As a famous home of wine, it is widely used as a gift and especially as dowry... the Girl's Wine (Nu'erhong) being most typical. The family begins to make the wine after their daughter is born and it is kept in the cellar or the narrow space between the two layers of the wall or buried underground. Not until the girl is ready to marry is it dug out either to treat guests or he used as dowry.
The custom has, over time, evolved to see wine also made when the family has sons. The outside of the wine jar is applied with reddish brown paint, which is called zhuangyuanhong, meaning the boy will have a bright future (zhuangyuan: Number One Scholar). Furthermore, throughout the whole process of a marriage, people drink the wine, from the marriage proposal stage, engagement stage to wedding
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Besides marriage, the wine is also featured at other local events
