6 Conclusion
Wine is the best gift what God gave human being. Wine culture is important to people and it plays a special role in human social life. Wine culture can be divided into material culture and spiritual culture. The material culture includes the origin of wine, the types of wine, the drinking vessels and so on; the spiritual culture is refer to the etiquette of drinking, purpose of drinking and so forth. Wine can reduce people’s sorrow, enrich human’s life and promote the communication among people. Certainly, wine culture also has the effect on politics, economics, culture and military affairs. As the different living environment, historical background, and values, people have different understandings of wine culture. As we all know that the application of the wine culture in Chinese and Western social activities is a good way to show wine culture. This paper analyses the wine culture in three aspects of the definition of wine culture in China and West, the application of the wine culture in Chinese and Western social activities and the functions of wine culture in social activities, so we can easily know the differences of wine culture and take good use of its functions for social activities.
All in all, having a good understanding of wine culture is highly significant. In the first place, people can know other countries’ cultural background and reduce the cultural conflicts. In the second place, it will play a vital role in international exchange and cooperation. Last but not least, it can promote the development of globalization and the harmonious progress of world.
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