How to write highland barley wine in Tibetan

Highland barley wine

Highland barley wine, called "Qiang" in Tibetan,

is made from highland barley, a major grain produced on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is the favorite drink of the Qinghai-Tibetan people and is indispensable during festivals, marriages, giving birth, and greeting relatives and friends.

Brewing method

The brewing method and process of highland barley wine is as follows: "First wash the highland barley, be careful not to let the highland barley be washed in water for too long. Then pour it into the pot , add more than two-thirds of the highland barley capacity to boil. When the water in the barley has been absorbed by the highland barley, the fire should not be overheated. While cooking, use a wooden stick to turn the highland barley up and down to keep the highland barley in the pot. When they are all cooked, pinch the highland barley kernels with your fingers at any time. If they are still firm, add a little water and continue cooking. When they are eighty-mature, take off the pot and let it cool for 20-30 minutes. The water in the highland barley has been absorbed by the highland barley. When the highland barley is warm, spread it out on a clean cloth, and then sprinkle the distiller's yeast on it. If the highland barley is too hot, the highland barley wine will become sour. If it is too cold, the highland barley will not ferment well. After spreading the koji, put the highland barley wine in a pot and wrap it with something warm such as a quilt to ferment after two nights. It takes three days to ferment. If the temperature is suitable, you will usually smell the wine after one night. If you still don't smell the wine after one day, it means that the temperature is not enough during fermentation. You should put boiling water in a bottle. The fermented highland barley should be cooled in the pot to make the highland barley wine sweeter. Then put it into a pottery container for filtering the highland barley wine. If you want to use the wine immediately, add water and wait for four. It can be filtered after an hour. If it is not needed urgently, seal the mouth of the pot and the filter, and add water when needed. The water in the first pot should be two inches higher than the fermented highland barley, and the water in the second and third pots should be added to the height. As high as fermented highland barley, the wine sealed at the mouth of the pot is strong, so it is used in the three pots of wine.

Tibetan toasting customs

Qinghai-Tibet people also have different ways of toasting and drinking. There are few rules. When drinking during festivals and other festive occasions, if possible, a silver wine pot or wine glass should be used. In addition, a small amount of ghee should be stuck on the spout and the edge of the cup, which is called "garjian". ", which means white decoration. When the host proposes a glass of wine to the guest, the guest should pick up the cup, dip a little barley wine on the tip of the ring finger of his right hand, and flick it into the air. After doing the same action three times, the host will toast to the guest. You toast "three sips of a glass" of wine. Three sips of a glass of wine mean that you drink three sips in a row. After each sip, the host will refill the glass of wine. After the third sip of wine, the guest will drink up the glass of wine.

< p> In addition, after the host has served the meal, he must serve a large bowl of wine to each guest one by one. Only guests who can drink cannot refuse to drink this bowl of wine. Otherwise, the host will punish you with two large bowls of wine after the meal. This glass of wine is called "silver bowl wine after dinner". Logically speaking, a large silver wine bowl should be used when serving this bowl of wine, but a beautiful large porcelain bowl can generally be used instead.

Singing toasting songs is also the most meaningful and common custom among people of all ethnic groups in Qinghai. There is a joke among Tibetans: “If you don’t sing toasting songs when drinking, you are like a donkey drinking water. "Whoever comes to toast will sing. The lyrics that everyone often sings are to the effect: "Today we are gathered together happily, and I hope we will be together for a long time." People unite, I wish everyone good health and avoid disasters! "The toast lyrics can also be composed and sung by the person making the toast. After singing the toast song, the drinker must drink it all in one gulp.