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méicuò ，wǎnggòu jiù gèng xīsōngpíngcháng le ，yǒu hǎo duō zhuānyè píngtái 。dà dào yǒu kěyǐ gòumǎi rènhé zhǒnglèi shāngpǐn de wǎngluò píngtái bǐrú Táobǎo ，tiānmāo ；xiǎo dào yǒu xiāoshòu zhuānmén zhǒnglèi shāngpǐn de wǎngluò dà píngtái xiàng 517 huángjiǔ wǎng ，wǒ sòng péngyou zhèngzōng Chénnián shàoxīng 、nǚérhóng 、huādiāo dōu shì zài nàr mǎi de 。

That's right. Online shopping has become a norm. There are so many professional platforms. For more general things, you can buy all kinds of goods on internet platforms, like Taobao and Tmall; For more niche things, there are web platforms selling specialized goods, such as the 517 huangjiu website. When I give my friends authentic vintage Shaoxing huangjiu, nuerhong and huadiao, they're all bought there.

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到了民国，绍兴文人大都嗜饮本地黄酒，并深以为傲。朱自清、夏丏尊、刘董宇、朱光潜等就有白马湖畔“酒聚”的习惯。而蔡元培先生更是每饭必酒，鲁迅先生也将啜饮略微甘甜的花雕女儿红当成一种生活习惯，萧红曾写到：“鲁迅先生喜欢吃一点酒，但是不多吃，吃半小碗或一碗。”难怪，先生的作品中时时飘出绍酒的醇香。

dào le mínguó ，Shàoxīng wénrén dà dū shì yǐn běndì huángjiǔ ，bìng shēn yǐ wéi ào 。Zhū Zìqīng 、Xià Miǎnzūn 、Liú Dǒngyǔ 、Zhū Guāngqián děng jiù yǒu Báimǎhú pàn “jiǔ jù ”de xíguàn 。ér Cài Yuánpéi xiānsheng gèng shì měi fàn bì jiǔ ，Lǔ Xùn xiānsheng yě jiāng chuòyǐn luèwēi gāntián de huādiāo Nǚérhóng dàngchéng yīzhǒng shēnghuó xíguàn ，Xiāo Hóng céng xiědào ：“Lǔ Xùn xiānsheng xǐhuan chī yīdiǎn jiǔ ，dànshì bù duō chī ，chī bàn xiǎo wǎn huò yī wǎn 。”nánguài ，xiānsheng de zuòpǐn zhōng shíshí piāochū Shàojiǔ de chúnxiāng 。

In the Repulican Era, most of the literati of Shaoxing were fond of the local huangjiu, and took deep pride in it. People like Zhu Ziqing, Xia Mianzun, Liu Dongyu and Zhu Guangqian used to gather around the Baima Lake regularly for drinking sessions. And Cai Yuanpei couldn't have a meal without a drink. Lu Xun meanwhile took sipping on the sweet Huadiao variety of Shaoxing huangjiu, also referred to as Nuerhong, as a lifetime habit. Xiao Hong once wrote, "Lu Xun likes to drink a little wine, but not too much, he takes half of a small bowl or a bowl." No wonder his works are often so redolent with the heady scent of Shaoxing wine.

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传统绍兴黄酒的酿造基本遵循"天有时，地有气，材有美，工有巧"的规律。以精白糯米、上等小麦和鉴湖原水为材料，每逢农历七月制酒药、八月做麦麴、九月糟酒酿，等到立冬便投料开酿，用老绍兴独特的复式发酵工艺发酵九十余天。来年立冬开始压榨、煎酒，然后泥封贮藏，经过数年乃至数十年的存贮，才会有如花雕女儿红、善酿等酒中佳品。

chuántǒng Shàoxīng huángjiǔ de niàngzào jīběn zūnxún "tiān yǒu shí ，dì yǒu qì ，cái yǒu měi ，gōng yǒu qiǎo "de guīlǜ 。yǐ jīngbái nuòmǐ 、shàngděng xiǎomài hé Jiànhú yuánshuǐ wèi cáiliào ，měiféng nónglì qīyuè zhì jiǔyào 、bāyuè zuò màiqū 、jiǔyuè zāo jiǔniàng ，děngdào lìdōng biàn tóu liào kāi niàng ，yòng lǎo Shàoxīng dútè de fùshì fāxiào gōngyì fāxiào jiǔshí yú tiān 。láinián lìdōng kāishǐ yāzhà 、jiānjiǔ ，ránhòu nífēng zhǔcáng ，jīngguò shǔ nián nǎizhì shǔ shí nián de cúnzhǔ ，cái huì yǒu rú huādiāo Nǚérhóng 、shànniàng děng jiǔ zhōng jiā pǐn 。

The brewing of traditional Shaoxing huangjiu essentially respects the rules governing "the difference in the seasons and in the local environment, the quality of material and the level of skill in any craft," as referred to in the Book of Rites. They use pure white glutinous rice, top-grade wheat and unpurified water from Jian Lake as raw ingredients. In the seventh month of the lunar year they make the brewer's yeast. Then in the eighth month of the lunar year they make the wheat yeast or "qu". And in the ninth month they ferment the glutinous rice wine, and it is not until the start of winter that they put in the grain to start the brewing process, using the traditional Shaoxing compound fermentation craft for over ninety days. At the start of winter in the following year, they start to press it, then heat the alcohol, then they seal it in jars with clay and store it away. Only after several years, or even several decades of aging, do you get a high-quality alcohol like the Huadiao, Nuerhong or Shanniang varieties of huangjiu.

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花雕（酒）

huā diāo （jiǔ ）

Shao Xing Yellow Wine

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花雕鸡

huā diāo jī

Yellow Wine Chicken

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