Owing to the time at which Osmanthus fragrans flowers, 'cassia' wine is the traditional choice[5][6] for the "reunion wine" drunk on the Mid-Autumn or Mooncake Festival.[7] From the homophony between 酒 and 久 (meaning "long" in the sense of time passing), cassia wine is also a traditional gift for birthdays in China.[8] It is also considered a medicinal wine in traditional Chinese medicine.[9]Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica credits sweet osmanthus with "curing the hundred diseases" and "raising the spirit".[10]
Within China, cassia wine is associated with Xi'an[11] and Guizhou,[1][12] but production now occurs throughout China, including Beijing[13] and at the Hong Jiang Winery in Hunan.[14]
Despite the name, the Chinese cassia tree (Cinnamomum cassia) is not used to flavor cassia wine. References to the osmanthus in Chinese literature and poetry are often translated as "cassia" because both trees were formerly known in China as 桂 (Modern Standard Mandarin: guì).[citation needed]
In popular culture
The drink is referenced many times in the game Genshin Impact as the favourite beverage of the character Zhongli. The wine is also frequently referenced in Chinese period dramas (often referred to as Xianxia or Wuxia).
References
^ abcSmall, Ernest. Top 100 Food Plants, p. 179. NRC Research Press (Ottawa), 2009. Accessed 8 November 2013.
^Chartier, Francois. Taste Buds and Molecules: The Art and Science of Food, Wine, and Flavor, p. 199. John Wiley & Sons (Hoboken), 2012. Accessed 8 November 2013.
^Qiu Yaohong. Origins of Chinese Tea and Wine, p. 121. Asiapac Books (Singapore), 2004. Accessed 7 November 2013.
^Liu Junru. Chinese Food, p. 136. Cambridge Univ. Press (Cambridge), 2011. Accessed 7 November 2013.
^Li Zhengping. Chinese Wine, p. 101. Cambridge University Press (Cambridge), 2011. Accessed 8 November 2013.
^Li Xiaoxiang. Origins of Chinese People and Customs, p. 101. Asiapac Books (Singapore), 2004.
^Flaws, Bob. Chinese Medicinal Wines & Elixers, p. 17. Blue Poppy (Boulder), 1994. ISBN0936185589. Accessed 8 November 2013.
^"治百病，养精神，和颜色，为诸药先聘通使，久服轻身不老，面生光华，媚好常如童子." – 李时珍 [Li Shizhen]. 《本草纲目》 [Compendium of Materia Medica]. Op. cit. "[1]". Sichuan Online. 22 September 2013. Accessed 8 November 2013.(in Chinese)
^Xiang Yang. Xi'an – China's Ancient Capital, pp. 90 ff. Foreign Languages Press (Beijing), 1993.
^China Directory of Industry and Commerce and Economic Annual, Vol. 2, pp. 429–430. Xinhua Publishing, 1984.
^China Market, Issue 11, p. 15. China Market Publishing Corporation, 1987.
^Zhonghua Mei Jiu, p. 408. 中国轻工业出版社, China. 食品工业局. 轻工业出版社, 1985. Accessed 8 November 2013.
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