What do you mean by drinking it three times and tasting it five times?

There is a saying that "wine leads to three rounds, food leads to five flavors", which means that people at the same table drank three rounds (everyone drank three cups) and served food five times. This means that the dinner is over.

In storytelling and old plays, it is often heard that "wine leads to three rounds and food leads to five flavors".

The so-called "three rounds" means three times. The host pours wine for each guest once, for example, for a visit to the city, and pours it three times, and all the guests drink it. This is called "three drinks". This cliche shows that the banquet has reached a certain depth, any substantive issues can be discussed, or the banquet has ended.

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The saying that "wine leads three rounds" probably originated after people ate around the table. Before the Tang dynasty, people ate on the floor, each with a set of tableware and separate meals. Sitting with the banquet, sitting scattered, pouring wine, there will be no feeling of "patrol". With the introduction of Hu Chuang (a kind of high-legged folding chair) into the Central Plains, people have high stools, so they gradually invented tables.

In the Tang dynasty, there were photos of people eating around the table (similar to rectangular high cases). For example, in Gongle Road, before the maids sit around the case, one maid-in-waiting takes turns pouring wine for other maids, which means "patrolling".

The ancients advocated moderate drinking, but drinking too much was against etiquette.

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