoyue cultural customs. It goes without saying that the Zhuang people are descendants of the Luoyue people. The "Sama" (great grandmother) god most respected by the Dong people is obviously related to the Dragon Mother (called Yapu, which means grandmother in Zhuang language) god in the Daming Mountain area. The "Sama" god is also called "Sasui", which means "Grandmother of Basui". The Chinese transliteration of "Basui" is also written as "Bo Xie", "Ba Sui" and "Ba Shi", which are all the Zhuang Chinese translations of Daming Mountain. This name shows that the Dong people have a deep connection with the Luoyue people in the Daming Mountain area. According to the narration of the ancient songs of the Shui ethnic group, the ancestors of the Shui ethnic group originally lived in the "Basui Mountain" in the Yongjiang River Basin. Later, they were forced to leave the Yongjiang River Basin, cross the Hongshui River, pass through Hechi and Nandan areas, go upstream along the Longjiang River, and migrate to today's Shui area. Therefore, the ancient name of the Shui ethnic group is also called "Sui Clan". The "Basui Mountain in the Yongjiang River Basin" recorded in this ancient Shui ethnic group song is the current Daming Mountain. These ethnic groups that are descendants of the Luoyue people all have a profound Luoyue cultural heritage, and their dietary and health-preserving customs also bear traces of the ancient Luoyue people's dietary and health-preserving customs. Many of their dietary customs can be traced back to the dietary and health-preserving customs of the Daming Mountain area.

The formation of many unique dietary and health-preserving customs of the Luoyue ethnic group has a lot to do with the unique natural environment of Daming Mountain. The Daming Mountain area is located in the middle section of Guangxi's famous arc-shaped mountain range. It is a mountain range formed by the joint compression of the Pacific Plate and the Indian Plate. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle of the Daming Mountain. This unique geographical location makes the Daming Mountain densely forested, with crisscrossing streams, fertile land, and numerous and unique products. The ancient Luoyue people lived in such an environment and naturally formed unique dietary and health customs.

1. Ancient Luoyue Health Food Customs

Luoyue people are an ancient ethnic group full of magical colors in history. Because the area where they live is the tropical and subtropical water town in Lingnan, which has been humid and full of miasma in history, the dietary customs of Luoyue people have strong regional characteristics and many of them are related to disease prevention and health preservation. From the cultural relics remaining in the shell mound culture sites and the Dashichan culture sites scattered throughout the Daming Mountain area and the Yujiang River basin, as well as the records in ancient Han books, we can get a glimpse of some of the dietary and health customs of the ancient Luoyue people.

1. Snails and shellfish are good for health. The ancient Luoyue people liked to eat aquatic products such as snails, shellfish, and clams. The source of this living custom of the ancient Luoyue people can be understood from the shell mound sites that appeared in the central area of ​​Luoyue. Shell mounds are the snail shells, shells, clam shells and other domestic waste discarded by the ancient Luoyue people after eating snails, shells, clams and other aquatic products. The shell mound culture sites in Guangxi are concentrated on the plateaus near the confluence of the Yongjiang River, the Zuoyoujiang River and its tributaries centered on Nanning City, while the shell mound culture sites on the southern foot of Daming Mountain are mainly limestone cave sites. The cave shell mound sites of Daming Mountain are mainly represented by the Longmu Golden Cave site in Liuchangtun, Juqun Village, Wuming County. The shell mound culture site dates back about 10,000 to 6,000 years. The accumulation of snail shells indicates that the Luoyue people at that time mainly ate aquatic products such as snails, shellfish and clams. The Luoyue people's custom of eating aquatic products such as snails, shellfish and clams is of great benefit to the health of the ethnic group. Li Shizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica that snails "eliminate dampness and heat, and treat jaundice." The meat of snails is plump and delicate, delicious, light and refreshing. It is rich in protein, vitamins, and essential amino acids and trace elements for the human body. It is a typical high-protein, low-fat, high-calcium natural animal health food. Snails are rich in vitamin A, protein, iron and calcium, and can cure eye diseases. Snails are low in calories and are an ideal food for those who are losing weight. Snail meat has the effects of clearing away heat and improving eyesight, promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria. It has a therapeutic effect on diseases such as red eyes, jaundice, athlete's foot, and hemorrhoids. The Luoyue people's custom of eating aquatic products such as snails, shellfish and clams has had a profound influence on the Zhuang and Dong ethnic groups of later generations. To this day, boiled snails are still a traditional delicacy and health product of the Zhuang and Dong ethnic groups.

2. Eat raw food for health. The ancient Luoyue people regarded sashimi and raw sheep's blood as health-preserving delicacies. "The Book of Rites: Royal Regulations" said: "The people in the south are called barbarians. They have tattoos on their foreheads, cross their toes, and have the custom of not eating cooked food." Not eating cooked food here refers to the Luoyue people's custom of eating sashimi, raw blood, and raw vegetables. Many people find eating sashimi, raw blood, and raw vegetables incredible, and think it is a sign of barbarism and uncivilizedness. In fact, eating raw food has great health benefits. In ancient Chinese books, sashimi was called "yu sashimi", while the Zhuang people called it "yu sheng". Li Shizhen said in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that "yu sashimi is sweet, warm and non-toxic... it warms and nourishes, removes cold air and dampness, removes bladder water, removes hidden air in the abdomen, cold masses, hernias, gas stagnation in the throat, sour water under the heart, stimulates appetite, benefits the large and small intestines, nourishes the waist and feet, and nourishes the yang channel" (Li Shizhen: "Compendium of Materia Medica", Volume 44). Eating raw blood mainly refers to eating raw sheep's blood. There is a Zhuang saying that sheep eats all kinds of herbs to supplement their blood. Sheep's blood is a scavenger for the human body and an excellent health food. "Compendium of Materia Medica" clearly points out that sheep's blood "can process poisons such as cinnabar, mercury, calomel, raw silver, borax, arsenic, sulfur milk, stalactite, indigo, mica, actinolite, and Konggongjie". Li Shizhen also exclaimed: "Sheep's blood has such a detoxifying function, but the Materia Medica does not mention it. It is really lacking in literature." The ancient Luoyue people knew the health-preserving effects of sashimi and lamb blood long ago, and created a series of famous dishes with sashimi and lamb blood as the main ingredients. Today, in the Daming Mountain area, the local Zhuang people still regard sashimi and lamb blood as health-preserving delicacies. Only distinguished guests can taste these two traditional health-preserving dishes.

3. Wild delicacies for health preservation. The ancient Luoyue people loved to eat bamboo shoots, wood ear, wild mushrooms and other wild delicacies. "The Book of the Lost Zhou Dynasty·Wang Huijie" said: "The birds eat reeds, and the passers-by eat big bamboos." The tribute from the bird people is sedge, and the tribute from the passers-by is bamboo shoots. The ancient pronunciation of "路" is "洛", and the passers-by are the Luoyue people. It can be seen that as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the Luoyue people had the custom of eating bamboo shoots and presented large bamboo shoots as tribute to the Zhou emperor. "The Original Taste" of Lüshi Chunqiu said: "The ones with harmonious taste are: ginger from Yangpu, cinnamon from Zhaoyao, and mushrooms from Yueluo." Yueluo is Luoyue, and the mushrooms of Luoyue are things with harmonious taste. Therefore, we can know that the wild mushrooms of Luoyue were already famous in the Central Plains during the Warring States Period.